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By mikethemadbiologist on July 9, 2010.

I'm ready for Friday. Maybe I'll relaxed with a nice, cold...set of links! Science:

The short life expectancy of longevity genes (?)
Cups, Buckets, Pools, and Puddles: When the Flood of Papers Won't Abate, Which Do You Choose?
10 Crazy-Looking New Deep-Sea Creatures
Serious flaws revealed in "longevity genes" study

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Saving the system to what end?
Freelance Photographer: 'I Was Followed by BP Security and Then Detained by Police'
This is how a village dies
The terrible politics of deficit reduction: Obama is helping the GOP by rolling over on unemployment benefits and talking tough about spending

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Be safe and live long

Arboreality has allowed for the evolution of increased longevity in mammals:

Could individuals be converted from a sedentary lifestyle to the use of bicycles for transportation at a cost of less than 1740 USD/yr?

John Fleck found a great paper by Karl T. Ulrich on the ultimate energy costs of using bicycles versus cars.

23andMe contributes to longevity GWAS controversy

As an addendum to my previous post on the controversial "longevity genes" study, you should go and check t

Genes affecting onset of menopause & senescence

That seems the finding of this paper, Familial Aggregation of Survival and Late Female Reproduction:
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