From fish to Phish, Science Friday has had a big year. Our staff chose their favorite stories and projects from 2025. This year got off to an exciting start as we welcomed Flora Lichtman back to ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

What if playing the piano, dancing, visiting art galleries or even lying in the mud listening to Wolf Alice at Glastonbury was good for the body, mind and longevity? Or what if it could help us ...

In a year when artificial intelligence skyrocketed to the forefront and proved its potential to change the world, several film directors turned to science fiction to interrogate the consequences of ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Thankfully, we can still turn to our bookshelves — and podcasts — to ground us. We tapped science doyenne Alie ...

April is said to be the cruellest month, as the poem goes, “mixing memory with desire”. And this is oddly reflected in some of the non-fiction books we’ve rounded up for you this month. There’s the ...