Sofia Alaoui tells us about her enigmatic first feature, in which a pregnant woman’s journey across Morocco becomes a meditation on class, belonging and the mysteries of existence, as strange cosmic ...

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially. An international research team led by Dr. Quentin Martinez and Dr. Eli ...

The neurologist Oliver Sacks was famous for linking healing with storytelling. But sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ ...

For me, these 10 crime novels were the pinnacle of pleasure reading this year. Let’s start with the series sleuths. It’s always a treat to revisit the 1940s-era exploits of Lillian Pentecost, ...

Diego Céspedes directs a 1980s period piece about a mining town that can't come to terms with the origins of its sexually ...

Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

A chat with ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ director Diego Céspedes reveals his film’s universal message of political ...

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...