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By mikethemadbiologist on August 24, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Smart people accept evolution (I have a different take, in that 'smartness'--which to me is actually just educational attainment--mirrors political leanings and socioeconomic status, which themselves are correlated)
Evolution doesn't fit our generalities
NIH solicits opinions (from you) on biomedical workforce (more info here)
What is in a name? A case study of genomic epidemiology w/ Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis

Other:

An Empty Regard (must-read)
Our Brave New Marketing World
Are we replacing robots with Chinese people?
My Conversation with Andrés Duany: An Ardent Critic of the Skyscraper Flies into a Rage about the Asian Skyscraper Boom
Five bummer problems that make societies collapse
Lost Incan City of Machu Picchu: 100 Years after Discovery by 'Indiana Jones'
NPF: WE DELIVER FOR YOU
Deficit hysteria

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