I've got your missing links right here (23 June 2012)

Top picks The EU released a teaser video of its campaign to get young girls into science. It did not go down well. The Knight Tracker has a copy of the video (now taken down) and collated all the reactions. Really fascinating piece about how complicated "informed consent" is becoming in the era of big data. By Erika Check Hayden. Vivid, well-told feature on the climate wars, by Tom Clynes. How flight beat float: Megan Garber on the death of the dirigible. The only good abortion is my abortion. This piece by Maggie Koerth-Baker is amazing not just because it's brave but that it allows others to be brave. Salute In 1935, a radio program sponsored by the FDA wrote a ditty praising arsenic. Great post by Deborah Blum. Most people who bang on about science literacy are talking crap. This brilliant piece shows why. I was sad as a ...