Merry Saturday. Here are some links for you. Science:
The Origin of the Future: Death by Mutation?
The price exacted by the anti-vaccine movement
Black men over-diagnosed with schizophrenia, University of Michigan research says
Oppose "Big Floss"; practice alternative dentistry
Big Apple Bugs: New Cockroach Species Discovered in NYC
Other:
Why Do "Efficient Markets" Economists Think a Speech by George W. Bush Caused the 2008 Financial Meltdown?
The Cognitively Weak, Financial Services, and Evil Rortybomb's Survey
How not to spy, by your friends in Al Qaeda
STIMULUS FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS....
US public pensions face $2,000bn deficit
"I'm not writing to make conservatives happy."
Mapping the Invasion of America, 1942
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