First Illustrated Book Found

from The Observer The Oldest Copy of the First Illustrated Book Has Been Discovered in Egypt By Helen Holmes Detail from one of the coffins of Gua, chief physician of Djehutyhotep, governor of Bersha. The paintings recall drawings from the Book of Two Ways. Werner...

Steinbeck’s Knickknacks

from The Observer John Steinbeck’s Weirdest Knickknacks Are Going Up for Auction in February By Helen Holmes John Steinbeck smoking a cigarette at his home in Sag Harbor, Long Island. Getty Images Within the context of an ultra-modern 21st century that’s increasingly...

F†cking Cats

from Are Technica The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet Ars chats with physicist Greg Gbur about his book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics by JENNIFER OUELLETTE  A cat being dropped upside down to demonstrate a...

Exile Revisited

from SPIN Girly Show: The Oral History of Liz Phair’s ‘Exile In Guyville’ How a suburban Chicago songwriter wandered out of a John Hughes script and recorded one of the decade’s masterpieces  by Jessica Hopper In 1993, no rock record was as divisive as Liz...