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By mikethemadbiologist on January 17, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Antibiotics do indeed relieve kids' ear infections
Farm worker infections with MRSA -- the first numbers
Genetic Soldiers? Advisory Group Urges Pentagon To Map Genes Of All Personnel (interesting, although eugenics claim seems overblown)
We're not ready for do it yourself genetic analysis (To me, most MDs and people with public health experience are cautious about DTC genomics; this is one reason why)

Other:

The lessons are clear
Monetary Morality
What Part Of "Nonviolence" Is Hard To Understand?
Outsized Pay on Wall Street Persists
The social sciences deal with humanity's most pressing problems, but there are barriers between practitioners and the public. We must restructure these disciplines from the ground up.
David Brock Explains to Chris Matthews That Beck Has Been Responsible for Three Thwarted Assassination Attempts
Selling the Talmud as a Business Guide: In China, notions of Jewish business acumen lead to a publishing boom--and stereotyping. (weird)
Boston Library cutbacks

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