Let's start on a serious note: accumulating large amounts of debt while earning a PhD is not a good idea in current environment. For anybody.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6140/1510.full

A half-empty view on an an excellent review of recent advances: in the 60's scientists were going to cure every disease, now we're happy finding causes:
http://www.nature.com/news/family-first-1.13263

My lack of naivite aside, rally cool stuff.

Math has a way of spoiling fun. Unless you're a nerd.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-23005848

After driving on such long runway, I think I would need a rapamycin mojito
http://www.nature.com/news/blocking-boozy-memories-reduces-risk-of-relapse-1.13252

And after the mojito, some fun reading:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_06_28/caredit.a1300133

Weekend reading is back without vengeance!

This really matters. I'm sure you've heard about it. If not, you are pumping wrong junk into your headphones.
http://www.nature.com/news/sharing-information-is-preferable-to-patenting-1.13222

There should be more scientific dogfights like this one
http://www.nature.com/news/dog-genetics-spur-scientific-spat-1.13227

Now failing genetics is officially genetic. Gee, what a surprise.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6139/1467
BTW, each author contributed about 12 words to the paper. Wonder if that achievement is genetic too...

A good reference for all things zebrafish husbandry http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/content/53/2.toc

I'm telling you, vegetarians got it all wrong: they eat poor defenseles vegetables still alive!
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/scienceshot-dead-cabbage-keeps-o.html

I really like the fourth paragraph in this one:
http://business-news.thestreet.com/philly/story/employers-entry-level-applicants-are-just-about-useless/11951272