Web commentary on science and tech.

Below is today's selection of the most interesting science analysis and commentary on the Web. For straight news reports, check out the news page. For Human Nature's takes on some of these topics, visit the blog. (I generally post the link first and write the blog entry later, so check back.) To add your own take, open or join a discussion thread in the Fray—and please link to the original story so others can participate intelligently in the conversation.

May 29

The case for eating insects
(Janet Raloff, Science News)

Don't outlaw cousin marriage
(New Scientist)

The folly of daily birth control
(Carey Goldberg, Boston Globe)

Is the loss of U.S. height supremacy a sign of poor health?
(Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune)

Revisiting the question of cell phones and brain tumors
(Leigh Oberholzer, Boston Globe)

McCain's problem with women in combat
(Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times)

China's ban on plastic bags
(David Biello, Scientific American)