Links for you. Science:
Is Something Fishy Going On? Citations Suggest Correction Comes Slowly, If It Comes At All
Tweeting Science
How the Valley was won: The birth of technology in Silicon Valley
Ants clean up the remains of Brood XIX
Other:
What Happens in Vegas
Mock my pants, not my sister
Social Security for Beginners
Why the Left Gets Neoliberalism Wrong: It's the Feudalism, Stupid!
Whose Responsibility Is it that the Public Doesn't Understand Public Finance? (sounds a lot like science communication...)
Why Aren't There More Union Members in America? A Reply to Will Wilkinson
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