Links 2/9/11

By mikethemadbiologist on February 9, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Equations that Spell Disaster: Researchers are pinpointing the factors that combine to produce complex diseases.
What are army ants?
Angry Sunday rant on behalf of my friends in the Minority Academic Ghetto*
Falling Off the Ladder: How Not to Succeed in Academia
Will you still love me if I don't win the Nobel prize?
Review of data supports virus link to diabetes

Other:

On not passing the Turing Test (I hate that Turkish spam)
Does Behavioral Economics Undermine the Welfare State?
Economists and Incentives
Sarah Palin Trademark Refused. Why? She Didn't Sign The Application
How Goldman Sachs gambled on starving the world's poor - and won
Mubarak's phantom presidency
When Do Impeachment Proceedings Get Underway For Clarence Thomas?

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Cranks All Read From the Same Playbook

I've just started reading Jonathan Chait's new book The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics. One of the more remarkable developments in the last twenty-five years of American politics is the takeover of the Republican party by the lunacy of…

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Startups in the Personal Data Ecosystem Elements of an Effective Public Education Toolkit The Politics of the New Huffington Post at AOL How to Promote Zotero at Your Institution and Why Disruption, Delivery and Degrees Measuring Impact Beyond Academic Fame: An Alternative Social Impact Factor…

I find it funny that politicians get away with shit most people wouldn't be able to do just because they're politicians.

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