Links for you. Science:

The Best Evidence for Dark Matter & the Uncertainty Therein
Young ants only poop once
This may be the best scientific paper abstract ever written
Everyone calm down, there is no “bee-pocalypse”
Rare Mutation Ignites Race for Cholesterol Drug

Other:

The Least Surprising Story Of The Day
What liberals are told about rising NAEP scores!
Student loan rate hikes unfair: Students shouldn’t be in debt before they turn 22
Steve Stockman Is the Nuttiest Freshman in Congress—Again
How the third of the once-major weeklies reported those new NAEP results!
Shut Up, Pundits. You Like Broccoli. (I like broccoli!)
Americans actually really like broccoli
Income, Race and Voting
Wal-Mart Plays Hardball in D.C. (I’m more optimistic; in terms of economic pain, it’s one thing for an existing store to be closed, another to not open a store which does yet exist)
America against democracy
Meet the “Southern Avenger”! Another Member of Rand Paul’s Team Has White Supremacist Past (how does Paul get away with having a secessionist on his staff?)
MOST UPSET ABOUT NSA SURVEILLANCE: WHITE GUYS
Wall Street and Unions Have Knives Out Against Spitzer’s NYC Comptroller Run
Mayoral forum puts focus on environmental priorities (good news–they covered it; bad news–you don’t learn very much from the article)