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Links 3/26/11

By mikethemadbiologist on March 26, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Congress and Science Education: Wolf Berates NSF on Overdue Report
Inclusive Fitness: Return to the Wrestling Ring
Researchers Challenge E. O. Wilson Over Evolutionary Theory
Robert Trivers and colleagues on Nowak, Tarnita, and Wilson's "The evolution of eusociality"
Re: Homophobia and Evolutionary Psychology

Other:

Turkeys at Longwood Medical Area and Harvard Medical School. (AAAIIEE!!!)
Gassy (as I've been saying, reducing energy use really involves changing how people live. Not easy to do)
CIA Psychologist's Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush's Torture Program
'Death and After in Iraq'
Darling-Hammond: U.S. vs highest-achieving nations in education (why teaching should be viewed as a profession)
America's Great Passport Divide
What good are economics journals?
Karl Smith: The United States's Tax System Is Not Especially Progressive

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