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By mikethemadbiologist on March 16, 2010.

There's this big ball of fire in the sky. It scares me, so how about some links? Science:

The language of elephants
Anti-HIV properties of... bananas?
Journalistic malpractice on global warming
The value of "this is cool" science stories
Measles week, part II: Emerging disease
NASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath Antarctica
MRSA research round-up: hospitals, vitamins, pets

Other:

Library branches won't hang separately: Backers form citywide group to fight for them; will oppose Liberty Mutual tax cut
Father FOXy
Beyond Helter Skelter
The Trouble With Textbooks
Excerpts From the New Texas History Textbooks
Two Pictures Tell the Story on Health Care Debate
Economics of Weblogging...
We Wouldn't Want To Be Simplistic And Naive, Now, Would We?
Strategic default: In come the waves again
Here's an Idea . . .since the Geithner-Summers team seems to be looking for them.

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