Links for you. Science:

Vaccinate your pets
Put Away The Bell Curve: Most Of Us Aren’t ‘Average’
Doggie DNA Tests: Waste of Money or Legitimate Tool?
The solution to the ‘serials crisis’ on campus
Animal research vital to science

Other:

The Post Office Is Not an Other. The Post Office Is Us. (must-read)
Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
GOP Newsletter Calls for Armed Revolution if Obama Re-Elected
Florida nabs white supremacists planning “race war”
The David Brooks difference! Plus, our schools were best in the world!
The legal one per cent
How to win a culture war and lose a generation (I think the key thing is that political conservative Christianity was always about political conservatism first and last. To be cruel about it, it was a way to use tribalism for political gain, and had very little to to do theology or religious practice, as evidenced by how mutable certain positions are, such as the legality of abortion)
Economic mobility greater in blue states
Exploding the myths of manufacturing
Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?
The Washington Post Co.’s Self-Destructive Course
Shocked city councilors demand independent oversight of NStar transformers