Links 7/1/11

By mikethemadbiologist on July 1, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Process: How Horseshoe Crab Blood Helps Save Lives
UCHIME: Fast, accurate chimera detection
What sort of user are you?
Why Your Mentor Sucks (and how to fix it)

Other:

God has called me to defend Michele Bachmann (another must-read by Lance Mannion)
DO YOU SMELL THAT? I THINK IT'S THE ZEITGEIST
Michele Bachmann rejects the whole of conservative economic theory in one typed sentence (not surprising, since it's just the economic version of the conservative cultural ethos of "do as I say, not as I do")
Anti-racism: DoJ sues modern-day sundown town in Wisconsin (Holder finally does something useful)
The Voice of Empire, Ctd.
The Problem With Michelle Bachmann
Why the Achievement Gap Matters and Will Remain
Late Night: Gay Comes for the Archbishop

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