Snow, you bore me. Links don't, however. Science:
Membership has its privileges
One-Slide Explanation of Tides
Two forms of world's 'newest' cat, the Sunda leopard
Bye Bye Blackbird: USDA acknowledges a hand in one mass bird death
Other:
Eurosclerosis, Then and Now
Dying to Work
Libel in the New York Times and Reuters (there are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize Obama though)
GOP's State of the Union Responder Would Set Higher Taxes on Middle-Class Than Millionaires (in other news, man bites dog...)
The Fed Works... for Chinese Workers
How academic physicians turn into drug company shills
Why I'm glad Keith Olbermann is gone (I completely agree with the third paragraph)
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Did you read the comments to your linked article on Olbermann? You're on the wrong side of this fight.
Re: the State of the Union:
Obama mentions wanting to import more people for labs.
HOW ABOUT TAKING AWAY FEDERAL MONEY FROM BUSINESS AND THE ARTS AND PUTTING IT IN SCIENCE?
I want to see some useless-ass art schools close by the end of the decade.