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By mikethemadbiologist on November 24, 2010.

Links for you. Science:

Money CAN buy happiness...well, sort of.
Bridges that resist the rust: Strong, lightweight, easy-to-assemble arches with no steel bars may solve a New England problem

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The Fastidious President
Calling Bullshit on The News
The ongoing, albeit amusing, battle to save Bristol
Tax the transactions?
Ensign played Reid in Angle debate prep; Angle once said dictators can have "good ideas"
How the elections taught me to understand a comic book

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