Links for you. Science:

Do we need copyright?
The Sound of Solitude
Coyotes in New York City: A Bonus?
Building a Monastery the Medieval Way

Other:

Ezra Klein’s unforgettable portrait!
Did the Krugman insurgency fail?
Cat Survives 19-Story Fall From Boston Apartment Building
Guns Don’t Kill People; Paranoid Whackjobs With Guns Kill People
Kerrey, Kerrey quite contrary (I know having him caucus with Democrats is better than the alternative, but he’s dreadful. I can’t get upset if he loses)
If Your Evidence Is Changes In Proficiency Rates, You Probably Don’t Have Much Evidence
Why are Gas Prices Rising? Ask the 1%ers Shuttering Refineries and Eliminating Jobs
Red Meat Blues
How Suburban Sprawl Works Like a Ponzi Scheme
How To Talk About Cities Without Ticking Off Folks Who Don’t Live There
The Nonprofit 1 Percent: Even the do-gooders can seem blind to their own excess
Why “civil disobedience” isn’t the answer in this case
A Young Black Man, Being Late