Links for you. Science:

From Caves to Stonehenge, Ancient Peoples Painted with Sound: Researchers present evidence of sophisticated sonic illusions in ancient sites around the world.
This Is NASA’s Cancer-Sniffing Cellphone Sensor
Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone
Finally, a smoking gun connecting livestock antibiotics and superbugs (although now the ag lobby will argue that one example isn’t enough…)

Other:

Stories of abortion (if the theocrat* right had its way, substitute the U.S. for Ireland, and Canada for the U.K. *Heh.)
There is No Shortage of Rental Housing and Rents Are Not Rising Rapidly
Life in the Bull’s Eye: Target Employees Speak
Schools We Can Envy (I have a copy of Finnish Lessons; I’ll probably get to reviewing it in a couple of weeks)
Weekend Diversion: I Finally Learned to Tie My Shoes!
Rick Santorum: A Conservative Who Once Defended Labor Unions, Gays In Military, Art Funding (even when they seem like crazy ass true believers, I always have the nagging suspicion that’s it’s just a big con)
The Limits of “Conscience”
The Juice Ain’t Worth the Squeeze’: Lies, damn lies, and the war in Afghanistan.
One Girl, One Cup