The handwritten fragment contains Greek verses from Book 12 of Homer’s epic, in which King Odysseus recounts the fate of his doomed crew

Until now, only scattered and smashed bones had been found at the site.

The piece of a clay tablet is marked with Akkadian cuneiform, and its text belongs to the Kadesh Peace Treaty, created by ancient Egyptians and Hittites in the 13th century B.C.E.

This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like this one: Upon accessing the portal (which doesn’t seem to have a formal name, so I...

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

Archaeologists in southern Turkey discovered a unique statue of a person on the back of a leopard.

Beheadings, burnings, torture: our guide to the very darkest nursery rhymes. Find hundreds more insightful guides at classical-music.com

DNA traces in the Shroud of Turin reveal a remarkable mixture of human lineages, microbes, plants, animals, and coral accumulated through centuries of handling and travel. The findings do not prove it...

Ancient Egypt's most prized possession wasn't mined from the earth—it came from the cosmos.

Discover how writers with ADHD harness divergent thinking and hyperfocus to create literary masterpieces. Learn strategies, famous authors, and why ADHD...

“My aim is to put down what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way I can tell it.” – Ernest Hemingway“Writing for me is just like building a chair, making an artifact. T…

I've always assumed that being on the Booker Prize shortlist boosted sales, and now I have the data.

"Luceros y Penumbres," designed by Daniel González and engineered by Matthew Reinhart, is an ode to learning and discovery.

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison“Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother…

New research found that fog is rife with so much life that it's comparable to an ocean to an entire ocean in density.

The average cake from the average bakery costs about $30 while the average wedding cake costs around $350. Not to slight those offerings, but the ... Read more

“Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else (make something new), may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds.”

Works that weave a variety of viewpoints into strange and unforgettable stories...

With their blend of ego and insecurity, writers are ideal marks for swindlers promising fortune and glory. Chatbots have turbocharged the con.

A week or two ago, I put out some feelers about what my readers would like me to write about, and someone suggested writing about medical conditions in a historical context. This is something I&#82…

Research reveals people living in what is now eastern Indonesia were producing rock art significantly earlier than previously demonstrated.

To err(ase) is human.

Why the latest literary trend favors short, punchy prose over epics. Novelists Anika Jade Levy and Jenny Offill weigh in.

“If the doors of perception were cleansed,” William Blake wrote, “everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” But we are finite creatures, in time and in space, and …

A new chapter begins …

Study highlights significance of using large-scale data to address long-standing questions about evolution of languages

US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’

Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood market

I have made the leap from literary fiction to fantasy – for those who think it’s mere wish-fulfilment, here’s why we need that thing with the dragons

What happens when this writing ritual and boost to focus and productivity is removed

Along with Astounding Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Magazine was one of the most important science fiction digests in 1950s America. Ray Bradbury wrote for it...

'The three volumes of Green's Dictionary of Slang demonstrate the sheer scope of a lifetime of research by Jonathon Green, the leading slang lexicographer of our time. A remarkable collection of this ...

A new era of writing as a mechanical act.

From Ireland's Dark Hedges to the French forest that inspired the Arthurian legends, these forests have inspired countless tales of magic, hauntings, and herois

The email was innocuous enough. A woman wrote to me explaining how her partner had been talking about my work and how much he’d enjoyed it—in particular, he’d remembered me giving a TEDx talk about gh...

EVERY year in and around St Valentine’s Day, couples from across the globe make a beeline for the...