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Monday Linkdump

By sciencepunk on August 30, 2009.

The week's tweets and more:

40 million year old plumage shimmers! Iridescence found in fossil feather: http://bit.ly/3FkVf

"Most of you are average" - nice roundup of science-themed t shirts: http://is.gd/2Auwn

Homeopaths go utterly apeshit over campaign to have WHO denounce magic pills: http://bit.ly/Oj0W

Meanwhile, the Faculty of Homeopathy insist magic pills can cure serious diseases: http://bit.ly/2wHro

Eco-friendly Jedi lightsabre: http://bit.ly/4zTzI|

Music box fed by Möbius strip plays endless, reversible melody. http://bit.ly/47y2mW

Deconstructing a Maybelline Pulse Perfect Vibrating Mascara Wand: http://bit.ly/bZD50

Homeopath calls for stronger libel laws whilst libelling skeptic blogger Le Canard Noir: http://bit.ly/brATg

NASA plans to send astronauts to "gravity holes": http://bit.ly/OvpyQ

Lateral line sense organ can track distant fish, judge their size, and "see" surroundings. Next step: put it in robots. http://bit.ly/47PrDv

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