Links for you. Science:

That NIH race thing is still a big deal, and completely forgettable
Genomic funding goes Mendelian
NHGRI broadens sequencing program focus on inherited diseases, medical applications
Better Conservation through Cloning: this cock doesn’t crow (Casey Mulligan routinely writes very silly, fact-defying things about economics, why would his musings on biology be any different?)

Other:

The President Does Not Fully Understand the 99 Percent (no shit)
Man Bites Dog
The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah!
Obama Overrules FDA on Plan B
In Astounding Move, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Overrules FDA Recommendation to Make Plan B Over-the-Counter
Do Teachers Care About Pay? Yes, But Not as Much as You Think.
Does Barry Ritholz finally get it? Did he “know” it all the time?
Another day another millionaire whiner (the last paragraph is key)
Confused Rhode Island Christianists sing secular song to defend Pagan symbol
ESPRIT D’ESTOPPEL (while I’ll often read on leftie blogs about people whose mind was changed, it never involves humiliation)
Four Ways Obama’s Plan B Birth Control Fail Hurts Young Women of Color