Evolutionary Sex Crimes (and other Nature in the News)

I'm really not sure if anyone else will find this interesting, but I thought I'd give it a go. I came across this article on NYTimes.com this morning. I think that plants may just surprise you with their intelligence. Read on and beware of bedside potted predators...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15wasp.html?ex=1373774400&en=846dbf79e20f864d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

So, while plants are becoming date-rape drug connoisseurs, we humans have taken the appeal of local farming to an extreme. Something tells me that this was NOT what local food activists had in mind...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15farm.html?ex=1373860800&en=0b30c437e6b4d048&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

And last but not least, a very interesting read that examines the not-so-defined line between humans and “animals”…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/weekinreview/13mcneil.html?ex=1373774400&en=52e4c66aca82a4ba&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink