Margaret Atwood is an iconic Canadian writer. Her birthday is Nov. 18 — celebrate by getting to know her better.

Being a true book nerd means not only having a never-ending "to be read" pile and a bookish tote bag. It also means knowing your favorite author's life story, being able to recite passages at the drop ...

Kids are curious and like learning about strange things. For example, did you know that tarantulas will fling some of their barbed hairs off their back at a potential predator? Or that some germs are ...

Over the centuries, humans have gone from merely spotting cryptic celestial bodies to studying the details of deep-space objects and alien planets, and investigating mysterious dark matter and ...

Suddenly it seems facts have become important; that’s a good thing. This fifth annual issue of The Big Book is a compendium of facts about the commonwealth — who’s who, who’s influential and who’s, ...

Explain the facts of life to your kids without embarrassment using these fun and informative sex-education books. Sometimes when children ask those awkward questions about sex, relationships and ...

Last year, I learned a piece of information so startling that I spent months repeating it to anyone who would listen. It came from my colleague Elizabeth Kolbert’s book “The Sixth Extinction,” and it ...

Banks are discriminatory in handing out loans to minorities. Women earn less money than men due to employer discrimination. There are wide disparities in wealth and income because the rich steal from ...

Like most writers, I can be a stickler about language, but anyone who hangs out with me for long enough will learn that I favor a certain ungrammatical turn of phrase: “true fact.” Technically ...