Written language is one of the most significant inventions in human history because it allowed large amounts of information to be stored and conveyed from one person to another or between generations. Another significant step was the development of...

Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other...

On a lush island in the Stockholm archipelago, master bookbinder Johanna Röjgåd plies her time-honored trade amid idyllic surroundings. WE'VE LONG BEEN ADMONISHED NEVER TO JUDGE a book by its cover. That's good advice, for the shoddiest of exteriors may shroud words of...

A pigskin binding of a Thomas a Kempis book printed in Nuernberg in 1494 is now on view at the Folger Library in an exhibition titled, "Fine and Historic Bookbindings." The collection includes more than 150 bindings from six centuries and is the...

Michael Faraday wasn't about to limit himself to logic.That's because Faraday, the pre-eminent scientist of his time, believed quantum leaps in technology came not just from logic, but imagination, too."Let us encourage ourselves with a little more imagination prior to experiments," he told a group...

Farms can't be sued over the pollution or odors they emit as long as they have entered into an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal appeals court ruled.The ruling, issued Tuesday, was a rebuke to environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, which sued...