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The Nautilus Reading List of Books on Evolution
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (366+ words) Life sure has been some crazy journey 1: 00 PM CDT on June 16, 2026 Well, how did I get here?" That's a very good question, David Byrne. Lucky for you and Talking Heads fans old and new, Nautilus is here with 10 books that…...
Part Three: The water war begins
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (609+ words) The irrigation fight broke out soon after we got our cows. July was hot, the creek was low, and there was only half a head of water coming through the ditch'each ranch, all the way down (Bear Creek) had rights…...
Pigment Analysis of Joyce's Ulysses Blue: Ineluctable Modality of the Visible and the Infrared | Bibliomania
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (408+ words) Posted by: Patrick Hastings The following post was written in collaboration with Meghan Hill and Amanda Satorius, Preservation Science Specialists in the Preservation Research and Testing Division. The Irish novelist James Joyce was a precise person. He once spent an…...
The unending legacy of Andre the seal
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (745+ words) WRITTEN BY WANDA CURTIS In the book A Seal Called Andre, Harry recounted that there was no sign of the seal pup's mother when he spotted him. It appeared the pup was only a few days old and had been…...
How Jules Verne's novel became a guide to flying to the Moon
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (513+ words) From the pages of Jules Verne to a modern-day mission to the moon, a new chapter of our exploration of our celestial neighbor is complete," said Rob Navias of NASA, commenting on the historic moment when the Orion spacecraft of…...
Something
16+ hour, 40+ min ago (179+ words) I left feeling colours, storms, rains amongst my brothers, singing with closed mouths, a hum of silence, a last hymn, lasting in perpetual devotion, dreaming of the how, you did on your exam, you went on without we, being a…...
Does reading on a Kindle fry your brain?
9+ hour, 33+ min ago (299+ words) Curt reads most of his books on Kindle. Print books can take up a long of space. Over the last couple of years, with my bout with cancer, and my forced incapacitation, I've been reading more than ever " about a…...
Write of way: The landscapes that inspired our greatest literary works
8+ hour, 9+ min ago (503+ words) Memorable novels are created when real places inspire imaginations. Kate Green tours England's windswept moors, hidden creeks, gossipy villages and centres of industry that have led to the most enduring literary associations Top Withins, a ruined farmhouse in the Yorkshire…...
Five Very Different Science Fictional Takes on Space Habitats
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (905+ words) I Spin Records Into Gold" by Daria Lavelle "This Fleshy Side of the Bone" by John Langan "This Is Not My Timeline" by J. R. Dawson "The Perpetual Post" by Isabel J. Kim By James Davis Nicoll Published on June 16, 2026 Habitat or planet?...
Local Author Releases Novel "The Cuckoo
9+ hour, 39+ min ago (178+ words) The Pilot Newspaper Local resident and independent author Mark Feggeler has released his new novel, "The Cuckoo." Set in the fictional town of Syagansutt on Long Island, N. Y. , in the 1950s, the story revolves around the wealthy inhabitants of this exclusive community....