Carnivalia, and an open thread

Animals and education await you at these fine carnivals:

The Tangled Bank

It's time for the Tangled Bank next week, at About Archaeology — send your tired, your poor…wait, no, send those links to science articles to me or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday!

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Another week, another collection of carnivals, and important calls for submissions to more carnivals. Carnival of Mathematics #2 Disability Carnival #9 Friday Ark #127 Carnival of Education #107 I and the Bird #43 Send me links! The Circus of the Spineless #18 is going to be right here…
Friday Ark #115 Carnival of Education #95 I and the Bird #37 The Tangled Bank will be at Down to Earth next Wednesday—send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net.
Another Tangled Bank is coming up next week at Science Notes. Send those links to science-related blog posts to Mona Albano, me, or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday! In the meantime, while you're waiting for the Tangled Bank, you can read these other fine carnivals. Animalcules 1.7 Carnival of…
Instead of watching the vote swinging back and forth, why not read these fine carnivals? Or perhaps emit random comments? I and the Bird #38 Carnival of Education #97 Friday Ark #117 The next Tangled Bank will be at Salto Sobrius on Wednesday, 20 December—send your links to Martin…

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Well, guess what? The bees are disappearing. In massive numbers. All around the world. And if you think I'm being alarmist and that, "Oh, they'll figure out some way to pollinate the plants..." No, they've tried. For a lot of what we eat, only bees work. And they're not working. They're gone.