Links for 2008-05-07

• Not Black and White (William Saletan - Slate Magazine)
  Rethinking race and genes.
• The Vision for Space Exploration and the retirement of the Baby Boomers (part 2) (The Space Review)
  Is this the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?
• Open the Future: Pondering Fermi
  Cascio's third option.
• Who's your daddy? (globeandmail.com)
  When your son is so positive, so even-tempered, so handsome - so unlike you - there is only one thing to do, David Eddie writes: Grab a home paternity kit.
• Lots of Animals Learn, but Smarter Isn't Better (New York Times)
  "If it's so great to be smart," Dr. Kawecki asks, "why have most animals remained dumb?"