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By mikethemadbiologist on December 10, 2009.

Cold, gray, cruddy season. Time for some links! Science:

He Must Be Joking

A Visit to the Pratt University Steam Plant

Ashkenazi Jews are Middle Eastern & European hybrids

To really save the planet, stop going green

Other:

Volcker: Little Evidence Financial Innovation Has Helped Economy

Knowingly False

Does Terrorism Work?

Joe Fitzgerald's token Christmas-loving Jew

Even in Education, The House Always Wins

Why homes aren't investments, cont.

Schools that beat the odds.

Homes as Investments

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