Tweetlinks, 10-21-09

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Yale students call for OA.
Open access: are publishers ‘double dipping’?
IHME/Harvard study wins competition for best open-access paper
Statue of George Mason (drafted the Virginia bill of rights) dressed up to support OA.
A Writing Revolution – almost universal literacy => almost universal authorship.
NCSU graduate student is winner in national Future of Southern Agriculture essay competition
Are the Days of Independent Political Bloggers Numbered? Digby and Atrios Chime In
Matt Thompson on the problem of Journalism Overload
Time Travel Through the Brain
Duke study: McCain loss to Obama hit supporters in testes
Cornell starts the 70th or so “facebook for scientists”: Scientists hope to network Facebook-style. Why? Why? Why? Dilution of services, they all FAIL.
Gates Foundation grants support unusual research and Gates Foundation Funds 76 New Ideas to Improve Global Health, From Chewing Gum to Chocolate and Grand Challenges Explorations