Links for you. Science:

Trouble in the algae lab for Craig Venter and Exxon
Nature Adds Water, and Everything Mushrooms
Guest Post: Love the Tyrant, Not the Hype
The Fading of Fall: Why the bright red leaves of New England are in danger.

Other:

Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race (and you can donate here, if you’re so inclined)
Why a Mortgage Cramdown Bill Is Still the Best Bet to Save the Economy
Is Wharton Ruining American Business?
False Equivalence Watch: Et Tu, PBS?
How I Communicate With People Less Right Than Me
Taxpayer-Funded ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Tell Jewish Woman To Convert To Christianity Or Go To Hell
IOUs Make The World Go ‘Round
OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning – It’s Cheating
Generation Catalano: We’re not Gen X. We’re not Millennials.
The Romney Economy: At Bain Capital, Romney remade one American business after another, overhauling management and directing vast sums of money to the top of the labor pyramid. The results made him a fortune. They also changed the world we live in.