Yet another Monday linkdump.

* Rep. John Lewis and four other congressmen were arrested today in front of the Sudanese embassy protesting the genocide in Darfur.

* Quantifying the seven deadly sins.

* Dinosaurs may not have been killed by the Chicxulub impact after all. This example of the scientific method working is naturally taken up by anti-intellectuals at the Corner to prove the scientific method doesn't work.

* More on the connection between swine flu and industrial agriculture.

* The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize?" is now the official song of Oklahoma, instantaneously making the state 1000% more awesome.

Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face?
Do you realize we're floating in space?
Do you realize that happiness makes you cry?
Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?

* Scientific American concurs.

Now that the writers' strike is over, it's perfectly appropriate to begin mining the headlines for script ideas. I call dibs on this one: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station apparently have access to a gun. I'll take this one too: NASA scientist suggests dinosaurs could have potentially made it to the moon. Thanks Neil for the first link, the "Biology in Science Fiction" blog I stole from Lisa's bookmarks for the second.

'Half a dozen lurid images from time immemorial': dinosaurs on pulp magazine covers.