Day: December 16, 2016

Step Up to BOOK RIOT’S 2017 Read Harder Challenge!

Check it out at Bookriot.com.

This year, Daniel José Older, Sarah MacLean, Roxane Gay, Celeste Ng, Ausma Zehanat Khan, and Jacqueline Koyanagi have contributed their own ideas to the challenge’s task list.

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Once Again — NASA is the Best Place to Work

Read about it at NASA’s blog.

And in a Washington Post article there’s this: Many of the rankings were no surprise. NASA has been No. 1 in its category for five straight years.

That’s not because of space, said Max Stier, the Partnership’s president and chief executive.” “It’s because Charlie Bolden [NASA’s administrator] is a great leader.”

Portrait, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Washington, DC, July 29, 2009.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Portrait, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Washington, DC, July 29, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Check Out the Trailer for ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower,’ a New Film from Studio Ghibli Alums

Watch at Tor.com.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Casts The Walking Dead’s Sonequa Martin-Green as Its Lead

Read all about it at io9.com.

Actress Sonequa Martin-Green speaking at San Diego Comic Con 2016. Photo credit - Gage Skidmore

Actress Sonequa Martin-Green speaking at San Diego Comic Con 2016. Photo credit – Gage Skidmore