Harvard Medical School launches series of e-books
The publishing arm of the Harvard Medical School is planning a series of short, original e-books on work, parenting, yoga and how to be a surgeon.

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...

2 brief Bradbury works out this fall
Ray Bradbury was in failing health during his final years, but he could still reminisce about his love for books or finish a brief and mysterious ...
James Patterson to help effort to donate books
Best-sellers James Patterson and Ann Patchett will help lead a nationwide effort to spread the good words of books. Patterson and Patchett are the ...

Author Elmore Leonard wins prestigious book award
For a man who built his career on word economy, the title is pretty darned long — The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution ...
FBI suspected Ray Bradbury of communist sympathies
The FBI gave Ray Bradbury a mixed review. According to documents declassified recently through the Freedom of Information Act, the bureau investigated ...

Mars rover passes driving test, looks to hit road
Now that Curiosity passed its driving test on Mars, the six-wheel NASA rover set its sights on longer treks. The first test drive around the pebbly ...

Curiosity rover takes first short spin around Mars
Curiosity took its first test drive around the gravel-strewn Martian terrain Wednesday, preparation for the ultimate road trip to find out if the red ...