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By mikethemadbiologist on August 19, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Texas Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe Responds To Rick Perry
What Will You Earn With a Ph.D.?
Pig-Size South American Rodent Spotted in Central California
Can Math Beat Financial Markets?

Other:

Paul, its time to update your textbook (wonky, but must-read)
Rick Perry for President? My Experience with "The Texas Unmiracle" (Krugman)
Back to school in the USA: 4 charts
John Singer Sargent murals
Rick Perry Is Now Sorry He Banned Parental Honor Killings
End This Fed
Summer jobs reduce crime and we can prove it
What Michele Bachmann's submission theology really means
In defense of the low road

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