Sciencey catchup

A few things I've had saved for a while...

1) A discussion of the ancient history of Kansas in context of the evolution debates back there last year

2) The image archive from the Spitzer Space Telescope, which can show us things like stars being born

3) It's good to see that the scientist being silenced by the Bush administration is getting some press, but it's been going on for quite a while

4) What a Piece of Work is Man is a fine essay on homo sapiens' place in the family of living things

5) so you don't overload on science: 10 reasons why gay marriage should be illegal from craigslist