BooxAI: We Publish Books
Self-publishing has transformed the process of publishing by giving authors more control over their work and receiving much of their royalties. This has been possible because of technological advances that have made it easier for anyone to publish th.....»»
“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers [Updated]
Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed. Enlarge (credit: Maryna Terletska | Moment) Yesterday, some of the biggest textbook publishers sued Library Genesis, an illegal shadow library that publish.....»»
“Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers
Previous efforts to unmask the people behind Libgen have failed. Enlarge (credit: Maryna Terletska | Moment) Yesterday, some of the biggest textbook publishers sued Library Genesis, an illegal shadow library that publish.....»»
NASA to publish long-awaited UFO report
NASA is set to release on Thursday the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth's skies......»»
Researchers publish first full DNA map of the endangered butternut
Butternuts are soft and oily, with a light walnut flavor that lingers on the tongue. But few Americans have tasted this endangered native. Now, UConn undergraduates have published the first full map of the unusual tree's DNA in G3 . It has been accep.....»»
Telesat books 14 launches with SpaceX, bypassing Blue Origin and Relativity
Telesat books 14 launches with SpaceX, bypassing Blue Origin and Relativity.....»»
Trig – The Oldest Practical Math
My guests on this episode are the authors of Make Trigonometry, Build Your Way from Triangles to Analytic Geometry, Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron. Make Trigonometry is the third math book that Joan and Rich have written with us, the previous books.....»»
The 50 Best Architecture Books You Must Read
Architecture is a field that cannot be described into words, frozen music a legendary man called it. Architecture, more often than not, can be more expressive through a photography, an image, a sketch or metaphor, we have gathered in the following ar.....»»
Trans students benefit from gender-inclusive classrooms—so do the other students and science itself, says researcher
Across the U.S., legislators are debating how and when sex and gender should be discussed in the classroom and beyond. Specifically, these bills are considering whether anything beyond male or female can be included in library books and lesson plans......»»
Children"s books are still whiter and more male than US society, says study
A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics finds that children's books in the United States continue to underrepresent ethnic minorities. In addition, it finds that male characters are overrepresented in such stories, and children are often pr.....»»
A new method helps to measure cosmological distances more accurately
After a complex statistical analysis of some one million galaxies, a team of researchers at several Chinese universities, and the University of Cordoba was able to publish the results of the study in the journal Nature Astronomy. For over two years,.....»»
Kindle sale drops the price of more than 700 books under $5
Right now, Amazon is having a huge Kindle sale which drops the price of over 700 titles and digital ebooks to below $5......»»
How to read EPUB books on your Kindle (3 ways to do it)
Books are easier to access than ever thanks to the introduction of e-readers and e-books. Here's how to easily read EPUB books on your Kindle......»»
Researchers publish new results from dark boson searches
Located at CERN's North Area and receiving beams from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), the NA64 and NA62 experiments search for dark matter, complementing searches at the LHC, as they cover a different energy range. Both experiments have recently.....»»
Twitter to hide news headlines as Musk asks journalists to publish directly on the platform
Twitter (now X) has become a great platform for following news, and many media groups (including ours) share links to their websites on the social network every day. However, it seems that Elon Musk is not happy about this, as he has reportedly asked.....»»
An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban
Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In response to recently enacted state legislation in Iowa, administrators are removing banned books from Maso.....»»
July was the planet"s hottest month on record—so far
A sizzling month marked by record heat waves, major wildfires, melting sea ice and a burgeoning El Niño will go down in the books as the hottest July on record—at least until next year, federal officials said Monday......»»
How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect
The fireflies of Moriyama City have long been prized (and hunted) for their yellow-green glow. To bring populations back up, amateur conservationists are hitting the books......»»
7 ways EA’s Black Panther game can get the most out of the comics books
It'll be a long time until we hear news on EA's Black Panther game, but we're already writing up our comic book wish lists......»»
An author says AI is "writing" unauthorized books being sold under her name on Amazon
An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name — only she didn't write them; they appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence......»»
Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon
Amazon resisted a removal request, citing lack of "trademark registration numbers." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fr.....»»