Weekly News Roundup: 'Twas the Night Before Jan. 20

• Where have we seen this before? A President's Guide to Science, in video form. • A holy union of incentives and science: A car key that disables cell phones when the car is in use. • Will the hordes of laid-off techies be driven to crime? • All this carbon offsetting and greening is nice and all, but the elephant in the room is still coal. • Any chemists want to weigh in on what type of drugs can be manufactured at home? • When Madoff strikes, no sustainable food business is safe. • And finally, the perfect Christmas medley: electronics meets art meets taut consumerist criticism.