Links 6/1/1

By mikethemadbiologist on June 1, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Does Lack of Income Take Away the Brain's Horses?
Rinderpest, or 'cattle plague,' becomes only second disease to be eradicated
Stinging Caterpillars of the United States
Deadly bacteria lurk inside hospital wards

Other:

Is this what ended the American Dream?
Standing Up for the Existence of Atoms
Jared Bernstein Lets Slip Interesting Info About WH Economic Views
Doctors should share in the sacrifice (not sure I agree, but replace "doctor" with "teacher" becomes a very interesting exercise)
Stephanie Kelton: What Happens When the Government Tightens its Belt?
Doctors and dentists tell patients, "all your review are belong to us" (but, really, treating medicine as if it were a free market makes sense...)
Bootstraps, Upward Mobility, and Politics

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