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By mikethemadbiologist on April 25, 2009.

Happy Saturday. Here are some links. Science:

The New York Botanical Gardens Today: A Photo Diary

Why Accidents (The Pregnant Kind) Happen

Factors Behind the Relentless Spread of the Alt-Med Meme

Obama's Tech Appointments: Aneesh Chopra (CTO) and Jeffrey Zient (CIO) both health care technocrats

Singaporean spiders spit venomous glue, work together, eat each other

Other:

What Sarah Palin Didn't (and probably couldn't) Tell that Crowd in Indiana

House to Rick: Take this, secessionist!

Politico's understanding of journalistic anonymity

The Wail of the 1%

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