The Weekest Links 04 Jan 2012 Part 1

Myths about vaccination
http://scientopia.org/blogs/guestblog/2011/12/28/five-dangerous-myths-about-vaccines/

Ron Paul #1
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644386-the-best-reason-to-oppose-ron-paul

Ron Paul #2
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/28/ron_pauls_disqualifying_racial_ignorance/

In Caffeine We Trust
http://columnfivemedia.com/in-caffeine-we-trust-infographic/

ooOOOoo Wonderland photos
http://laughingsquid.com/wonderland-beautiful-up-close-photographs-of-a-miniature-fantasy/

Noonday Demons
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/books/review/their-noonday-demons-and-ours.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1325163203-yZymuo5mhn23MeKOCwsIlQ

2011 in the Art World
http://ht.ly/8cf9d

Flu Safety
http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1490-flu-vaccine-safety-and-efficacy.html

Robo Journalism
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21318-robot-videojournalist-uses-cuteness-to-get-vox-pops.html

We are the 41%
http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-proportion-of-young-people-gets.html?spref=tw

Truth in Advertising
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_VtqtxCHY&feature=player_embedded

Dark Matter Jesus
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/sophisticated-theologian-with-science-training-jesus-is-like-dark-matter/

Or, why there isn't a second moon
http://io9.com/5871612/the-long-strange-search-for-earths-second-moons

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/creatology/2011/12/22/how-a-mental-disorder-opened-up-an-invisible-world-of-colour-and-pattern/

http://instagr.am/p/cY3qZ/
http://palaces.org.uk/



http://jezebel.com/5871522/michele-bachmann-snooki-named-least-scientifically-competent-celebrities


http://jezebel.com/5871631/the-year-in-workplace-discrimination-and-harassment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifr%C3%B6st


http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/honeybee-pessimism/

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-05/19/discovered-unique-bee-nests-made-out-of-petals

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/07/swarms/miller-text

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/the-lego-barad-dur-50000-pieces-two-months-of-construction-pure-awesomethe-lego-barad-dur-50000-pieces-2-months-to-build-pure-awesome.ars

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/28/skin-bacteria-affect-how-attractive-we-smell-to-malarial-mosquitoes/

http://io9.com/5871598/the-scientist-who-controlled-peoples-minds-with-fm-radio-frequencies?popular=true

http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2011/12/28/what%E2%80%99s-it-like-to-be-75-years-old-try-this-on/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=webber-more-efficient-foods-less-waste

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1110652

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21319-optin-settings-dont-absolve-internet-companies.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/12/why-is-nepal-cracking-down-on-tibetan-refugees.html

http://io9.com/5871752/

http://www.siue.edu/IS/WRITING/NewsletterC/Issue%208/page3.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/29/stop-antivaxxers-now/

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/12/american-scientist-arrested-in-stem-cell-clinic-sting.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Frss%2Fnewsblog+%28News+Blog+-+Blog+Posts%29

http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/

http://www.economist.com/node/21541718