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By mikethemadbiologist on May 30, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

The hot hand in airline pilots
You're too [pretty/young/female, take your pick] to be a microbiologist!
Does Lack of Income Take Away the Brain's Horses?
"Phylogeny for the faint of heart" PDF
The Discovery of Arsenic-Based Twitter

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Herman Cain's Enron-esque Disaster
Rocket Scientists, Part 2
Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes
The Monster and Monterrey: The Politics and Cartels of Mexico's Drug War
5 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Drinking

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