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Welcome back, U.S. government science and environment agencies!

Posted on October 17, 2013October 27, 2013 By David Shiffman

On October 17th, after a 16 day shutdown, the U.S. government re-opened. Here are what the twitter accounts from U.S. science and environment agencies had to say on their first day back. I’ll continue to update this throughout the day as more twitter accounts come back online

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Southern Fried Scientist’s Predictions for 2011

Posted on January 1, 2011December 29, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 4 Comments on Southern Fried Scientist’s Predictions for 2011
Conservation, Science

Happy New Year to all our readers! 2010 was a big year for Southern Fried Science. We added a new blogger, moved to our own server, and launched The Gam. Along the way we’ve won a few awards, hosted the first Ocean of Pseudoscience week, cooked a whole pig, exposed some blatant greenwashing, challenged conventional … Read More “Southern Fried Scientist’s Predictions for 2011” »

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