Worth Reading: Polio eradication and arson investigations

A few of the recent pieces I've liked:

Maryn McKenna at Superbug: Scathing Report: Polio Eradication "Not ... Any Time Soon"

Douglas Starr at Discover Magazine: Sparks of Truth: Can Science Bring Justice to Arson Trials?

Scicurious at The Scicurious Brain: Grab your Coffee, I think this paper may depress you

Patricia Leigh Brown at California Watch: On edge of paradise, Coachella workers live in grim conditions

Andrew Villegas at Kaiser Health News: Groups Thank "Obamacare," and Not Sarcastically

And in the "worth hearing" category: Not Exactly Rocket Science blogger Ed Yong talks to BBC's Radio 4 about "the implications of being host to billions of microbes."

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