Since science news threads tend to drop off the front pages quickly, or you might have a story that find interesting but aren't motivated enough to start a new thread for it, this is intended to be a clearinghouse thread to post them.
A few recent stories to start:
Sloths take some ribbing:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39796499...ience-science/
A snake story I'm posting mainly because I liked the turn of phrase "crawling amok":
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...da-just-start/
A galaxy far, far, far, farfarfar away:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-the-universe/
Don't look now, but you've got worms in your genes!:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/lo...in-your-brain/
Got viruses in your genes, too! Lots and lots and lots of viruses. (That's virii for you, HarryT):
http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2010/10/..._non-retro.php
Eris is beginning to look a lot like Pluto (sung, of course, to the tune of "Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39574417...science-space/
And last but not least creepy-looking, a mite-y beetle:
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/20...nter_carri.php