Teenagers (Life)
A look at teenagers that brings to light their beauty and potential instead of focusing on their failings:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/08/24/159932772/finding-the-beauty-in-at-risk-teens
Indie Publishing (Publishing)
A good look at the beginning of going indie and what important things are forgotten (warning: some swearing):
http://chazzwrites.com/2011/12/31/self-pub-highlights-the-best-and-worst-of-the-first-and-how-to-succeed-by-failing/
Medicine (Science)
Silk molecules may help solve the life-altering problem of getting fragile vaccines to the people who need them most when they can’t survive in room temperatures:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/07/10/silk-cages-preserve-vaccines-and-antibiotics-for-months-without-refrigeration/
Classism (Society)
A look at how current separation between the very rich and the poor mirrors post-apocalyptic literature not as a vision of the future but a reality of the now.
http://theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/the-post-apocalyptic-tech-scene/262868/
Robotics (Technology)
An amazing use of the old Mastermind game to allow robots to cooperate:
http://www.technewsdaily.com/8365-flying-and-rolling-robots-work-together.html
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