Damn, crows are smart.

This is kinda spooky: Is That a Caveman or Dick Cheney? Crows Know the Difference - ScienceNOWCrows can actually learn to recognize human faces. Gotta love corvids.

Biomaterials

Ok, I used to be a little skeptical of the whole "let's imitate nature to make better materials" thing, then I met someone who'd done work in materials, and worked with those sorts of projects. Now I'm very skeptical. But this article about squid beaks is cool. Although that's probably just because I like squid.

How theorists save lives

From xkcd.

See how useful us theorists are?

Or harmless or something.