Links for you. Science:

Deep Sea Explorers Stumble Upon A Creature They Can Hardly Believe Is Real
The Secret Bataclysm: White Nose Syndrome and Extinction
MTAfucknuttery!
Seeds of Doubt: An activist’s controversial crusade against genetically modified crops.

Other:

The Limits Of Everything (excellent)
Bezos-owned Washington Post now inserting gross Amazon affiliate links into news articles
Teaching Is Not a Business
How air conditioning remade modern America
The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race (good, but abortion isn’t a distraction; as Martin Luther King noted, controlling reproduction is a key element in reducing poverty)
One of the best ways to fight inequality in cities: zoning
In Ferguson, Black Town, White Power
Start telling your coworkers they need a vacation, folks
Common Core tests fail kids in New York again. Here’s how.
Driving While Black in Ferguson
This Is The Most Important Reform Ferguson Can Enact To Give Its Black Residents A Voice