It's a mystery that even the legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes might struggle to crack. How a book by his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned up at a library in…
Fans of the novel 'Perfume' by German author Patrick Sueskind will be able to experience some of the pongs and stenches of the 18th-century world he described, after scientists revealed…
A book has been returned to an Idaho library 111 years after it was borrowed. The book, titled ‘New Chronicles of Rebecca’ by Kate Douglas Wiggin, was checked out of…
A Malaysian bookworm is likely to read book descriptions better in the future after regretting his recent purchase of cat novel 'Meow' consisting of 136 pages filled with the same…
This leaping two-person submarine that looks like it came straight out of a Tintin novel is now available to buy for real at an auction in the Netherlands. The mini-sub…
Conservative Russian parents are furious that their children have been told that Oscar Wilde was accused of being gay in a novel given to the youngsters for summer reading. Local…
A Japanese study has shown that deep ultraviolet light can weaken the novel coronavirus and reduce its infection capacity by over 99.9 percent. The research was carried out by the…
This gorgeous Japanese model has impressed netizens with a frilly face mask fashioned out of a bra to help fend off the COVID-19 virus - despite the novel accessory lacking…