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I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the hundreds of links from previous weeks here.

I was at a skeptic conference all weekend, curtailing the number of this week’s links. However, I live-tweeted the hell out of it. You can check out a blow-by-blow of the conference via my 140-characters reactions here.

I have marked the best links with a ∞. Enjoy.

Must Read

∞ Updated: More fact checking of tonight’s MythBusters episode, because I have that kind of time:

∞ Scientists defend safety of genetically modified foods. Good points here

Fascinating angle to intelligence: If Intelligence Is the Norm, Stupidity Gets More Interesting

Worlds are colliding! How StarCraft emulates real insect biology

Must Watch

October’s Live Manga Doodles!

∞ Good evening. Let’s learn about the soul

Science

∞ 5 Reasons not to cleanse your colon

Good morning! Here’s a scholarly post about penises

The things we do to mice: Genetically engineering mice to sniff out landmines

Sex addiction might make it into the next DSM, so what are the (non-obvious) symptoms?

∞ Could the world switch over to solely Yoda force power?

Poop as a mobile cooling unit, and dung beetle mittens

Would cows need less food if they photosynthesized? XKCD answers

Parasitic wasps, aphids, and their bacterial protectors

Dealing with unrealistic cancer patient optimism is “hard”

A classic skeptical principle: What makes us see Jesus in a taco, or a human face on Mars?

TIL that urine isn’t sterile, or, wash your damn hands

Reduced to rubble in 6 days–Watch an underwater sea lice mob devour a dead pig from the inside out

Pop Culture

MTV’s Sway Just Asked Obama the Climate Question Everyone’s Been Waiting For

I rather love this post explaining why The Avengers was really Black Widow and Friends.

When a fellow humanist dies, we don’t offer hollow consolations. We value the completion of his or her ultimate goal: to simply be human.–For Paul Kurtz

The U.S. ranks 50th in erection length, and other fun ways to quantify the not #1 status of America

“The l’Aquila verdict is absurd, but *please* stop saying they’re being jailed for not predicting an earthquake”

Funny/Cool/Interesting

What’s scarier than zombies? Not getting vaccinated. Anti-vaxxers would rather embrace the zombie horde [Image]

Using very clever FX, you can create dry-ice gas giant planets!

∞ The evolution of the “raptor” suit from Jurassic Park is awesome to watch, even after all these years

HITCHSLAP!

Beardslap!

This is a baby anteater. I’ll take credit for your inevitable smile

“Woo Shall Not Pass!”

Explaining binary fission with awkward kisses and tandem biking

On a foggy night, with a green laser pointer, you can become a flippin’ Jedi

∞ Best slideshow I’ve seen in ever. Marketers take note “There is no audience for what we make”

The worst way to die? Probably

Never be afraid

Holy crap that’s some good pencilin’

This photo series of “Robots at Work and Play” is delightful

Start your day right; with cat adorableness