The modern science biography must hold back no punches in its mission to represent the subject’s life, equally celebrating their great works while including their personal shortcomings. Jürgen Neffe’s ...

In basketball, legends are often known by first name alone: LeBron, Kobe, Michael. Same with entertainers: Madonna, Cher, Beyoncé. But lists of scientific legends almost always include surnames, never ...

“Life is not a miracle,” says Nobel Prizewinning Chemist Harold C. Urey. “It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the ...

years ago in a cave near Les Eyzies in the Dordogne, France. Credit: SEARCHING: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science Dr. Alan Lightman has been around the block a few times. Over the past five ...