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Links 7/14/10

By mikethemadbiologist on July 14, 2010.

It's a wild and wacky Wednesday, in no small part because I got my parking ticket expunged (the BPD was actually very efficient about this). Yes, regular readers will wonder how I, He Who Does Not Own a Car, got a parking ticket in the first place. Somethings are best left unsaid....Science links:

The Creativity Crisis. For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong--and how we can fix it.
Solar-Powered Plane Flies for 26 Hours
Go it alone? or form a collective?
Belly-buttons key to success in sport: study
Comments on the "Synthetic Cell"

Other:

Failed Infrastructure, Failed Media
The Tender Mercies of Veal Pen Economists
Waiting for Gandhi
Major SUNY Donor Links an Even Bigger Gift to Flexibility on Setting Tuition
Preventing 2006

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The link to the "Failed Infrastructure, Failed Media" post seems to be broken. Has the post gone away or is it just a bad link?

Belly-buttons key to success in sport: study

That one is not a science link, it is a "science" link. Read it and wait for the eye-roll.

"what matters is not total height but the position of the belly-button, or center of gravity

Srsly?

By Freetham Choade (not verified) on 15 Jul 2010 #permalink