More and more of us may read their newspaper online. But many kinds of paper are “on a roll.” Martha Teichner this morning offers us a crash course on paper. You might want to take notes: They’re just ...

A factory's rejected paper in 1907 unexpectedly birthed the paper towel, born from a need to clean spills rather than a grand ...

Two new books about the history of paper — both tell the same story, right? Well, not really, and, in their differences, the books reveal much about the writing and reading of history. Consider this ...

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