Links for you. Science:
Another Sad Passing of a Microbial Hero™—-RIP the Late, Great Abigail Salyers…
The same, yet different
The Truth Teller
What’s the deal with inclusive fitness theory?
Was ‘Internet’ First Used For A Transistor Radio?
Other:
(Asset) Seizure disorder
Banana drawing by poking holes and allowing polyphenoloxidase to take care of the rest
How Many American Men Are Gay?
Curing Blindness the Cheap Way vs. the Very, Very Expensive Way
I, For One, Welcome our new plutocrat overlord (also see this)
JP Morgan Chase, the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, and the Corruption of America
We Need to Stop Letting China Cheat on International Education Rankings
How ‘Conservative’ is Mainstream Economics?
The PISA Puzzle: The lessons of the big test for our school reform movement aren’t as simple as they might seem.
A Market of Crooks and Naïfs
If American students’ test scores are a wake-up call, what should we wake up and do?
Can buildings be too young to save? The struggle to predict — and preserve — the architectural landmarks of tomorrow
The Snowden Effect, Continued

That doesn’t sound particularly scientific.