The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

Are you new to Smash Books? This guide explains them and shares smash book ideas so good you’ll want to glue something down ...

When Denise Warriner decided to not bail her nephew out of jail, she thought she was helping him. Theo was addicted to crystal meth and had recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He had been ...

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For over a century, astronomers have marveled at the beauty and complexity of spiral galaxies. The largest "grand design" spirals can host a dozen or more individual arms. But recently ...

A logarithmic spiral with a diameter of 500 μm, approximately half the diameter of a sewing needle. Credit: Yilin Wong Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously emerge on a small germanium chip. A ...

Whether you are new to philosophy or already interested in deep ideas, these ten books offer valuable wisdom and are worth adding to your bookshelf. Written as a series of personal reflections, ...

Sir Keir must know this present conflict has the potential to spiral into an even more terrifying ... exert “maximum pressure” on Russia while binding together a “coalition of the willing ...

Centering mostly on rabbis and their wayward, modernity-seeking children, the novel — a melancholy book that also happens to be hopelessly, miraculously, unremittingly funny — offers an ...