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Links 7/22/10

By mikethemadbiologist on July 22, 2010.

Links for you. Science:

Under The Microscope: Feminism, Scientists and Sexiness
The 2 billion dollar protein sequencing error
How to read a genome-wide association study

Other:

Feds getting ready to mislabel another key Revolutionary battle
Whither ScienceBlogs?
A Farewell to Scienceblogs: the Changing Science Blogging Ecosystem

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