Parenting (Life)
I remember the song about William in Free to Be Me, and I love the fact that there is a book (not sure which came first), but what a wonderful way to use it:
http://mysmallpotatoes.com/2012/06/15/weekly-kids-co-op-williams-doll-by-charlotte-zolotow/
Gender Marketing (Reading)
A look at the problems with labeling books by the gender of readers through an author’s eyes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marie-lu/writing-a-book-for-boys_b_2806387.html
Sense of Smell (Science)
A look into why coffee doesn’t taste as good as it smells…based on how we experience scent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9528936/Why-does-coffee-never-taste-as-good-as-it-smells.html
Meteors (Space)
How commerce and science work together and apart through the view of Moroccan meteorite researcher:
http://www.livescience.com/23923-martian-meteorite-tissint-morocco.html
Giant Squid (Zoology)
New research into the genetic diversity of giant squid provides evidence that these wide-spread creatures are not just similar, but part of the same family.
http://www.livescience.com/28025-giant-squid-one-species.html?cmpid=520529
Fall into a world where beauty is a facade, and one elf is pushed beyond reason to rid herself of the smooth-skinned curse. ~ Now available as an eBook:
Curve of Her Claw
Giant squid might be an exploding population — a side effect of ocean warming? Increased carbon? Something else? Very cool!
And now that we know they are passive rather than actively hunting, that thought shouldn’t strike terror in deep sea divers either ;).