Links for you. Science:

Boston is the Highest NIH-Funded City
Biosafety in the balance: An accident with anthrax demonstrates that pathogen research always carries a risk of release — and highlights the need for rigorous scrutiny of gain-of-function flu studies. (made the same point here)
Don’t Forget Butterflies! Our Pollination Crisis Is About More Than Honeybees
Sleeping Through the Blitz

Other:

The United States Of Cruelty: We are cheap. We are suspicious. We will shoot first. It does not have to be this way. Like Lincoln before us, it is time to do something about it. (excellent)
Why Parents Keep Shooting Their Kids
A plan to close Social Security field offices and outsource its work
World Cup vs. Jihad
Like it or not, what’s happening in Iraq right now is part of a rational process
A Secret Plan to Close Social Security’s Offices and Outsource Its Work