Frankenstein Day is celebrated on Aug. 30 to honor the world's first science fiction novel. Frankenstein, a combination of Gothic horror and science fiction, is a novel written by Mary Shelley in ...

Mitt Romney’s choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate seems obvious — if not inevitable — in retrospect, even though it was by no means obvious to most of us ...

Many myths about crime in the U.S. are carelessly promoted by politicians and the news media. Fictions about murder, in particular, are frequently disseminated. Fortunately, there is a ...

Young people could be putting their health at risk by following dieting fads such as going dairy free, experts have warned. A survey by the National Osteoporosis Society found a fifth of under-25-y… ...

A Google Doodle is marking what would have been science fiction author Octavia E. Butler's 71st birthday on Friday, June 22. Butler died in 2006. Born in Pasadena, California, in 1947, Butler knew ...

The alternative to "facts" is "fictions." But President Trump's special adviser Kellyanne Conway proposed something new on Sunday: "alternative facts." The strange phrase entered the lexicon when ...

The Booker Prize-winning novelist’s Reith lectures explore the complex relationship between historical fact and fiction.

Political fictions and pandemic facts: Trump’s ongoing war on ObamaCare by Albert Hunt, opinion contributor - 04/26/20 11:00 AM ET ...

In this episode of The Checkup, our podcast on Slate, we offer Shots: Vaccine Facts And Fictions, in which we attempt to have a rational, fact-based discussion about some of the vaccines you may ...

Historical Snooping ‘Facts are not truth’: Hilary Mantel explains why fantasy must inhabit historical fiction Novels about the past prove that history is a blur, not a sequence of sharp ...

Many myths about crime in the U.S. are carelessly promoted by politicians and the news media. Fictions about murder, in particular, are frequently disseminated. Fortunately, there is a ...