Links 4/24/11

By mikethemadbiologist on April 24, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Six Questions About CRISPRs
Bottom feeders: A novel way of dealing with an unpleasant problem
Humpback Whales May Be Migratory Astronomers
A Peculiar Disclaimer

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Suddenly It's Real (on gas prices)
Alcohol and Rape: Twice the Standards
Another Occasional Reminder (about 'Grand Bargains')
Abolish The Debt Ceiling!
Cheap Beer, Paradoxical Dice, and the Unfounded Morality of Economists
New Propaganda Coinage: "To Klein"
Discredited
Sleepwalking Into the Imperial Dark

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