Science Particle accelerator reveals ancient medical manuscript replaced with religious text Andrea James

manuscripts This medieval manuscript archivist is working his dream job and it shows Seamus Bellamy

books New high-resolution scan of medieval Aberdeen Bestiary Andrea James

History This unlucky fellow was the first person to have been killed by a meteorite in recorded history David Pescovitz

podcasts Writer David Moldawer's favorite tools Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants The snail cosmology of medieval manuscripts Cory Doctorow

happy mutants To do in Toronto: the Retro Futures exhibit at Metro Reference Library Cory Doctorow

music Haruki Murakami donating his huge record collection to university David Pescovitz

Science Europe's massive plan to require open access for all science gets two new backers: Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation Cory Doctorow

books Photographer travels the globe documenting remarkable libraries Andrea James

libraries The New York Public Library's curious collection of authors' personal items David Pescovitz

beating the system Profile of a man who created a horse-racing algorithm and made close to a billion dollars Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Romance writers sought for library residency at my former Toronto workplace Cory Doctorow

books Occult manuscripts to be digitized and posted online Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The story of how sf writer and editor Judith Merril founded Toronto's astounding sf reference library and changed the city Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Write your manifesto on the move with this do-it-all writing platform Boing Boing's Shop

documentary New documentary is a magic portal into a weird and wonderful library Ferdinando Buscema

books 11th-century herbal remedy guide now digitized and online Andrea James

books Voynich Manuscript "solution" rubbished by experts Cory Doctorow

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein