Links for you. Science:

Collection of Jumping spiders
The Most Badass Fish in the Sea
Sequencing our gut bacteria: the hype and hope of another big science project
Not a Normal Killing

Other:

Over at The Daily Beast’s Home for Troubled Tories (must-read)
Top 10 Lessons of the Iraq War (#1 is kinda important)
The Arizona Birth Control Bill (With A Splash of Title VII)
The upper class is more Republican
A nation cannot grow without spending
Adam Davidson Presents the Trophy Nanny as 1% Status Symbol
How Do You, NTT Faculty, Pay Your Rent?
The Imaginary Tower
Schools Cheating Investigation: Atlanta Journal Constitution Flags Improbable Test Scores In Analysis (you have to careful, however, since cohorts of students will perform differently)
Who is Insulting the Middle Class?http://mikethemadbiologist.com/wp-admin/edit.php
Controlling Young Women
Phase III of the War on Contraception: Pretend It Was All A Dream
Cinderfellas: The Long-Lost Fairy Tales