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Happy Wednesday. Links for you. Science: Genetic Genealogy and the Single Segment Fungi Developed to Fight Malaria in Mosquitoes What a real astrobiologist at NASA has to say You can increase your intelligence: 5 ways to maximize your cognitive potential Other: Why employee pensions aren't…
This segment from Letterman is from back in April, but given the word that John Holdren, former AAAS head, will be running Barack Obama's Office of Science and Technology Policy (i.e., serving as chief science adviser to the president), it's worth a replay. This is a man who will be repeatedly…
Links for you. Science: Why is Anthropogenic Global Warming Denialism Important? Evolution machine: Genetic engineering on fast forward 100 Years of IBM in Pictures The Intelligence of Beasts: Cognition researchers move past 'chimpocentric' theories, raising new questions about human uniqueness…
Voting For Obama Even If You Believe He Was A Terrorist: This is a person who actually believes that Obama was in a "terrorist group," and she's still backing Obama. Relatedly, a remarkable finding in the new New York Times poll: While 64% said they'd heard a lot or some about William Ayers, only…