Links for you. Science:

Americans hate math and this newspaper article sort of provides some mathematical support.
Hospital Networks and the Dispersal of Hospital-Acquired Pathogens by Patient Transfer
Great patient advocacy against HAIs
Here’s hoping molecular classification/systematics of cultured & uncultured microbes wins #NobelPrize in medicine
People in positions of power that don’t understand statistics are a big problem for genomics

Other:

Another domino down, and our complicit national media is silent (education ‘reform’ has little to do with children, and everything to do with lower wages for teachers and staff)
The Wisdom of Age (must-read)
The Internet: Will It Never Stop Ruining Everything?
The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree. (obnoxious, not fair, and very funny)
Reading Is Fundamental
Several Dozen Signs of the Apocalypse
Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives
BPD says the party’s over for Suffolk students in the North End
Connecticut School Wars
Mitt Romney’s Horses Have It Better Than You
SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY SIMPLIFIED
How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Global Taxes
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
Ideology and Electricity: The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan
Income versus Wealth
Every Nation Gets the TSA It Deserves