Here are some very nice postings to read (I have read all of them, so I can say they are really interesting 🙂 ):

• Poisonous platypuses confirm coevolution: a brevia from Nature discussing a very recent finding that platypuses and snakes have similar venoms. (And uses the word ‘venome’ as other -omes. I like it)

• Quality control and contestable funding: Food for thought, thanks to Dr Prue Williams (SciBlogs New Zealand)

• Is killing yourself adaptive? That depends: An evolutionary theory about suicide: An impressive and brilliant article about suicide. By Jesse Bering, from Scientific American

• The naked geneticists: Razib Khan on Genomes Unzipped. Excellent writing, as usual 🙂

• The stigma gene: On the real impact of biological basis for psychopathologies, by Ben Goldacre

• Study Shows That Life Can Thrive Over a Wide Range of Conditions; Implications for Extraterrestrial Life: by Stephanie McPherson, from the MIT Graduate  Program on Science Writing

Enjoy!