Links for you. Science:

Losing Deep-Sea Science in the United States
Nasty nasal parasite
A “Shocking Disproportion” in Funding of Young and Older Scientists
Personality Without Genes?
The post-antibiotic era isn’t coming soon. It is already here.

Other:

Civil disobedience (must-read on vaginal intrusion laws)
The Glass House Effect: Heartland Institute Tried To Steal Documents From Greenpeace
Meghan McCain in Playboy and Why It Matters
The Power of Plutocratic Pettiness
How the Fundamentalist Mind Compels Conservative Christians to Force Their Beliefs on You
The coming battle between old and young (the UK version of what’s happening in the U.S.)
Survey: Teachers work 53 hours per week on average
Linda Parks: A New Breed of High Broderist Politician (why don’t these assholes ever run in the Republican Party? We need better Democrats–the real one is here)
Professor XXX (the real question for me is how anyone who ever was in this business can leave if we’re so strict)
Pensions Are Good For You
Was St Patrick of the tall tales a tax exile and a spin doctor?
Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods