http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/travoltas-pilot-assistant-almost-ready-to-go/
Some really creepy biotech shit: neurons put on a microchip, taught to fly a flight simulator.

http://www.slate.com/id/2175730/entry/2175733/
"American Lawbreaking" is an excellent series on slate that talks about the way we selectively enforce our justice system, the motivations for it, and the results. Very interesting, I thought.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mayer
A excellent (long) discussion/investigation into the CIA's torture program, their secret prisons, and the associated noise.