Happy Thursday. Some links for you. Science:
The misuse of terms 'homology' in bioinformatics community (excellent point, although can we stop referring to every group of people as a 'community'--e.g., the asshole community)
Disease by coincidence - why we're caught in the crossfire of a hidden war
Legionnaires' disease spread by a paving machine
Other:
Free Parking Comes at a Price
Convicting the innocent, and freeing them
Defeat the Right in Three Minutes
What Happened to Yahoo
A desert city that didn't fan out
Gas Is Really Costing Us About $15 a Gallon
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Merry Tuesday. Links for you. Science:
Report: Bill Nye "The Science Guy" Exposed as Godless, Soulless Blasphemer in Texas
The price and privilege of beefcake
Bonus Dinosaur of the Week--Paleontology and The Excavation Process.
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George Price, Group Selection, and Altruism
Farming on water: Stackable, sustainable, in the city
IonTorrent: Benchtop Sequencing, Streamlined
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Raghuram Rajan's wrongness rankles
America is burning; Washington fiddles
Concern About Federal Deficits
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Thank the Intelligent Designer it's Friday; I've had a long week. Anyway, here are some weekend links for you. Science:
Special panel says state in midst of "epidemic'' of OxyContin and heroin use
Clostridium difficile infection is spreading from the hospital to the community
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