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By mikethemadbiologist on August 15, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Universal Flu Vaccine Another Step Closer, But Still Far
The annotated apocalypse: Anthropologists tackle 2012
Drug Resistance in Food -- Coming from Aquaculture?

Other:

I blame the British government for the riots (I think everyone who prattles on about the 'culture of poverty' should read this)
It's the Political Economy, Stupid!
The Great Splintering
"Hop on the Welfare Wagon" (from 1932. Things change, not always for the better)
Rick Perry's Unanswered Prayers
The Hijacked Crisis
Every single GOP 2012er would walk away from a 10-to-1 deficit deal on spending and taxes
Is college still worth it?
The Secret History of Guns

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