Best New of the Day

The Best Reason to Have Sex:

Oh, SHIT! We're on our way to Soylent Green

Big Idea: Tap The Healing Power of Poop — discovermagazine.com — Readability:

The Real Reason the Middle East is Rioting

A very interesting take on the situation.

The Real Reason the Middle East is Rioting — www.psmag.com — Readability:

On Falling Apart — rookiemag.com — Readability

A relatively short and interesting read.
On Falling Apart — rookiemag.com — Readability:

Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com

Rethinking Sleep - NYTimes.com: "It seemed that, given a chance to be free of modern life, the body would naturally settle into a split sleep schedule. Subjects grew to like experiencing nighttime in a new way. Once they broke their conception of what form sleep should come in, they looked forward to the time in the middle of the night as a chance for deep thinking of all kinds, whether in the form of self-reflection, getting a jump on the next day or amorous activity. Most of us, however, do not treat middle-of-the-night awakenings as a sign of a normal, functioning brain."

This will keep you out of the hospital

Are Hospitals Less Safe Than We Think? - Newsweek and The Daily Beast:

Too Big to Fail and Too Risky to Exist

This is very long, but amazingly detailed and readable.   Added here largely for future reference.

Too Big to Fail and Too Risky to Exist — theamericanscholar.org :