Links 1/28/11

By mikethemadbiologist on January 28, 2011.

The snow berms now reach my shoulder. Ugh. Links for you. Science:

Phylogeny rules:
Why P-values are Evil
Belly Button Microbes: The First Peek
Polar bear's epic nine day swim in search of sea ice (gee whiz amazing, but very sad in the context of global warming)

Other:

TFA Founder Wendy Kopp: Don't Release Teacher Value-Added Scores to Newspapers
The Antidote to Deficit Hysteria - the Financial Transactions Tax
Homework (don't really agree about homework, but the point regarding poverty is critical)
10 flamethrowing contraptions that'll keep those dang kids off your lawn
Ayn Rand, parasite
Bay State pupils outperform most in middling US science scores
I Me Mine: The Unholy Trinity Of Ayn Rand (awesome rant)
The myth of the innovation nation

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