Links for you. Science:

The Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis)
2 exotic termites find love in Florida, worrying researchers
Report: D.C. Has One Of The Highest STD Rates In The Country (we’re number 1! Actually, it’s a bit apples & oranges)
More Data on Age and the Workforce (you’ll notice that 45 and under get the shit end of the stick)
Evolutionary Psychology Is Neither (excellent)

Other:

The Shut-In Economy: In the new world of on-demand everything, you’re either pampered, isolated royalty — or you’re a 21st century servant. (this is how the gentry lives)
Techno Fantasies (excellent)
Regulatory Capture, Captured on Video: SEC official slobbers over private equity titans, suggests his son might want a job in the field
We visited 18 schools in 90 days to play DC’s annual preschool lottery. Here is what we learned. (as I’ve noted before, the real advantage of school lotteries has nothing to do with education, and everything to do with keeping neighborhoods somewhat more affordable)
Suburban sprawl is stifling the US economy
An Epidemic of Americans Behaving Well
Return to Splendor: Sam Gilliam’s art is more relevant than ever, but don’t call it a comeback.
Stop Using College Students as Political Pawns (excellent)
D.C. Politicians’ Worst Parking Jobs, Ranked
Food Snobs Like Mark Bittman Aren’t Even Hiding Their Elitism Anymore
Arizona Wants Doctors to Tell Patients that Abortions Can Be “Reversed”
New Leaked TPP Chapter; Worse Than the Last Leaked Version
Guess Which Ultra Liberal State Is About to Become a Hellish Place for People to Work in?
A New Irish Rebellion, This Time Against Water Fees
The crisis in US-Israel relations is much bigger than Bibi Netanyahu