Links 4/30/11

By mikethemadbiologist on April 30, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

More deconstruction of the "tyranny" of excessive reviewer demands for more experiments
Armadillos Can Transmit Leprosy to Humans, Federal Researchers Confirm

Other:

Female physicians make less money than male doctors, here's why (truly, no good deed goes unpunished)
Health reform will drive up ER visits, like it did in Massachusetts (Romneycare beats no care, but it still sucks)
Policy in an age of post-truth politics (while I don't buy the notion that we're in some 'new era', the political strategy is dead on target)
A Book Store. That's Right. Book, Singular.
The Joy of Stats: The brainy, numbers-crunching Jewish fans who've revolutionized pro sports and realized every geek fan's dream are celebrated as heroes at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Night lights
Washington's Rose Colored Glasses
Visualizing Priorities
What I learned in econ grad school

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