This Week in Science

Evolution is apparently so scary to some parents that they went apeshit -- pun intended -- over a t-shirt intended for a local school band:

The shirts, which were designed to promote the band’s fall program, are light gray and feature an image of a monkey progressing through stages and eventually emerging as a man. Each figure holds a brass instrument.

I imagine if someone did a poll checking for overlap between these parents and those that plan to keep their kids home to avoid Obama's school pep talk next week, the intersection would be impressively full.

* A new study finds that the climatic effects of greenhouse has emissions may have overwhelmed a gentle 2000 year Arctic cooling trend.

* My colleague Jean Williams cataloged a sample of the crazy from the usual suspects, which is a nice segue to this rewrite of an old Republican joke with a more modern and relevant science-y twist.

* Scientists have isolated two antibodies that disrupt replication of HIV by hitting the virus in a section of its genome that is relatively stable over many iterations. The work may pave the way at last for an effective vaccine.

* The Station Fire in southern California not only threatens homes and businesses, it's putting the famous Mt. Wilson Observatory in jeopardy. It's little consolation, but Antarctic researchers have found the world's best replacement location for earth bound telescopes.