Links for you. Science:
A Doctor’s Quest to Save People by Injecting Them With Scorpion Venom
Death by Fungus
Mobile phones carry the personal microbiome of their owners
A World Cup Visitor: Polio from Africa in Brazil
Other:
Inside the Mirrortocracy (excellent)
Grassley’s Hunt For An Obama Insider Trading Scandal Backfires On GOP
When Brooklyn juries gentrify, defendants lose
Housing is a big part of inequality in Washington. We need more housing, and more affordable housing, to fix it
How Not to Talk About Your Money, Very Rich Edition
A Great Ruling for Public Health and a Big Blow to the Anti-Vaccination Movement
When parking prices reflect demand, everybody wins
Mississippi, Goddamn: Where Sheep Are Nervous
Pando Abruptly Fired Two High-Profile Staffers Without Notice or Cause (I was an NSFWcorp reader, not a tech reader; I think they’ll lose a lot firing these guys)
The Media’s Disappearing of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program and Why It Matters
Researchers at risk in Central Asia
mikethemadbiologist