Tweetlinks, 10-06-09

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Genes, Categories and Species, by Jody Hey, a book review.

Some wicked multimedia tools...

In the past, when a country switches from dollar to euro we invent a reason to bomb it. Too late now: The demise of the dollar

Immersion In Nature Makes Us Nicer

These are @justarikia's Top 5 Favorite Music Videos Involving Robots - what are yours? 'We are the robot'?

Our screwed-up malpractice system. Whose fault is that? Let's try 'nobody'.

How to sell news on the web: A checklist

Why Blog? A study

Darwin, 'Ardi', and the African Apes

How House, M.D. is affecting patients' expectations of medical care

The Future of Health Care Is Social

Women in Science: A Spot at the Bench

Excellent explanation of telomeres (with a jab at IntelligentDesignCreationists getting it wrong)

RT @mistersugar Join me for #sconc happy hour Thur 10/8 5:30pm @ West End Wine Bar, Durham to meet Lisa Sanders M.D., medical narrative guru

Patient experience - Gel Health 2009 conference Oct.22-23. in NYC

Excellence Everywhere: A Resource for Scientists Launching Research Careers in Emerging Science Centers

'The Spirit of Open Access' Haiku Contest

Why I Sent A Guy With A Normal EKG To The Cath Lab

Text Messaging Shows Promise as a Survey Tool - interview with Eszter Hargittai

Re-engineering the Scientific Journal

Trackway Analysis Shows How Dinosaurs Coped With Slippery Slopes

ScienceOnline2010: amazing program almost finalized: Last chance to volunteer to do something.

What is a BarCamp? - where they train bartenders? No.

JMP scientific statistic software is 20 years old today

Scrabble Computer Keyboard - Want!

Plants, Empire and the Ignorance of Western Civilization

Getting a Ph.D. for the money?

Commenting on PLoS: Get noticed

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