Dewey Decimal System Day today marks the birthday of librarian Melvil Dewey and celebrates the library classification system ...

When I was a kid, I was interested in a number of professions that are now either outdated, or have changed completely. One ...

Melvil Dewey made huge contributions to the library world during his life. In 1876, while he was a student at Amhurst, Dewey started a library product and furniture business called the Library Bureau.

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Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

There are plenty of well-known models among the 8-bit machines of the 1980s, and most readers could rattle them off without a ...

The viral "six-seven" meme, dismissed as "brain rot," is interpreted as an unconscious global ritual by Gen Alpha. Numerology suggests the chant, a fusion of "old order" (6) and "new mystery" (7), ...

WhatsApp's mass adoption stems in part from how easy it is to find a new contact on the messaging platform: Add someone's phone number, and WhatsApp instantly shows whether they're on the service, and ...

A Princeton University database was compromised in a cyberattack on November 10, exposing the personal information of alumni, donors, faculty members, and students. According to a FAQ page issued on ...