Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.

Time and spikes take a toll on a surge protector, even with no visible signs of damage.

A guided isometric tour of a chip factory. A cart carries one wafer from a pile of sand to a finished chip, then a lorry delivers the chips to a data centre, stopping at all twenty two stages along th...

Today, the National Book Foundation announced the finalists in all five categories—Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature—for the 2026 National Book Award…

Deaf musicians have shaped classical music for centuries, but only recently have innovations like haptic vests and Auslan signers enabled deeper connections.

We have become quite used to pronouncements of doom, from scientists predicting the sixth mass extinction due to the measurable effects of climate change, and from religionists declaring the apocalyps...

From a good night’s sleep to perfect vision and improved hearing, a number of NASA inventions have improved the lives of millions down on Earth.

Debunking the myths about Japan’s shadow warriors is easy, but changing the century-old stereotype certainly isn’t.

Cat-rich countries tend to be happier, while Toxoplasma exposure points the other way.

Following the success of our 2024 edition, Heritage Horizons: Europeana Project Week, we are excited to return this November with the 2026 Europeana Project Month.

The 3D-4CH Online Competence Centre in 3D for Cultural Heritage together with the Time Machine Organisation are inviting organisations working with 3D digital cultural heritage to propose hands-on tra...

In honor of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association (ALA) has published a list of the 150 most challenged books documented between 1990 and 2025. The ALA’s Office for Intellectual…

The actor recalls a violent childhood devoid of parental love in his memoir and blames himself for failing to build the career he envisioned after the success of ‘Rocky’

Jane Wilde, an Irish nationalist, wrote for the cause of independence at a time when her fellow patriots were prosecuted, transported, or threatened with death.

The printing press was invented in the middle of the fifteenth century, and it's been downhill for the written word ever since. Even before then, arguments that the volume of writing being done far ou...

In medieval Europe, those suspected of crimes often had to endure horrific physical pain to determine their innocence or guilt.

Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge is perhaps best remembered as the philanthropist behind the Library's primary concert venue, Coolidge Auditorium, built in 1925. But as a teenager in 1880s, she toured Europ...

We know good people when we encounter them, when they fall upon our lives like a sunbeam, like a song. But we don’t always know what makes them good. It has, of course, a lot to do with kindn…

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The King's Eyes formed the world's first elite intelligence network, securing total information control across the ancient Persian Empire.

Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.

Probably the most well-known incident of the American Old West is the Gunfight at the OK Corral on October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona.

Trick or treat was very literal, and costumes were inspired by beloved books and timeless spooky figures.

Peacock roasted in its own feathers. Beer made of sulphuric acid. Bread leavened with hydrochloric acid. 144 recipes printed in earnest in real cookbooks between 1831 and 1929. Please do not make any ...

The ancient Greek city-states were almost constantly at war. What was the brutal fate of defeated enemies after a battle?

A decade after its founding, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards received more than 10,000 submissions for the first time, a figure its co-founders say proves humour is a genuine force for conservation.

He said so while he was still writing it, but the reviewers did not agree with him.

Some of Ray Bradbury's best-known works were inspired by a man named Mr. Electrico who told him to "live forever," and said he recognized him from a past life.

While the story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s is well known by all Americans, the decades preceding it remain a mystery to many. And while Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, …

Kurt Vonnegut employed absurdism in his works of science fiction to critique modern life in a way that traditional literary realism was unable to do.

Happy College Radio Day! In honor of the annual celebration of student radio (this year on October 2), we invite you to explore the college radio collections in the Internet Archive’s Digital Library ...

Ten of the most embarassing and amusing mistakes in the history of space flight

While Lord of the Rings may seem like it’s all about corrupting power and evil forces, it’s also about people rising to meet challenges, step into new roles they never thought they&#821…

Did a classic chocolate bar or a fruity, sour chew claim the top spot in trick-or-treat bags when you came into the world?

Amazon built a Bluetooth remote for turning Kindle pages in bed.

Yesterday, the Cercador Prize, which recognizes works of literature in translation, selected by independent booksellers across the US, announced its 2026 finalists. This year’s committee incl…

The history of the printed word is full of bibliographic twists and turns, major historical moments, and the significant printing of books now so obscure no one has read them since their publication.

Another month of books, another month of book covers. In September, the month of Big Books, it was all about the art selection. Here are some of my favorites from the month. Dorfman does all of Ron…

An undercover agent, a spy, and the first woman gumshoe, Kate Warne helped bust crime and save the Union.

Nearly 600 medieval manuscripts from the German monasteries of Heilsbronn and Sankt Jobst have been digitised and made available to explore online.

Albert Camus’s poor health, obsession with death, and anxiety led him to write The Fall, a master study of moral narcissism.

There are, in my experience, two fundaments of the creative life: putting yourself regularly in the path of wonder and getting out of your own way in order to receive what you encounter there. Wond…