Midweek Link Thread (03/05/14)

[Prolescum]

1. Soap, sunscreen and steroids found in Antarctic waters and wildlife
   
   
2. Tony Blair's essay on fighting the war of ideas against extremism
   
   
3. Where do billionaires go to university?
   
   
4. Japan's space agency launches Hayabusa 2 craft
   
   
5. The man who can hear Wi-Fi wherever he walks
   
   
6. DNA survives a ride into space—on the exterior of a rocket
   
   
7. More problems for bees: we’ve wiped out their favorite plants
   
   
8. Richard III's DNA throws up infidelity surprise
   
   
9. Texas University Missing Brains From Medical Collection

...and this week's caption image for y'all - Israel's Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu:

As always, any interesting links you've read this week, post them for the rest of us. Otherwise, feel free to discuss the above

 

[tuxbox]

Soap, sunscreen and steroids found in Antarctic waters and wildlife

That's messed!!

 

[Prolescum]

Depressing, certainly.

 

[Visaki]

[*]The man who can hear Wi-Fi wherever he walks

That'd be a lot more impressive if he didn't use a hearing aid to "hear" WiFi.