How Reading Fiction Helps You Think Better

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-reading-fiction-helps-you-think-better

Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind.html

BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery

http://www.ted.com/talks/black_my_journey_to_yo_yo_mastery.html

New research reveals Christianity's Buddhist roots

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-research-reveals-christianity-s-buddhist-roots

Joi Ito: I'm Not a Futurist, I'm a Nowist

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112738844/human-gene-mutations-5000-years-112912/

Origin of the Romani People Pinned Down

http://www.livescience.com/25294-origin-romani-people.html

Is the novel beyond saving? Novelists believe they can't compete with the shiny objects on the Internet -- and therein lies the problem By Sam Byers, The Weeklings

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/14/is_the_novel_beyond_saving/