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By mikethemadbiologist on August 26, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Blog Debunks 13-Year-Old Scientist's Solar Power Breakthrough
When Anthrax first came to North America
Eco-labelled fish may be unsustainably fished, or the wrong species
If You Are Anti-Science, You Are Anti-Jobs
The complexity of cancer

Other:

Why isn't the climate left stronger?
No App-etite
Another Senior Journalist Confesses to Ignorance
Department of "Huh?!": What Obama Could Have Done Department (what I've found odd in all of this is how many of those who vehemently argue there's very little that could be done are so young. They sound old and crotchety)
Rick Perry And The Return Of Conservative Identity Politics
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Why Maps Are So Annoying
Michael Hudson: The State and Local Budget Crisis

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