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By mikethemadbiologist on August 20, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Just What is the Brain-Eating "Amoeba" Naegleria fowleri?
OA doesn't cost jobs: it creates them. And saves lives.
Why Sequence Microbes?
Tests confirm that roaming deer caused fatal E. coli outbreak in Washington County, elsewhere
Scientific Literacy by Gender (only ~50% of people know it takes a year for the earth to travel around the sun?)

Other:

The dual-taxation meme
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Another One Bites the Dust
Rick Perry's heroes have always been cowboys, although apparently the ones wearing the black hats
Case Study: How a notorious spammer was brought down via Twitter
Shock Doctrine in Practice: The Connection Between Nighttime Robbery In the Streets and Daytime Robbery By Elites
The President's Bold Jobs Bill (Maybe)
Trash fire shuts Red Line, but at least it wasn't cows
Chart of the Day #2: Manufacturing is Down, Down, Down

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