Links for you. Science:

The Mathematics of Lego
Why Aren’t Computer Programming Languages Designed Better?
More News: FDA Curbs One Class of Farm Drugs
The Plague of Thebes, a Historical Epidemic in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex
A field guide to Mannion’s second least favorite bird

Other:

Manufacturing Is Surprising Bright Spot in U.S. Economy (can we please stop saying the U.S. doesn’t manufacture anything anymore? Please?)
Don’t Anyone Say Newt Gingrich is a “Victim” of Citizens United
Americans and Innumeracy
Why The Charles Street Market Matters (so much of what makes cities work is very, very fine-grained)
Is this Product Placement in the Wall Street Journal?
Academia’s Crooked Money Trail (definitely want to get this book)
Threat of job loss as motivation for Research Works Act: real or fear-mongering?
NFL Players Association blasts Indiana lawmakers for ‘right-to-work’ plans
Conservatism: Always at war with some part of America
The GOP’s Multi-Decade Capital Gains Tax Cut Scheme
Paul Krugman and the polemical style of blogging
Henneberger and the Pro-Choice Cassandra Syndrome: WashPo Columnist Continues Tradition of Ignoring Reality