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!
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