Tuesday Linkage

My peach tree has beautiful blossoms and little baby gonna-be-peaches-some-day-bumps already!!! One of the two good things my ex did for me.

End of the line for Cambodia's bamboo trains

Study: 'Pre-born' most adoptable

'Sunset Daze" gives older folks their reality show

Chimps 'feel death like humans'

The day police tried to save the Loch Ness Monster from harpoon killers

Black Americans: More empathy than whites

CQ Politics: GOP Treads Lightly in Efforts to Clear Fields In the past, both parties have had mixed success in their efforts to covertly, or not so covertly, clear crowded primaries for their best prospects in some of the most competitive House races. But with the anti-establishment sentiment among voters inflamed this cycle, both local and national GOP leaders are being forced to tiptoe — if at all — to show some candidates the exit for fear of triggering a backlash from local activists.

IBM nanotechnologists create smallest 3D map of Earth

Ancient asphalt domes found off California

Recycle a shoe, help save the environment

New 'dos may be sign of economic rebound

More American Expatriates Give Up Citizenship

Bubble Wrap invention pops into Portland teen's head

The Hill: Immigration push may help Dems in the West
An aggressive and polarizing push for comprehensive immigration reform could bolster the chances of vulnerable House Democrats who need a high Latino turnout to keep their seats this fall. The move to thrust immigration ahead of climate change legislation on the Senate agenda has been seen as a strategy to boost the imperiled reelection bid of Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). But its impact could extend well beyond Nevada to House and Senate races in Western states where Latino voters make up an increasingly large percentage of the electorate.