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A new website offers a different perspective on the ruins of Spain's construction bubble. Called Nación Rotonda, or "Roundabout Nation," the site displays before-and-after aerial photos of Spanish towns, documenting how quickly half-built condos and urban sprawl have replaced open land in recent years.

More bodice unbuttoner than bodice ripper, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, by Anton DiSclafani, is nonetheless an ode to a young girl's sexual awakening. The novel follows Thea, a 1930s teen whose family banishes her to an equestrian boarding school after a mysterious transgression.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a major Chinese holiday when families gather to light lanterns and eat mooncakes. An NPR producer waxes nostalgic about the hockey-puck pastries at the center of celebrations.

What hath the Bard wrought? A legacy of words and idioms you'll recognize from pop culture and even your own speech. On the occasion of his 450th birthday, Ask Me Another presents this handy glossary.

New research from San Diego State University looks at how pronoun usage in books reflects changing gender roles and other cultural shifts over the last century.

Just moments after the earthquake struck Haiti, eyewitness accounts and photos of the devastation spread quickly on Twitter and Facebook. Cell phone carriers made it easy to text donations. And Google created a Haiti missing person's widget, which allows anyone in the world to search a database of missing people in Haiti. Robert Siegel talks to Omar Gallaga, who covers technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman, about technology and disaster.

Google offers a new service for San Diego, which enables Internet users to see actual photographic views of local streets, businesses, and communities. The new service offers a practical and useful to

In southern California, Hollywood howls over "piracy" and is pushing for legislation. In the north, Silicon Valley cries foul over what it sees as restrictions on a free and open Internet. The most pressing issue for both may be the huge sums of money each stands to lose.

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This story is part of our series The Changing Lives of Women.