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By mikethemadbiologist on December 6, 2009.

Winter has finally arrived. Time to read links! Science:

Statistics, damn statistics and well kept secrets

How to report in vitro cancer studies: maitake mushroom extract doesn't "fight cancer"

Because As We All Know, The Green Party Runs the World.

Repeated break-ins point to 'orchestrated campaign' by climate skeptics

Other:

This is central to his point, I guess

New Agers and Creationists should not be President

Hacked E-mails and "Journalistic Tribalism": Climate coverage is imperfect, but is it ideologically biased?

Michael Shermer: False profit of Libertarian education

The wrong jobs summit: The White House's economic policies, which were calibrated to address a less severe crisis than the one we've endured, need a tuneup. But until the key mechanics can agree on the nature of the problem, there's little to be gained from a 'jobs summit.'

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