Here are some of the sources that inspired The Cerulean's Secret:

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• Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Color
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• Heaven, David, "Metallic Blue Fruit Shines Brightest of All," New Scientist, September 10, 2012
  
• "How Smart Dust Could Spy On Your Brain," Technology Review, July 16, 2013
  
• IANS, "Japan to Start Clinical Tests to Regenerate Spinal Cord," Business Standard, June 17, 2014
  
• Johnson, Kirk, "Today’s Police Put On a Gun and a Camera," The New York Times, September 27, 2014
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• Manjoo, Farhad, "If You Like Immersion, You’ll Love This Reality," The New York Times, April 2, 2014
  
• Markoff, John, "Real-Life Illness in a Virtual World," The New York Times, July 14, 2014
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• Modular Snake Robots, Biorobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon University
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• Shachtman, Noah and Beckhusen, Robert, "11 Body Parts Defense Researchers Will Use to Track You," Wired, January 25, 2013
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• Spice, Byron, "Carnegie Mellon's Snake Robots Learn To Turn by Following the Lead of Real Sidewinders," Carnegie Mellon news release, March 20, 2015
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