French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or ...

Publisher Simon & Schuster will release a series of new audiobooks of Ray Bradbury's fiction, including classics like ...

Romance novelist Emily Henry reveals she based just two characters on real people. 'In real life, people are actually really ...

Naomi Arnold on the Te Araroa trail. Reading room is supported by Creative New Zealand, encouraging, promoting and supporting ...

Metabolism is known to be linked to lifespan in some species, though it remains unclear how this effect is mediated. Here they show that reduced pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity lowers ...

Jo Harkin’s new book is based on the odyssey of a young boy who became a claimant to the British throne. In his biography “Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life,” Dan Nadel tries to tell the story of ...

Ahead of the Sydney Writers' Festival, Australian author Nicola Moriarty answers all of our burning questions.

A book hangover is the emotional aftermath readers experience after finishing a book that deeply impacted them.

Reading books may have several health benefits. These include strengthening your brain, increasing your ability to empathize, reducing stress, and building your vocabulary. Share on Pinterest ...

We share a lot of captivating animal encounters, but the life of Tippi Degré, the real-life Mowgli, certainly stands out ... And Tippi was certainly left richer for it! In her book, “Tippi My Book of ...

Discover the many amazing similarities between humans and animals, get a buzz out of the remarkable life of bees, enjoy madcap escapades and exhilarating villainy with a feisty gangster’s ...

We don’t always know exactly what they were thinking, but we can show you some real-life animals that look and behave very much like the creatures you know and love from the most popular science ...