Another victim of the shutdown. Photo by Minette Layne.

• This week at The Molecular Ecologist Is the ultimate model organism for molecular genetics Homo sapiens?
• This week in shutdown science: The CDC sits out an outbreak of drug-resistant salmonella, experiments on hold, lab mice euthanized and an entire season of Antarctic research cancelled.
• Not like they have much state funding to lose, these days. Public universities are looking for ways to be less, um, public.
• Of course, it can be both! Is behavioral genetics “taboo,” or just bad science?
• From the personal to the general. The New York Times Magazine goes in-depth on underrepresentation of women in science.
• Because bunnies! The Central Limit Theorem turns out to be adorable.
• This sounds … familiar. The Great Library of Alexandria wasn’t destroyed by a fire, but by budget cuts.
• Literally, because he says he can’t. Why Malcolm Gladwell can’t be trusted.
• About 35 years. A new study estimates how long global warming can continue before average temperatures exceed historical highs.
• It’s more likely to be MRSA. No, that’s almost certainly not a brown recluse bite.

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