Wednesday Links

By mikethemadbiologist on June 2, 2010.

Well, my Tuesday evening was spent setting up my shiny new MacBook. But I still have links for you. Science:

Japan Plans a Moon Base by 2020, Built by Robots for Robots
Solenodon hunt: On the trail of a 'living fossil'
In E. Coli Fight, Some Strains Are Largely Ignored
Male and female hedgehogs prefer different gardens
Peak Wood: Nature Does Impose Limits. What lessons from the multiple experiences of Peak Wood can today's society learn for addressing global peak oil?

Other:

What Left?
A constructive suggestion for retribution against BP
The Gulf Oil Spill Shows What America Has Become
"A Missing Macroeconomic Playbook?"
Robert Samuelson's Cellphone Standard of Living
Does Washington care about unemployment?
Not Behind the Fighter Jet
Tales From The New Depression

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