Links for you. Science:

The scientific reasons it is not helpful to study the Newtown shooter’s DNA
The ultimate jaws on a longhorned beetle!
Huge Breakthrough In HIV Research Brings Us Closer To A Vaccine
Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013 (a mea culpa by a former anti-GMO advocate)
On Fat And Mortality. The Recent Meta-Analysis.

Other:

Must Be Seen to Be Believed: Kevin-Prince Boateng Kicks Soccer’s Racism in the Teeth
The Forbes-College Professor War Is So On (my favorite part of the apology: “Though I happen to know a tenured professor who enjoys several breaks during the year and takes a several-week vacation over the summer, I didn’t set out to report exhaustively on the hours professors work.” “I know a guy…” Awesome journalism)
Even gangsters live in fear of Japan’s gun laws
More Guns = More Killing
RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS: THEY’RE WOUNDED, BUT THEY STILL HAVE POWER
Beyond Thunderdome
THIRD WORLD AMERICA, WITH REGARD TO GUNS AS WELL AS ECONOMICS
Welcome to the United States of YOUR OWN PARTY, You Monumental Assclown (the post is pretty good too…)
Why Paul Krugman should be President Obama’s pick for US treasury secretary
Rebranding the “trillion-dollar coin”
Micro Up, Macro Down? (I think this gets at a really key issue of economists vs. everyone else)
Secret and Lies of the Bailout
Corruption Responsible for 80% of Your Cell Phone Bill
10 Pundits You Should Ignore In 2013