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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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Perry's Arcana

What do accommodationists do about creationist politicians?

Last week, Rick Perry made some factually false and deeply disturbing claims about how evolution is and ought to be taught in Texas.

It's going to be a long election season…

Rick Perry was asked about evolution by a kid; his answer was both condescending and wrong.

Submit your questions for Heather Perry

I was recently contacted by Heather Perry, one of the few people in the world who has performed self-trepanation.
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