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Category: Carnivals • Neurobiology • Organisms • Science
Posted on: December 3, 2007 4:44 PM, by PZ Myers
Two big specialty science carnivals are up today: Circus of the Spineless #27 and Encephalon #37. Take your pick, invertebrates or nervous systems…or read them both.
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Comments
Posted by: James Stein | December 3, 2007 4:59 PM
http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/384418.html
White House getting taken to task for its bad science; thought you'd appreciate the pointer.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | December 3, 2007 5:20 PM
If the carnivals are here, then how come there're so many clowns posting on this thread?
Posted by: windy | December 3, 2007 7:41 PM
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