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Links!
- Libraries, Books, Writers, & Suchlike
- Icons of Knowledge: Architecture and Symbolism in National Libraries
- The three most desirable jobs in Britain are author, librarian and academic
- Newly Revealed Records Detail 2013 Decision to Remove Persepolis from CPS Classrooms
- Happy birthday, Toni Morrison!
- Feb 18, 1885: Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- New Dr. Seuss book 'What Pet Should I Get?' coming this summer "The publisher also plans for at least two more books from materials discovered in the late author's La Jolla home in 2013." How exciting!
- The Gorgeous Typeface That Drove Men Mad and Sparked a 100-Year Mystery
- Net & Tech
- Science
- Happy birthday, Alessandro Volta! There is a Google Doodle for him, although it doesn't tell the story quite right. It is really very pretty, though!
- DNA Hard Drive Could Store Data For Millions Of Years
- New Approach to Blocking H.I.V. Raises Hopes for an AIDS Vaccine Still a long ways to go until we know if it's effective, though.
- Scientists Finally Discover Insulin-Suppressing Hormone
- Halifax student develops tattoo removal cream
- 2 Patients Die, 7 Infected After Being Exposed To Superbug Bacteria At UCLA Medical Center
- U.K. Approves World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm, Farthest Ever From The Coast
- Mars One Mission Selects Final 100 Candidates to Colonize Mars
- Education
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly To Ban Advanced Placement U.S. History "An Oklahoma legislative committee overwhelmingly voted to ban Advanced Placement U.S. History class, persuaded by the argument that it only teaches students 'what is bad about America.' Other lawmakers are seeking a court ruling that would effectively prohibit the teaching of all AP courses in public schools." Continuing along the "ignorance is the awesomest" path, I see.
- Carnegie Mellon Mistakenly Admits 800 Students
- Discrimination against women is a real problem in college admissions
- Other
- Louisiana will devote more than $6.2 million in tax dollars to 'Duck Dynasty', local nonprofit says "But the reality television show is hardly the only television or film production receiving the generous film and television program subsidy." I think I'd rather spend that money on higher education and health care, actually...
- Justice Department 'seriously examining' Ferguson race case
- "Children Do Not Migrate—They Flee": Striking Photos From Poverty-Ravaged Guatemala
- Let's end all this with some pretty, shall we? I Turn Photos From My Trips To Zoos Into Surreal Worlds
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