A French world champion wingsuit skydiver plummeted to his death when his parachute failed to open during a daring free-fall jump over Europe’s highest peak, according to reports. Pierre Wolnik, a two ...

THORNTON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adams County’s public library system, Anythink Libraries, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Anythink World, the world’s first virtual library metaverse, an ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and complex links with neighbors. A room in Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh with ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Dolly Parton’s artistic talent and infectious personality brought her global acclaim, but the story of East Tennessee’s beloved star wouldn’t be complete without her ...

File photo of the Lawrence Public Library on Friday, July 26, 2024. Editor’s note: This is an installment in an occasional series of “user guides” that aim to provide readers information on how to ...

From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike. In the library of Bayt Yakan, a Cairo building renovated by the architectural conservator Alaa ...

Tucked within the hilltop campus of the University of Coimbra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Biblioteca Joanina is a baroque jewel of European academia. Commissioned by King João V in the 18th ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers in Germany recently accomplished a truly audacious ...

In the late 1990s, primary school teacher Antonio La Cava grew alarmed that students in his home region of Basilicata, in southern Italy, felt no connection with the books that had shaped his own ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --An overdue library book was returned to the Chantilly Regional Library after 36 years and a trip to Greece. The Fairfax County Library system posted about the book's return on Facebook ...

Physical maps might feel out of date in our smartphone and GPS age but maps aren’t just for navigation. They are windows into history, culture and how we perceive the world. We visit a map library in ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...