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Friday Links

By mikethemadbiologist on January 29, 2010.

It's Freezing Friday. Links to keep ya warm. Science:

The Evolution of an Internet Meme
Science Channel Refuses To Dumb Down Science Any Further
It was the best of sources, and the worst of sources: the Internet and health information
In Defense of the Beta Blocker
Increasing NIH funding means jobs and reputation for New England
Radical Inequality Is Literally Killing Us
How Science Can Create Millions of New Jobs: Reigniting basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model and put Americans back to work

Other:

Shocking discovery: Kids who fear sex are open to anti-sex messages
This is the title of a typical incendiary blog post
Crumbs
Promises, Promises
In praise of humility
Using Reconciliation Process to Enact Health Reform Would Be Fully Consistent With Past Practice
John Roberts: the difference four years makes
What Ta-Nehisi Said Applies To Jews And Arabs

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