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By mikethemadbiologist on August 7, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

What a selfish little piece of...
Bacterial Traitors
Notes from an E. coli "tweenome" - lessons learned from our first data DOI.
Leaving the Game

Other:

Why Van Halen demanded "no brown M&Ms"
Day by day the evidence mounts
And another thing ... (about why deficit reduction is stupid)
The Schmidle Muddle of the Osama Bin Laden Take Down
The myth of the extraordinary teacher: Yes, we need to get rid of bad teachers. But we can't demand that teachers be excellent in conditions that preclude excellence.
Not only Arab countries are in turmoil; protests wrack Israel
The Bizarro FDR
Bad romance
Has a Hip-Hop Barbecue Ever Created Jobs?

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