She blinded you with science links

Buzz Aldrin and Thomas Dolby Perform "She Blinded Me With Science"

Education

Newsweek's top 13 most useful majors (& the bottom 13) -- yay, science!  

Student, who conducted an unauthorized experiment that led to her being charged with a felony, receives a scholarship to Space Academy.  Good deal.  She no doubt knew what she was doing, and probably the school was making an example of her to show the seriousness of her actions, but a felony  is way overboard.

Graduate school is a state of mind, not a career step, according to this writer

Social Sciences

Linguistic differences in the US

Complaint that Wikipedia is flawed because one of its editors is (the story is interesting, but the conclusion seems weak, especially since it's such a tiny corner and available for scrutiny at any time)

Color film of London in the 1920s

Chemistry

Before and after images of a chemical reaction

Imaging quantum entanglement

Physics

What's a tornado like?  Scientists steal from movie plot.

Underwater roller coaster in Japan

Astronomy

Get in on the ground-level of asteroid mining

Of these three applicants, David Brin is the most articulate is saying why he wants to go to Mars--as well he should be as an SF writer.

Has our universe collided with another?  Possible evidence discussed.

Black holes: portals to other universes?

What all happens to a body when exposed to a vacuum?

Biology

Bleeding mammoth preserved in ice.

Frozen 400-year-old plants live again!

Nearly barren rock in the middle of the ocean houses giant bugs

Images of lesser-known varmints

Mathematics

New work on prime numbers (this reminds me of a cool concept story, Julian Todd's critically acclaimed (most critics liked it although some found it flawed) "Mine the Primes" which Allen Ashley discusses briefly here)

Technology

Human dolls being printed in Japan.  A cultural wonder for some, disturbing to others.

3D printing saves baby's life

Simulated artificial life, starting with worms