Wednesday's Links: Evolution for Dummies

* This guy still understands evolution better than most of Congress.

* COPS: Skyrim is almost as entertaining as real life.

* The history of Google is another successful American Dream story.

* The International Space Station's ambassador to the internet is at it again!

* Nate Silver is using his statistical powers to analyze your failing relationship.

* Reuben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug cartoon presents "Star Se-Trek-Ster"

* Chuck Grassley tells the gruesome story behind one of his most popular tweets.

* SimCity is not only the model for Herman Cain's tax plan, it's also a model for urban development.

Tags: Barack Obama, Chuck Grassley, Daily Links, Evolution, Google, Herman Cain, International Space Station, Nate Silver, Police, Racism, Sequester, Space, Twitter, Video Games

Tuesday Links: Vintage Reggie Watts Sings of Science

* Check out this recently unearthed fossil of Reggie Watts on Bill Nye the Science Guy.

* This New Yorker cartoon describes a person we all know.

* Mocking America's counterculture has a long and wonderful history.

* How does one go about becoming a Pope? Watch and learn.

* The Kojo Nimadi Show discusses the state of the Supreme Court.

* What sort of sex nastiness was your favorite president into?

* A gay man is confronted by an anti-gay preacher on the subway and this happens.

* Robots are taking all our jobs, even the fun ones where you get to talk to Fred Armisen.

Tags: Daily Links, Evolution, Funny or Die, Pope Benedict XVI, Science & Technology, Supreme Court, The New Yorker

The Creationist Guide to Passing Oklahoma's Science Classes

Because it's a day that ends in Y, some state legislature is beclowning itself with an ill-informed debate about science and religion in the classroom. Today, it's the Oklahoma House of Representatives' turn, as it reviews the proposed "Scientific Education and Academic Freedom Act."

That certainly sounds scientific. And educational. And very, very freedomy.

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Tags: Church v. State, Creationism, Education, Evolution, Oklahoma, Religion, Republicans, Science & Technology, State Legislature

Tuesday's Links: Happy Birthday, Darwin!

* This isn't creepy at all.

* Darwin: A Graphic Biography.

* Arizona has some weird laws: NSFW.

* The Trumans' story. Perfect Valentine's Day reading.

* A Montana TV station warns everyone about a zombie attack.

* Who said it: Charles Manson or Ted Nugent? Frankly, it's hard to tell.

* President Obama gets some much-needed advice for tonight's SOTU.

* If you haven't gotten enough of the Petraeus scandal, here's a new book.

* You might not want to play golf during a thunderstorm, Pope-for-Now Benedict.

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Tags: Charles Darwin, Charles Manson, Daily Links, David Petraeus, Energy & Oil, Evolution, Harry S. Truman, Montana, Pope Benedict XVI, State of the Union, Valentine's Day, Zombies

Friday's Links: Spittin' Science Rhymes

* The sounds of science.

* Bad Lip Reading at the inauguration.

* And you thought your relatives were bad…

* The Star Wars Sequel Debacle Simulatron.

* The Onion wants to make the Huffington Post cry.

* What happens in Las Vegas politics should stay there.

* Meanwhile, Baratunde Thurston calls out The Wall Street Journal.

* Feminism is a word that makes some men lose their f-ing minds.

* Surprisingly interesting discussion about Churchill's role in UK intellectual property laws.

* Sascha Cohen talks American History with Tig Notaro, Kyle Dunnigan and David Huntsberger.

Tags: Daily Links, Evolution, Feminism, History, Huffington Post, Inauguration, Las Vegas, Republicans, Sascha Cohen, Science & Technology, Star Wars, Tig Notaro, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal, Winston Churchill, Women's Rights