#SuperheroProblems: So You’ve Been Invited Out to Hollywood
Almost everyone dreams of big-screen stardom at some point in their lives, and it turns out superheroes are no exception. When Hollywood bigwigs come a-knockin’ with...
The Case for Writing Letters
I’ve always loved reading letters. Whether they are addressed to me or to somebody else, whether they are real or fictitious, there is something special about...
Valentine’s Bookmarks to Buy or DIY for Your Bookish Valentine
My sweetie is a pretty classic Valentine’s Day giver: I can count on flowers and chocolate, plus a smoochero or two. He’d never buy me a...
How Are Libraries Recognizing Black History Month?
In February (the shortest month of the year), we celebrate Black History Month in the U.S. (P.S. I discovered only last year that the Brits celebrate...
Back for More: 12 Exciting Sequels Coming in 2022
What’s more exciting than reading a book that becomes one of your favorites? More books with those characters! Whether it’s a sequel, a trilogy, or a...
Nine Haunting Postapocalyptic Novels
I started reading postapocalyptic fiction in my teens, somewhere between my Herman Hesse phase and my Russian phase, collectively known as the Billy No-Mates Years. It...
Manga Publishers’ Lawsuit: Cloudflare Fails to Terminate Pirates or Verify Identities
Early this week news broke that major manga publishers Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa were about to sue Cloudflare in Japan. The basics are relatively straightforward....
U.S. Seeks Significant Prison Sentence for SPARKS Member to Deter Other Pirates
For several decades, The Scene has been the main source of all pirated content made available on the Internet. Technically, release groups operate in a closed...
Watch this Toyota car drift around obstacles all by itself
When we talk about autonomous driving today, we typically mean cars that can drive by themselves on the highway, recognize some of the dangers on the...
Kyoto Fusioneering secures $11.7M to build out its fusion reactor technologies
With startups getting into nuclear technology, it’s no surprise to see more fund-raising happening. Now, Kyoto Fusioneering, a fusion energy startup based out of Japan but...
