The rapists who don’t get caught are smart, misogynist predators, not confused young men. (via Michael Alan Miller)
Teaching teenagers about healthy relationships reduces teen pregnancy. (via OPT) Unfortunately, about the only people who get a decent sex education in the US grow up on a farm.
Thamnolia vermicularis (whiteworm lichen) on Botany Photo of the Day
Obama gives the go-ahead for offshore drilling, reneging on his campaign promise in a bid to get the Republicans to vote for climate change legislation. First of all, a potential three years of oil is NOT worth that much environmental damage. But perhaps more importantly, shouldn’t you wait until you’ve got the votes to hand over the prize?
The Jews were never slaves in Egypt (and they were probably Canaanites to boot). But Happy Passover anyway!
The crazies on the right think returning your census form is like the jackets from the V‘s Peace Ambassadors, but still stop efforts to model the population instead.
Ovulation
Girls are outperforming boys in school and some white guys think we should change the system because of it. Lindsay Beyerstein has a spot on analysis of the situation: “Maybe boys are acting out and underperforming because they’ve been taught from an early age that the world should change to suit them.”
A fantastic series of lectures from a Berkeley Biological Anthropology course taught by Terrence Deacon is available online (you can also get it through iTunesU). I’ve been listening to it on my walk to school in the mornings.
From a beautiful series by Sophia Wallace
People we “rescued” from Haiti are currently prisoners of our royally fucked immigration system because of a paperwork problem.
I’m not going to have kids and I’m happy about it. Are you?
Five ways the world didn’t end when the Large Hadron Collider turned on.
Gay marriage in the British Cavalry. Romantic!