New year… new bookshelf! At least that’s how we feel around here; nothing quite beats the thrill of a new book season.

David Weinberger, PhD, is an author, philosopher, and researcher at Harvard’s metaLAB, with a 20-year affiliation with Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center. He is the editor of MIT Press’s open-access book ...

Three authors who demonstrated how scientific research can be wedded to literary grace have been awarded $10,000 prizes.

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Want better sex this year? These book recommendations fill the pleasure, desire, and communication gaps most of us were never taught, and they might change everything.

For generations, a misidentified medieval manuscript was hidden in a 474-year-old English boarding school’s library. After a ...

But every once in a while, it's nice to switch gears from your go-to novels and dive into some nonfiction for a different ...

The only building described in detail by Vitruvius has finally been found, after centuries of searching. Marcus Vitruvius ...

Researchers analyzing proteins from fingerprints and other residue in a 16 th-century medicinal guide found evidence of ...

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The winter edition of the Cozy Mystery Book Blast takes place on Jan. 22. Unlike the Play Game giveaway running from Jan.

Calling a book a "guilty pleasure" says more about literary snobbery than the book itself. The phrase perpetuates outdated hierarchies rooted in class and gender bias, undermines genuine reading ...