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By mikethemadbiologist on April 14, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

George Price, Group Selection, and Altruism
Farming on water: Stackable, sustainable, in the city
IonTorrent: Benchtop Sequencing, Streamlined

Other:

Raghuram Rajan's wrongness rankles
America is burning; Washington fiddles
Concern About Federal Deficits
War Is Paul Ryan Is a Force that gives us meaning
Accountability for "Job Creators"
I Wonder What John Yoo Thinks of All This
Want a Flat Tax? I Got a Flat Tax for You (I like this because it's simple)
All We Really Need To Do Is Nothing
How Are Ordinary People Responding to Higher Gas Prices? The Post Asks Someone With An Au Pair from France
Social Security and the Debt Limit

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re: Farming on Water

I'm not sure I'd be comfortable visiting any buildings where the only thing coming out of them was food.

By Kaleberg (not verified) on 14 Apr 2011 #permalink
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Thanks for the link, motherfucker!

By Comrade PhysioProf (not verified) on 15 Apr 2011 #permalink
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