Japanese Temari Spheres (Art)

Amazing designs embroidered onto balls in a traditional Japanese art form
http://www.boredpanda.com/92-year-old-grandmother-temari-spheres/

Melting Pot (Life)

While surveys show the melting pot concept in the US is largely myth, in the under 30 group, there is hope.
http://www.livescience.com/38794-reuters-poll-racial-segregation.html

Sleep (Physiology)

An interesting, and scary, look at how the brain uses the time we sleep, making it even more critical to get between 7 and 9 hours:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/goodnight-sleep-clean.html

Ancient Techniques (Technology)

One man demonstrates how with physics, basic tools, and time, he can raise Stonehenge all by himself:
http://www.offgridworld.com/man-moves-huge-blocks-by-himself-using-simple-tools-ancient-knowledge/

World building (Writing)

Evaluation of ten hand to hand combat myths.
http://www.andrewjackwriting.com/2012/01/10-hand-to-hand-combat-myths-that-writers-need-to-stop-using/

Sworn to protect her sister from an unjust law in steam-driven Victorian England, Lily’s wayward heart settles on the one man she cannot have: a police officer.
Safe Haven