Links for you. Science:

Sequestration: inadvertently killing biomedical research to score political points
Intellectual Property
Drier climate will spread diarrhoea
Africa’s Weird Fairy Circles are Termite-Built Water Traps
Advice: Should you get your PhD?

Other:

The Real Reason for the Iraq War
The Divide (interesting take on the NSF poly sci affair)
What Kansas Basketball Star Ben McLemore Can Teach America About Poverty
Boston Punk Zombies Are Watching You! The Boston police go undercover on the Internet to stop the city’s most dreaded scourge: DIY indie-rock shows.
‘Baghdad Bob’ and His Ridiculous, True Predictions
Spam and Taxes
Do Millennials Stand a Chance in the Real World?
Ex-Schools Chief in Atlanta Is Indicted in Testing Scandal
Weep for the radiologists
Hey, I think Jindal and Walker are jokes too. Who doesn’t?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg must go: The GOP could take the Senate in 2014. If the justice wants to be replaced by a liberal, now’s the time to resign
Getting past feelings
Big Shot