Thursday Links

By mikethemadbiologist on April 22, 2010.

Merry Thursday. Links for you. Science:

But is it science?
It's a microbial world: Worldwide census ups diversity estimates for marine microbes one-hundred-fold.
Is this the end of migration? Climate change is affecting bird behaviour at a staggering rate. Some 20 billion have already changed their flight plans
Mat of microbes the size of Greece discovered on seafloor
The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act
The algebra formula that saved an industry

Other:

What Conservatives Mean When They Say "Libertarian"
Ed Left: The Cognitive Dissonance of School Reform
It Was the Housing Bubble: Not the Damn CDOs
Thinking about abortion
Guest Post: Wall Street's Revenge on Hollywood
Progress on The Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-Conference
"Monumentalism" puts postcard DC above human DC
THE THEOCRATIC WING OF THE GOP
Disengagement
The "Epistemic Closing" of the Conservative Mind

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