Links for you. Science:

The Story Behind the Paper by Joshua Weitz on Neutral Theory of Genome Evolution
The Bacteria that Commit Honourable Suicide
NASA: the penny drops
CephSeq – a Cephalopod Genomics Consortium
A rant about museum photography
Evolutionary psychology: A dialogue

Other:

Why I perform abortions: A Christian obstetrician explains his choice
Mitt Romney tells teachers class size doesn’t matter. Did he think that was true for his own sons?
Why Are Struggling White Voters Leaning Toward Mitt Romney? (people do have to like this crap)
Let’s Talk Turkey About Greece
As Apps Move Into Cars, So Do More Distractions
Voter Purge, Minority Voting Rights Flashpoints Of New Showdown In Florida
Why Oh Why Can’t We Have a Better Press Corps? Yes, New York Times, I Am Looking at You Department
Meet Maureen Russo: An Eligible Florida Voter Governor Rick Scott Just Purged From The Voting Rolls
Economics Is Not Math
Speaking of Domestic Terrorism . . .
My war: How I got irony in the infantry
Economists who don’t do it with models
Corrosive
Obama’s Kill List and the End of the Post-9/11 World