Some libraries cancel late fees, others get Interpol involved for missing manuscripts. Either way, missing books can become fascinating treasures when they’re finally returned. Plus, Hubble has spotted a rare planet in the earliest phase of formation. And the United Kingdom has announced plans to mint its own NFT.

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Links:

• New York City Libraries End Late Fees, and the Treasures Roll In (NY Times)
• Darwin's missing 'tree of life' notebooks mysteriously returned after 20 years (NBC News) 
• Missing Darwin notebooks returned to Cambridge University Library (Cambridge University)
• Rare glimpse of giant planet still 'in the womb' yet nine times the mass of Jupiter (The Guardian)
• Psst! Wanna see an actual Hubble image of a planet forming around a nearby star? (Bad Astronomy, Syfy Wire)
• Hubble Finds a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way (NASA)
• Britain announces plans to mint its own NFT as it looks to 'lead the way' in crypto (CNBC)
• Rishi Sunak to launch an NFT issued by the Royal Mint to help make UK 'global cryptoasset hub' (Sky News)
• Rishi Sunak asks Royal Mint to create NFT (The Guardian)
• HBO Max wants multiple TV spin-offs of Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes movies (A/V Club)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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