Monthly Archives: July 2010

Scientia Pro Publica #35 is Up!

Scientia Pro Publica #35, a science blog carnival, is now live at Kind of Curious.
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Rent Extraction + For-Profit Healthcare = Sepsis

Thanks to GPOs, we are getting worse healthcare at higher costs.
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Posted in Bidness, Biotech, Microbiology | 9 Comments

Links 7/22/10

Links for you.
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Dogs and Adaption to Humans

Dogs are not ‘wild animals’ anymore: people are an integral part of their environment. Activists who think dog ownership, by itself, is cruel and who want to ‘liberate’ dogs don’t understand the biology.
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Links 7/21/10

Happy Wednesday! Links for you.
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‘Counterintuition’, the Human Microbiome, and Why Fluency in Math Matters

Probability theory shouldn’t be counterintuitive.
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Posted in Mathematics, Microbiome | 7 Comments

Links 7/20/10

Somethings going with the Notorious H.M.P. No reason for forgetting to give you some links.
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The Great Mortification of Economics: What Happens When Natural History Is Removed

Ignoring history and indulging physics envy in an attempt to glimpse the Economic Godhead.
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Links 7/19/10

Merry Monday! Links for you.
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This Seems Like It Would Be a National Security Liability

Less security bling, more decent salaries please.
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Posted in CIA Spy Shit, Civil Liberties, Fucking Royals, Funding | 1 Comment