books
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Medieval people had surprising ideas about eclipsesIn medieval and Renaissance times, eclipses they were omens, predictors of the future, and windows into the workings of the universe.
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Kids books are biased towards male protagonists"While gender bias in children's books appears to have declined significantly over the years, we found that bias remains."
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Print books beat tablets when reading to toddlersWhen reading to young children, cuddling together over a good old-fashioned book beats story time on a tablet.
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What Russian kids’ books can teach American parentsA look at children's books from Russia and the United States reveals a cultural difference regarding negative emotions.
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Stories can shape moral values in kidsExposure to stories that feature specific moral values, such as care, fairness, loyalty, and authority can influence the weight kids place on those values.
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Dickens used ‘Christmas Carol’ to attack inequalityBehind the feel-good gloss and redemption of A Christmas Carol, lies an uncompromising message about wealth and inequality, a new book argues.
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See 2 new pages from Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’ draft onlineYou can check out handwritten pages from Charles Darwin's draft of his famous On the Origin of Species online, including 2 newly added pages.
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Too many pictures hinder young kids’ readingExtraneous pictures can draw young children's attention away from text and reduce reading comprehension in beginning readers, a new study shows.
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‘Invisible words’ reveal a blueprint for all storiesSmall, seemingly invisible words like "a," "it," and "the," show up in similar ways across all kinds of stories, researchers have found.
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Ernest Hemingway’s letters reveal feuds and friendshipsA new collection of Ernest Hemingway's letters show him harshly critiquing his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald and feuding with Gertrude Stein and others.
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Experts: Spotlight on art is one upside of lockdownsWhether taking in art or making it ourselves, long stays at home during the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a new appreciation of the arts.
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Kids remember more from animated digital booksAnimated digital books that respond to children's voices can help kids get involved with their own learning and control the action