7+ hour, 27+ min ago  (709+ words) Written for the Leslie Writes, unofficial challenge, "What am I" "Professor! We can't contain it! It's destroying the laboratory!" "It's okay. It'll probably get tired soon. I need to try and get-" "I don't think you understand. If we don't…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (242+ words) Chaucer's Bookstore will host author Paul Skokowski for a book talk and signing of'Sensing Qualia: Solving the Hard Problem of Consciousness," 6 p. m. Tuesday July 21 at 3321 State St. , Santa Barbara. Skokowski's book offers a new, naturalistic theory of consciousness and sensory experience....

20+ hour, 14+ min ago  (408+ words) To celebrate the publication of The Law of Senraquan, the opening novel Accidental Warrior is available free in ebook and AI-narrated audiobook editions for a limited period. The Law of Senraquan to be released on 17 July is a new standalone…...

22+ hour, 14+ min ago  (138+ words) The Editors | July 3, 2026 Today we are bringing you an excerpt from Box Garden Beetle, the first volume of manga by Kondoh Akino to be released in the U. S. (Nothing Whatsoever All Out in the Open, a 50-page magazine-sized comic, was published…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (75+ words) White County News Creepy crawlies drop by library Read the full story What are your plans for the summer? - Two injured after vintage aircraft crashes in White County field - WWII veteran, French woman reconnect 80 years after liberation of Lorient - Search…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (138+ words) The volume opens with an introduction written from the perspective of "Mother Earth," establishing a tone that acknowledges both the planet's beauty and its vulnerability. "This is, after all, your home," Nicklen writes. "Your one, wild, irreplaceable home. Come back…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (478+ words) This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors" weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. This week, I learned that Charles Darwin didn"t exactly come up with the theory of evolution by…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (137+ words) 10: 00 pm - 12: 00 am 12: 00 am - 3: 00 am Radio Book Club: Naming Nature: A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities for Word Lovers Maeve Conran This interview was broadcast on KGNU at 9 am on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Listen to our special podcast Afterhours at the Radio Book…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (274+ words) The New Scientist Book Club's read for June was Richard Dawkins's "gene's-eye view" of evolution, which turns 50 this year. Here's'what we made of it The New Scientist Book Club read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins in June The'New Scientist…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (35+ words) History Books Really Glossed Over Some Crazy Prehistoric Stuff A Look At Moments In Earth's Past That Sound Made Up When it comes to our planet's history, we grew up thinking: dinosaurs, more "...