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New book "True or Poo?" explores a range of riveting animal repulsiveness.

Archaeologists are excavating the remains of an ancient Roman library — a bibliophile's dream that once held up to 20,000 scrolls — in Cologne, Germany.

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You can read about Kenneth Lacovara's adventures, as well as a compelling history of dinosaur research, in his new book, "Why Dinosaurs Matter."

Win a free copy of the new book "Why Dinosaurs Matter" by answering a trivia question about the paleo-beasts on Facebook this Tuesday (Sept. 26).

What goes on behind the scenes at a zoo? Author Annette Libeskind Berkovits, retired Senior Vice President for Education at the Bronx Zoo, has plenty of stories to tell.

In "Surviving Death," Leslie Kean reveals stunning and wide-ranging evidence suggesting that consciousness survives death.

In "Calculating the Cosmos," author Ian Stewart presents a guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe.

Live Science takes a seat at the table with Bill Schutt, author of "Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History."

The stolen works include a 1566 edition of Copernicus' book, and early works by Galileo, Isaac Newton and more.