Links 1/15/11

By mikethemadbiologist on January 15, 2011.

It's cold. Very cold. Warm up with some links. Science:

The House Anti-Science Committee?
My, Oh My, Oh MiSeq!!
Genomes too cheap to meter (not sure I agree, but worth reading)

Other:

Where Is the Love
Quote of the Day: Jenny McCarthy Helps Kill Children
Gabrielle Giffords' Arizona shooting prompts resignations
I Hope Erick Erickson Lives A Long and Miserable Life Afflicted By At Least Six of the Ten Plaugues*
A gentler and more logical economics
Paid Sick Leave and Public Health
The Tea Party and the Tucson Tragedy: How anti-government, pro-gun, xenophobic populism made the Giffords shooting more likely.
Social Security Benefits are Modest
A test of our Constitution: Congress is back at work. But if we keep underfunding social studies, will students even understand what the Legislature does?

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Our streets are full of angels, too

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Links 1/22/11

It's kinda cold. Warm up with some links. Science: Conspiracies Don't Kill Birds. People, However, Do. A 34,000 year old bacteria has come back from the dead and is breeding Octopus tool use Woman science bloggers discuss pros and cons of online exposure Global vaccine efforts offer hope to…

A tragic afternoon in Tucson

President Josiah Bartlet: The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we…

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