Links 4/4/16

Links for you. Science:

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry
How to Stop Overprescribing Antibiotics
Step inside the Smithsonian’s incredibly organized hidden collection rooms (biological collections matter)
Maryland botanist makes a rare find on the banks of the Potomac (“I don’t understand the difference between the last rhinoceros being shot and the last population of this goldenrod being wiped out.”)
Mansplain Monday: Men Mansplain Statistics to Me (but who’s worse: frequentists or Bayesians?)

Other:

Democrats Need to Give Up Being Deficit Hawks Even When it Feels Good Politically (yes, they do)
The 89% Pay Cut That Brought Trump-Mania to America’s Heartland
All this and more, made possible by vast landfills
Why Are Educators Learning How to Interrogate Their Students?
Schools Nationwide Still Grapple With Lead in Water
How to write
Nixon Aides Suggest Colleague Was Kidding About Drug War Being Designed To Target Black People (not sure I buy this at all from the administration that employed Fred Malik who had a “Jews” list)
Paul Krugman: a Prizefighter for Hillary Clinton
D.I.N.O.S: Why Bernie Winning Caucus States is Why Bernie is More Electable Than Hillary (there are more registered independents that ever before, and Sanders cleans up among them)
The Declining Taste of the Global Super-Rich
Cincinnati TV Station Uses Washington Post to Get People to ‘Drop’ Local Newspaper
Beautiful, Beautiful Blossoms
‘Hikaru Dorodango’ is the Japanese Art of Turning Dirt into Perfect Spheres
What the Ex-Pat Primary Tells Us About the Bernie Blackout
What might have led someone to expect (or at least, not be surprised by) the political success of Trump or someone like him?

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