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By mikethemadbiologist on June 11, 2010.

Have a Fabulous Friday. Links for you. Science:

The Human Phenome Project
Ten things you didn't know about bees
The ASCO Meeting: The swag disappears! (2010 edition)
Snakes in mysterious global decline

Other:

Like Glenn Beck, Ayn Rand Peddled Garbage As Truth -- Why Did America Buy It? Rand was mediocre. But she had a preternatural ability to translate her sense of self into reality.
Doomed Pelicans: British Petroleum Neglecting Booms in Pelican Rookery
Americans want to Soak the Rich MMCCLXXVII

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