Soireeing into mid-January

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/evolution-of-eyes-text
Here's a great resource about eye evolution from Nat'l Geographic

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-latest-class-of-nasa-astronauts-is-50-female
From Science Alert a report that the 2013 astronauts-in-training are 50% female. They will possibly go to Mars.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/jordanian-film-nominated-oscar-160114172549144.html
From Al Jazeera,a Jordanian film has been nominated for an Oscar. If it succeeds, t will be the first Arab language film to win an Oscar.

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-genome-sequencing-program-targets-genomic-bases-common-rare-disease
The NIH is funding research centers to do genome sequencing of rare and common human diseases. This will be called the center for common disease genomics as reported in a press release.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6270/207.full
Editorial by Bruce Alberts, former editor of Science magazine about empowering great teachers.

http://theineptowl.com/2016/01/15/gop-noms-argue-loves-guns-hates-obama/
The Inept Owl provides parodies of journalistic coverage and media events.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34428-the-right-to-work-movement-s-attack-on-women-workers
Truthout's article on how the Right to Work laws are hardest on women workers such as home care workers.

http://blogs.plos.org/onscienceblogs/2016/01/15/the-cancer-moonshot-and-other-future-science-fantasies/
Tabitha Powledge, a science writer, disabuses Barack Obama of his notion that curing cancer is like a moonshot. Her blog is "On Science Blogs".

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/fact-checker-of-republican-debate-hospitalized-for-exhaustion
The Borowitz Report, a NYer feature, tongue-in-cheek, about the scarcity of facts in the Republican campaign

http://dianeravitch.net/2016/01/16/tom-cahill-the-5-famous-billionaires-who-are-dismantling-public-education/
Diane Ravitch's blog entry quoting Tom Cahill about 5 billionaires who are dismantling education for African Americans by ignoring differences between people.

https://soundcloud.com/the-story-collider/kaca-bradonjic-the-nature-of-space-and-time
A podcast from the Story Collider about a physicist-educator and her experiences in war-town Bosnia where she was born.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-01-18/congressman-john-lewis-and-andrew-aydin-march-book-two-rebroadcast
Graphic novel for children about the Civil Rights movement.

http://www.pbs.org/pov/brotheroutsider/
From POV public broadcasting TV biography of Bayard Rustin, one of my heroes.

http://www.amazon.com/A-Birthday-Cake-George-Washington/dp/0545538238
This is a children's book about happy slaves baking a cake for Geo. Washington's Birthday. Disgusting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/01/18/this-is-where-90-percent-of-global-warming-is-going/
Chris Mooney in the Washington Post is reporting on the warming of the oceans.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/ku-rfj011316.php
Science News reports a Kyoto study in frogs showing the regeneration of joints.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/08/24/the-real-reasons-behind-the-u-s-teacher-shortage/
From the Washington Post: There is an offical teacher shortage list maintained by the Department of Education. The 2015-2016 list shows a growing shortage of teachers in key areas.

http://www.iflscience.com/space/astronomers-give-homage-david-bowie-new-constellation
A new star constellation has been named after David Bowie as reported in IFLS.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-tv-rot-your-brain/
Article in Scientific American: Does TV rot your brain and make you antisocial?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/mental-depletion-complicates-financial-decisions-for-the-poor/
An interview from PBS news hour about the complex decisions people living in poverty have to make.

https://extraordinaryfacultynfm.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/branding-education/
An article from the blog of the New Faculty Majority (an adjunct blog) about branding in higher education.

http://www.businessinsider.com/phage-therapy-carl-zimmer-bacterial-infection-antibiotics-illness-2015-12
Here's a video that Carl Zimmer made for Business Insider about how we will be using viruses as delivery vehicles for drugs.

http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/01/half-of-ocean-warming-since-1865-in-past-20-years/
An article in Nature Climate Chane about how data about the temperature of the deep oceans should be included in the studies of the earth's changing climate and that thus far even studies of the shallow oceans have provided inconsistent data.

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/20/headlines/report_richest_62_people_have_as_much_as_half_the_world
A report from Oxfam as relayed by Democracy Now shows that the richest 62 people in the world possess as much wealth as half of the world.