A doctor who lacked basic medical knowledge, including how to perform injections, has been removed from the Irish register four years after he was struck off in Norway. Ophthalmologist Gavriel Simha ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids mother is giving old books new life by partnering with a local library to get reading materials into the hands of children who need them most. Jeni Stamas has ...

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

Last Thursday in Montgomery, the Alabama Public Library Service board voted to move any book that discusses “being transgender” out of children’s and teen sections and into the adult stacks—“weeded ...

Put your knowledge to the test in this fun and challenging Basic Knowledge Showdown! From trivia questions to quick-thinking challenges, see how much you really know. #TriviaChallenge #BrainTeasers ...

When Basic Books Group president and publisher Lara Heimert told her mom that she was going to work at the Hachette division's flagship imprint, back in 2005, she was elated. "My mother said, Oh, they ...

On Sept. 29, Harvard Psychology professor Steven A. Pinker sat down at the First Parish Church to discuss his most recent book, “When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the ...

In a new book, the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argues that an awareness that everyone knows what you know is a powerful driver of human social life. By Dennis Duncan Dennis Duncan teaches ...

Macalester College football broke through the rain clouds after a 0-10 season last year and got its first win on Sept. 6 against Grinnell College. Sophomore wide receiver Paxton Boyd had two ...

Building a computer on a breadboard is a seminal project for many builders, but it can become complicated quite quickly, not to mention that all the parts needed for a computer are being placed on a ...

“Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks: Conservation of a Wilderness Icon” Edited by Grant V. Hilderbrand, Kyle Joly, David D. Gustine, and Nina Chambers; University of Alaska Press (University Press ...

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