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By mikethemadbiologist on February 5, 2011.

At least, it's not snowing. Let's celebrate with some links. Science:

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93 Percent of Wall Street Journal's Climate Op-Eds Misrepresent Science
Land fizzing like soda pop: farmer says CO2 injected underground is leaking (I want my thorium-powered reactors)
Scientists join protests on streets of Cairo to call for political reform

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Deriving Their Just Powers from the Consent of the Governed...
The Civic Republican Roots of the Individual Mandate
Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But Grabbed Social Security and Medicare When She Needed Them
Why are We 'Irrational': The Path from Neoclassical to Behavioral Economics 2.0
More on the Practicalities of School Integration
The Non-Problem of False Rape Claims for Medicaid Abortions
Meritocracy and Hiring

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