LAWYER ETHICS and Facebook profiles.

HUNTER-GATHERERS cared for first-known invalid.

A NEW RECORD: Baby Born From 20-Year-Old Frozen Embryo. “That couple had anonymously donated their leftover embryos after the woman successfully gave birth. Thing was, they did so in 1990 – meaning that the boy just born to the woman in the study has a sibling out there somewhere who was conceived at the same time but is 20 years younger.”

UPDATE: Yeah, that should be older, not younger. The boy just born is the younger one, of course. But in defense of the PopSci editors, I had to read that twice myself.

THE TROUBLE WITH CARL PALADINO. I really thought the Fredo analogy had it.

ISAAC NEWTON, Alchemist.

WHEN PROCRASTINATION IS rational.

ARE GOOGLE’S DRIVERLESS CARS legal?

CHEVY VOLT not living up to the hype.

LEAN FORWARD, and change the channel.

IN THE MAIL: From Stanley Kurtz, Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism.

BYRON YORK: Profligate Congress Needs To Read Its Own Bills.

Since they don’t, could any Congressional staffers reading this just stick in some language exempting me from income tax for the next five years? Or you could make it more general and just exempt all income from blogs and blog advertising. Either approach works for me!

UPDATE: Yes, I’m quite aware that I’d be better off personally with a complete exemption of all income from tax — but I’m a generous soul, and would be happy to take a smaller reduction in my taxes in exchange for helping out other bloggers. You can thank me later. . . .

REASON TV: WHO’S AGAINST ECONOMIC PROGRESS? Q&A with Daniel Ben-Ami.

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: The Boycott We Need. Good luck with that.

A SURGICAL APPROACH to the economy.

POLL: Republican message more popular with voters than Republicans are.

TARP REDUX: Voters Cry Foul As Banks Rake It In.

TROLLING AT THE BBC. But isn’t the photo basically self-refutation?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE:

“University administrators are the equivalent of subprime mortgage brokers,” he says, “selling you a story that you should go into debt massively, that it’s not a consumption decision, it’s an investment decision. Actually, no, it’s a bad consumption decision. Most colleges are four-year parties.”

Ouch.

FROM XKCD, a teaching tip.

UPDATE: And an aerodynamics discussion.

MY MENTION OF DENGUE FEVER THE OTHER DAY prompted reader Debbie Ebberts to email that they’re doing Dengue Fever vaccine trials. Faster, please — since, apparently, we won’t be able to eradicate the mosquitoes that carry it.

BOSTON HERALD: Sean Bielat blames Barney Frank for housing crisis: Rivals pull no punches in debate.

MORE ON CONGRESSIONAL INSIDER TRADING. Securities laws, like taxes, are for the little people! But there’s a move to change that.

ONE DAY ONLY SALE: Band of Brothers with The Pacific: Part One, on Blu-Ray or DVD.

PJTV: BIG GREEN: Green Gold: BP, GE & the World’s First Carbon Billionaires. On YouTube, so there’s no registration required.

CLASS STRUGGLE: Fancy educations not necessarily “elite.”