It's nice outside, but if you're stuck inside, here are some links for you. Science:
'Friendly bacteria' in pregnancy may prevent eczema in childhood
Drug discovery in academia and NIH, a new type of U01
Fleming Painted With Bacteria
Other:
A crime story
College Students Hide Hunger, Homelessness
HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN MEGAN McARDLE PIECE
Megan McArdle's Hack Post on Elizabeth Warren's Scholarship
Clive Thompson on the Death of the Phone Call
Scamming the Rubes
Obama's tragic infatuation with meritocracy without merit
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Last year AP-IPSOS surveyed Americans and asked them to estimate how many Iraqi civilians had died in the war. They grossly underestimated the number, with the median estimate being just 9,890.
Tom Bozzo at Angry Bear gives us a shorter Megan McArdle:
I once heard these terms of art from the electricity industry. No quizzes!
P.S., Al Gore is fat.
There is a great blogginghead.tv conversation up between two of my favorite bloggers, Megan McArdle and Daniel Drezner.
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