HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Rutgers Prof Suspended for Telling Students He Was Made to Teach a Course in Which He Had Zero Expertise. “The professor, Robert Trivers, had objected to teaching a course called ‘Human Aggression’ this fall, reports The Star-Ledger. However, his anthropology department superiors told him he had to teach the class anyway. In the first lecture, Trivers informed the 30 or so Rutgers undergrads who had signed up for the class that his plan was to learn the course materials gamely along with them. He observed that he thought it was strange that he was teaching the course in the first place since he is no expert on the material. Administrators at the taxpayer-funded university then suspended Trivers for the crime of imparting this information to students. Rutgers officials also said Trivers was essentially refusing to teach the course, even though he was teaching the course.”

His real crime was embarrassing the administration.

JAMES CLAPPER: Yeah, come to think of it, maybe we should’ve told you people how we were spying on your calls. “It’s a bit of an adjustment in Clapper’s public stance.”

HUGE ASTEROID TO FLY PAST EARTH TONIGHT. You can watch it live. Do not expect an Earth-shattering kaboom.

THE TOP 9 STATES people are fleeing in 2014.

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21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Are Marriages Better Or Worse Than In The Past. Yes.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: The economics of sex: Has the price gotten too cheap? For some it’s gotten cheaper; for others, more expensive.

NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Better nanoswitches by integrating double and triple strand DNA.

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HMM: Lifespans predictable at early age: Worm study suggests that activity in mitochondria determines aging.

FASTER, PLEASE: Human Lung Grown In Lab For First Time.

WELL, THAT’S NOT GOOD: Volcanoes, including Mt. Hood, can go from dormant to active quickly. “A new study suggests that the magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon’s Mount Hood has been stored in near-solid conditions for thousands of years, but that the time it takes to liquefy and potentially erupt is surprisingly short – perhaps as little as a couple of months.”

THE MATHEMATICS OF improbability.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A “FAT BIKE:” “Fat bikes allow people to ride bicycles in places that previously were simply not possible.”

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Apple Wants The iWatch To Predict Heart Attacks. “What if your wristwatch could tell you that you were about to have a heart attack? You’d be able to chew some aspirin to prevent it. You’d be able to call 911 and get the ambulance on the way. You’d be more likely to survive. Perhaps a large portion of the 600,000 people who die of heart disease every year — would not.”

It’s a step forward in the cyborgization of healthy people. Faster, please. Plus: “The engineers do things that the shamans and wizards of previous eras only promised, and they do them so well, and so reliably, that their reward is to be taken for granted. So here’s my request: every once in a while, stop and think about the miracles inherent in everyday devices, and send a silent prayer of thanks to the engineers who made them possible. They deserve it.”

HEADLINE: GUN SALES ARE PLUNGING. Subhed: Gun sales are dropping this year, according to FBI stats, but they still exceed sales from before Obama’s reelection and the Newtown massacre.

ELIANA JOHNSON: Proposed IRS Rule Change Fractures The Left.

UNEXPECTEDLY! “A run of weak U.S. data, including an unexpected fall in January manufacturing output on Friday, has caused some investors to revise their expectations of how fast the Federal Reserve will scale back stimulus and tighten monetary policy.”

The “stimulus” bill is five years old today.

TAXPAYER-FUNDED ELECTIONEERING: MOTIVE: Sebelius Pitches Obamacare to Latino … Voter Registration Group.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Let’s Save California Now! “Just a handful of legislative acts might still save California.”

TAXPROF: The IRS Scandal, Day 284.

THE ARISTOCRACY HAS ALWAYS FAVORED DROITS DE SEIGNEUR: Glenn Loury asks: How does Bill Clinton “get to go around and be an honorable defender of the Democratic Party line, which is a pro-woman line…”