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28 Fascinating, Fun Facts About Books and Reading | Book Riot

Dive into fascinating facts about books and reading, as well as answers to frequently-asked questions about them.

#books #reading

Astronaut Mice Reveal Potential Link Between the Gut and Bone Loss in Space

Scientists sent 20 mice to the International Space Station so scientists could observe how microgravity affected their bone density and gut microbiomes.

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#science #biology #astronomy #medicine

For Hetty Lui McKinnon, ‘Salads Are Very Much My Soul Food’

The author of the new cookbook ‘Tenderheart’ turns bread, dip, salad, and cheese into an any-season dinner

A Place of Both Solitude and Belonging: In Praise of the Park Bench

“We spend our life,” said Samuel Beckett, “trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench.” There’s somethi

The Women Who Preached in Their Sleep - JSTOR Daily

Was sleep-preaching an ingenious way for oppressed women to subvert the social order through somniloquy?

#feminism #history #religion

A Crime Writer and Taekwondo Instructor’s Top 7 Fight Scene Mistakes in Fiction

I’m a 4th Degree Black Belt and Certified Instructor of Taekwondo. I trained and taught as a career for over 20 years. I also write suspense novels, and it drives me a little nuts whenever I read a…

Alaskans Have Photographed This Boulder for 33 Years

In 1990, a scientist began visually documenting Prince William Sound’s recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. When funding ran out, volun

Parting Glances: Mourning the Work We Didn’t Get from Queer Director Bill Sherwood

It’s not clear when Bill Sherwood knew he was closer to the end of his life than the beginning. He was sure he had contracted HIV early on—a

#bill sherwood #history #movies

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

Career Day at kindergarten wasn’t going well. Worksheets splayed across the tables, each with a suitable illustration waiting to be colored

#feminism #science

On the Hunt for America’s Forgotten Apples

Apples no one has ever tasted are still out in the wild. Dave Benscoter, a retired FBI agent, has spent a decade searching for these 100-yea

#food #conservation

The Gumshoes Who Took On the Klan - JSTOR Daily

In the pages of Black Mask magazine, the Continental Op and Race Williams fought the KKK even as they shared its love of vigilante justice.

#history #racism #politics

But when we understand nature’s kingdom and work within its seasons, we are never afraid and never alone.

-- The Thick and the Lean, by Chana Porter

#quotes #the thick and the lean #chana porter #books #science fiction

The Understated Brilliance of ‘A Most Violent Year’

2014’s “A Most Violent Year” had a lot going for it from the jump. Its lead, Oscar Isaac, was fresh off his acclaimed performance as the titular sadsack folk singer in “Inside Llewyn Davis” and his…

#a most violent year #movies

Grace E. Lavery: You Already Write How You Write, Just Give In.

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. The essay that shifted me from the “promising kid” to “young upst

‘Mad and offensive’ texts shed light on the role played by minstrels in medieval society

The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real minstrel

#history #books #literature #poetry

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

Welcome to When I’m Not Writing, a new series in which we invite writers to tell us about the things they do when they’re not, you know, writing. Writers are not, as idyllically pictured, alw…

#writing #sports

Venn Diagram of LGBTQ+ and Gaming Communities Goes Here - JSTOR Daily

Video games offer many LGBTQ+ people avenues for meaning, community, and escape, but in-game cultures of harassment still pose serious probl

#lgbtqia #video games

How LGBTQ Groups Supported Striking Miners vs. Thatcher - JSTOR Daily

During a national miners strike, LGBT activists became unexpected allies, united against the Thatcher government.

#history #lgbtqia #politics #union strike

All-Meat Diets Are Real and Yeah, They're Extreme

The carnivore diet, lion diet, and animal-based diet have all become popular on social media recently. Here's what to know.

#food #medicine

A Brief History of Trying to Breathe in Cities

Whenever the air in Bangkok becomes too polluted to breathe, my relatives turn to the internet. They open an online city map to gawk at air-

#climate change