Links Roundup - 8.18.08
Science/Biotech
10 Ways Genetically Engineered Microbes Could Help Humanity - an interesting and short overview of some recent biotech advancements using bacteria and yeast, with links to longer articles if you're interested.
New minor planet helps explain comets - The headline is misleading; the article is mostly just about the discovery of a new minor planet. The link to comets is just kind of stuck on at the end.
Fanfic Recs
used_songs wrote a Choose Your Own Adventure Torchwood story. It's fun!
Run by miss_jen_b (DW, PG, gen) - A wonderful little story about the Doctor and Jenny meeting up again. It's a complete fic with six chapters: the link goes to the first chapter and there are links to the others from there.
Writing/Literature-related
Women in Science - a list of female scientist characters from SF books, along with basic information about their role and portrayal in the story. It looks pretty new and incomplete so far, but it takes suggestions for new entries.
Fantasy Novel Title Generator - I usually don't have much use for name/title generators, but this one isn't bad. If nothing else clicking through it has given me some ideas for stories.
10 Ways Genetically Engineered Microbes Could Help Humanity - an interesting and short overview of some recent biotech advancements using bacteria and yeast, with links to longer articles if you're interested.
New minor planet helps explain comets - The headline is misleading; the article is mostly just about the discovery of a new minor planet. The link to comets is just kind of stuck on at the end.
Fanfic Recs
used_songs wrote a Choose Your Own Adventure Torchwood story. It's fun!
Run by miss_jen_b (DW, PG, gen) - A wonderful little story about the Doctor and Jenny meeting up again. It's a complete fic with six chapters: the link goes to the first chapter and there are links to the others from there.
Writing/Literature-related
Women in Science - a list of female scientist characters from SF books, along with basic information about their role and portrayal in the story. It looks pretty new and incomplete so far, but it takes suggestions for new entries.
Fantasy Novel Title Generator - I usually don't have much use for name/title generators, but this one isn't bad. If nothing else clicking through it has given me some ideas for stories.