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By mikethemadbiologist on December 8, 2009.

Merry Tuesday. Links for you. Science:

Intensive care unit (ICU) infections can lengthen hospital stays

Hospital workers fired for refusing vaccinations

The science boys' club strikes again

Yet another nail in the coffin of the myth that the MMR vaccine causes autism

Solar Cell 40% Efficiency Breakthough, becomes Product Ready

MIT Breakthrough can generate electricity w ZERO CO2 atmospheric emissions from Natural Gas

In Pictures: Moose on the loose

Prejudice vs. biology - testosterone makes people more selfish, but only if they think it does

Other:

Tiger Woods Falls Into a Trap

Ten Ways to Move the Budget Back Toward a Sustainable Path

Obama's Financiers Okay Extra $60 Billion for Pentagon

'I Stopped Denying People': Ex-Bank Of America CSR Tells All

THE DELUSIONS OF CROWDS

Hey, I was just picking something up for a friend!

Old Dogs, Old Tricks

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