Links for you. Science:
Treponema are not “ancient” but absence from some human’s guts is very interesting
The cost of sequencing is still going down
A Top Weedkiller Could Cause Cancer. Should We Be Scared?
Not so fast, FastTree
Are we doing FAKEPHY? REALPHY paper in MBE and the ‘inaccuracy’ of phylogenies based on whole genome SNPs identified by mapping to a reference
Other:
Why The TPP is a Game Changer
Threats And Abuse Are Part Of The Job At Metro, Drivers And Station Managers Say (guess what? The harm causes by the inability to receive a radio signal isn’t limited to train fires anymore!)
Not Walker-ing It Back
Opportunity
Sen. Rubio, Rep. Jordan propose repealing D.C. gun control laws (in days of yore, this used to be referred to as ‘outn—-ring’ your opponent; nothing new for D.C.)
40 Years After Women Went on Strike in Iceland, Here’s What Gender Equality Looks Like
Roots of frat boy racism: America’s oldest colleges profited from slavery, taught racial inferiority
Want a Job in Silicon Valley After Yale? Good Luck With That
The Deadly Global War for Sand
I’m a European Jew—and No, I’m Not Leaving (good, though I don’t think her characterization of American Jewry is entirely accurate)
Surge Pricing for Parking? Pilot Starting to Test the Waters in Downtown DC (Dupont Circle is getting it first)
Always Remember, the NY Times Pushed, Hard, for War in Iraq
In defense of bloody primaries
How many parking spaces left in Boston? No one knows (this is nuts: Boston doesn’t need more parking; I’m also guessing many of the people who want more parking also complain about how expensive housing is.)
South Side Man Who Posed Stone-faced with Mayor on Instagram: Rahm Emanuel is a Horrible Tipper
1,000-year-old onion and garlic eye remedy kills MRSA
Where the parking is located is more important than the sheer number of spaces. 6000 spaces in the Seaport don’t do any good if there’s no reason to go there, and they don’t do any good for people who work in or have medical appointments in the Longwood Medical Area. They certainly don’t do any good for the Boston neighborhoods that saw nearly half the spots on the street covered with huge mounds of snow for two months. Parking needs to be distributed judiciously where it is needed. In Roslindale, where I live, new apartment construction needs some dedicated parking. If even only half the inhabitants of a new development have cars, there is literally no on-street parking to accommodate them.