Wednesday Links

By mikethemadbiologist on May 12, 2010.

I'm recovering from two days of Human Microbiome Project meetings. But that's no excuse to not have any links! Science:

Letting Go
World's biggest beaver dam can be seen from space: This woodland construction is the world's biggest beaver dam, which at 2,790ft is more than twice the length of the Hoover dam and can be seen from space
Boozing Treeshrews: Heavyweight drinkers in small packages

Other:

With China's help Arizona law can work
PowerPoint isn't evil if you learn how to use it.
What's the "We" Jazz, Thomas Friedman?
Closing main doors to the Supreme Court sends troubling message
The Reason for the Phony Consensus About School 'Reform'
The Iraq War Ledger: A Tabulation of the Human, Financial, and Strategic Costs
I Bet They Don't Even Have Toilet Paper
Trading in Hubris: Pride, Overreach, and the Inevitable Blowback and Consequences

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The list is growing fast - check the submissions to date and get inspired to submit something of your own - an essay, a poem, a cartoon or original art. The Submission form is here so you can get started. Under the fold are entries so far, as well as buttons and the bookmarklet. The instructions…

Open Laboratory 2010 - submissions so far

The list is slowly growing - check the submissions to date and get inspired to submit something of your own - an essay, a poem, a cartoon or original art. The Submission form is here so you can get started. Under the fold are entries so far, as well as buttons and the bookmarklet. The instructions…

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