The nation’s official motto, “In God we trust,” has appeared on coins since the Civil War. The Pledge of Allegiance promises ...

The average American diet reads like a cautionary tale. Convenience has quietly won the battle against nutrition, and the result is a food culture packed with high-fructose corn syrup, trans fats, ...

The star of Tyler Perry's Netflix drama made the comments in a live broadcast on social media that reportedly occurred on Feb. 7.

There’s an American figure skater named Ilia Malinin, now perhaps better known, thanks to the brisk exposure of this year’s Winter Olympics, by his self-bestowed nickname—the Quad God. He’s from a ...

Ancient Greek dining was sacred with simple, high-quality ingredients like tuna and honey cakes connecting humans with the gods.

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. AI is everywhere. It’s in your phones, in your Internet searches, in defense software.

The eating habits of American adults have, in recent years, begun to resemble those of hobbits. Maybe you, too, have scarfed down scrambled eggs at home in the morning, only to arrive at the office ...

One viewpoint: Earth is a journey and preparation stage; and we graduate into heaven. Earth is a serious testing place and workshop to develop spirituality, form character and grow one’s soul. God ...

• The KV55 Controversy: DNA analysis from 2010 identified the desecrated mummy in Tomb KV55 as the likely father of Tutankhamun and the heretic king Akhenaten himself, but the lack of severe physical ...

The United States is waging a religious war. This is, at least, how dozens of fanatical U.S. military commanders understand President Donald Trump’s illegal assault on Iran: a messianic battle to ...