Thursday evening roundup

Chemicals in chicken plants kill people. And new inspection policies will not help.

What's in your mummified (or mummifiable) burger?

Asra Nomani on collective (ethnic) responsibility.

What shortage of American STEM graduates? Isn't it time to rethink the "unemployed history major" meme? And what'd I tell you about physicists and their cutesy names for things. But engineers must be good for something: this deflector shield concept is really cool. Still, most people use very little math at work. (Ironically, I use math at work... but it's pretty basic).

Also: don't use your feet as brakes.

This column really is neither-here-nor-there. There is no epidemic of women behaving badly.

Alexandria is the most well-read city in the country.

Aspirational bike rides.