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Links 3/7/11

By mikethemadbiologist on March 7, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Ag antibiotic use: Risky -- but also sloppy and wasteful
A Nature chain retraction for Arabidopsis paper, and some unanswered questions
Mate magnet madness: When the range of possible explanations exceeds your own hypothesis
More Twitter Nonsense

Other:

Does running schools like a business actually argue for keeping LIFO? -- part I, the nature of layoffs
Does running schools like a business actually argue for keeping LIFO? -- part II, the need for layoffs
The Conservative Tradition of Attacking Teachers and Education
Costs of the Infrastructure Deficit
The US Isn't a Company and It's Not a Family. It's a Country.
Of Course Birth Control Prevents Abortions: Debunking Kirsten Powers
The case for film subsidies (and other goodies)

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