Got a whole bunch of links, probably gonna break this into two posts

DNA sequences from living and ancient inhabitants show a single influx from Siberia produced all the "Paleo-Eskimo" cultures, which died out 700 years ago.

Modern-day Inuit and Native Americans arose from separate migrations.

When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark

Alumni Rally Round NYC's Top Public Schools That Admit Very Few Blacks Or Hispanics

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Stuy gets entirely too much media attention, giving the students an entirely inflated sense of their own self-importance.

Senegal Confirms Its 1st Case of Ebola

College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

Number of refugees fleeing Syria war tops 3 million, U.N. says

Iraqi Kurds say their fight is against more than just the Islamic State

Ft. Hood shooter asks to be 'citizen' of Islamic State

Despite Islamic State's Resources, U.S. May Not Be Its Prime Target

Most U.S. children get vaccines, but some states do better than others

Social class makes a difference in how children tackle classroom problems

With an eye on China, the U.S. and Japan grow closer

Man 3-D Prints A Concrete Castle In His Backyard

I don't know. I think the very idea was a folly.

Why trying to listen makes us freeze in place

Parents who try to understand their baby's babbling let their infants know they can communicate, which leads to children forming complex sounds and using language more quickly. The study's results showed infants whose mothers attended more closely to their babbling vocalized more complex sounds and develop language skills sooner.

A philanthropist couple have launched what they say is the world's first privately funded vessel to help migrants in trouble at sea. But can one ship really help the thousands of people who try to cross the Mediterranean each year?

Ukraine's pro-Moscow separatists have agreed to let encircled Ukrainian government forces leave the rebel-held areas following intervention from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"We are ready to give a humanitarian corridor," Alexander Zakharchenko, a rebel leader, told Rossiya 24 TV on Friday, adding that troops would have to leave their heavy armoured vehicles and ammunition.

Ancient DNA Could Return Passenger Pigeons to the Sky

The famous "ice bucket" challenge is inspiring thousands of Indians to follow suit, but with a twist - they are replacing ice with rice in a bid to help the country's vast population of poor, hungry people.

The world’s lack of progress in building toilets and ending open defecation is having a “staggering” effect on the health, safety, education, prosperity and dignity of 2.5 billion people, the UN deputy secretary general, Jan Eliasson, has warned.

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Junk food may trap people in a cycle of unhealthy eating by making them less likely to try new foods and more likely to respond to cues for junk food in the future.

Syrians adjust to life under ISIS rule

In just 80 years, some 2,000 square miles of its coastal landscape have turned to open water, wiping places off maps, bringing the Gulf of Mexico to the back door of New Orleans and posing a lethal threat to an energy and shipping corridor vital to the nation’s economy.

Researchers discover microbial life deep beneath Antarctic ice

Dead stars 'can re-ignite' and explode

A federal judge Friday struck down a major provision of Texas's strict abortion law that would have forced all but a handful of clinics to close next week.

Well, hallelujah, sometimes we get good news!

Disputed Kurdish oil tanker mysteriously goes dark off Texas coast

These seven charts explain how Ferguson—and many other US cities—wring revenue from black people and the poor

Treaty-ish

Obama’s proposed climate change agreement would be good for the planet and perfectly legal.

Climate Change Has an Outrage Problem

US State Department underestimates carbon pollution from Keystone XLParasitic Plant Strangleweed Injects Host With Thousands Of Its Own Expressed Genes

What your 1st-grade life says about the rest of it

Researchers Discover Proteins That Block Both HIV And Ebola Virus Release

The experimental Ebola drug ZMapp cured all 18 of the lab monkeys infected with the virus, including those suffering the fever and haemorrhaging characteristic of the disease and just hours from death, scientists have said.

Even monkeys not treated until five days after infection survived, the scientists, who published their data in the journal Nature on Friday, said.

America Keeps People Poor On Purpose: A Timeline of Choices We've Made to Increase Inequality

Top Immigration Court Hands Huge Win to Battered Women Seeking Asylum. Conservatives Freak Out.

What I Learned From Debating Science With Trolls

‘Christians are just healthier’: One family’s cost-sharing alternative to Obamacare

Ukraine Brings Back Conscription as Russia Appears to Launch All-Out Invasion

Don't mess with nuclear Russia, Putin says

Ukraine to seek Nato membership, says PM Yatsenyuk

Russia's Biggest Bank Is Lending Cats

Suds, faith found at California laundromat

Why Aren't Women Advancing At Work? Ask a Transgender Person. Having experienced the workplace from both perspectives, they hold the key to its biases.