Books
Happy Birthday Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh's entrance wasn’t loud or flashy, much like the bear himself it was simple and sweet: a short poem in a little magazine
Why Does This Bookstore Keep Its Books in Bathtubs?
Venice's Libreria Acqua Alta keeps its books in bathtubs, gondolas and canoes—and not just for show
A Tiny Scrap of Paper Offers a Glimpse Into Jane Austen's Inspiration
The small scrap of paper transcribes part of a sermon, the theme of which Austen later explored in "Mansfield Park"
Old Illustrations Tell the Secret of How They Were Made
Old books are full of beautiful, intricate engravings. But without expertise in printmaking, how can you tell how those images were made?
Readability Scores on Kids' Books Are Bogus
Most books come with an indication of how hard they are, and those estimates are mostly wrong
A Book's Vocabulary Is Different If It Was Written During Hard Economic Times
Books published just after recessions have higher levels of literary misery, a new study finds
Copyright Law Kept These Famous Works From Entering the Public Domain This Year
Here is a list of books, movies, music & scientific research that would have entered the public domain today had the 1978 copyright law not been passed
The World’s Third Oldest Bible, the Codex Washingtonianus, Is Making a Rare Museum Appearance
When the Codex was first published publicly in 1912, it caused a controversy because it contained an extra passage in the Gospel of Mark
Futurists Once Dreamed of Submarine Helicopters And Spaceships Powered by Swans
The ships that we've dreamed up tell us a lot about just how badly humans have wanted to travel beyond our own world
Doctors Are Now Prescribing Books to Treat Depression
Reading to feel less isolated may be more than just a poetic thought
Tolkien's Dwarves Would Have Needed 38 Mini-Nuclear Plants to Melt All That Gold So Quickly
Unless those dwarf furnaces were burning some sort of Middle-earth super fuel, in real life Smaug probably would have just eaten the dwarves
Beautiful Anatomical Skeletons, Posed and Photographed As Sculptures
Photographer Patrick Gries transforms ordinary specimens, stripped of fur and flesh, into art that showcases motion, predation and evolution
James Bond’s Martini Consumption Would Have Compromised His Physical, Mental and Sexual Abilities
The authors postulate that the spy's preference for shaken, not stirred vodka martinis may indicate a case of shaky hands caused by alcohol-induced tremors
Why are Cheese and Seafood Supposedly a Bad Combo? It's Delicious!
Don't believe the stigma—fish and cheese can go together quite well.
The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath
While studying brain scans to search for patterns that correlated with psychopathic behavior, James Fallon found that his own brain fit the profile
There Are 58 Versions of Little Red Riding Hood, Some 1,000 Years Older Than the Brothers Grimm’s
Brothers Grimm may have popularized the tale but they certainly didn't win any prizes for originality
Noma Chef Rene Redzepi on Creativity, Diversity in the Kitchen, and that Time Magazine Story
Before he talks at the Smithsonian about his new book, the famed chef identifies who he sees as the goddesses of food
The Science Behind Earth’s Many Colors
A new book of breathtaking aerial photography by Bernhard Edmaier explains how the planet's vividly colored landscapes and seascapes came to be
A 360-Page Book That No One’s Ever Been Able to Read Is Coming Back Into Print
Original editions of the Codex sell for up to $2,000, but a new reprint is available for $125
The Youngest Winner of the Booker Prize Also Wrote the Longest Book
Eleanor Catton is 28, and her book The Luminaries is over 800 pages long
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