I’ve got your missing links right here (24 December 2011)

The last paragraph in this piece on radioactive spider-webs by Sally Adee is my favourite end to a piece. Ever

There are endless Best Of lists this year, but do have a look at The Browser’s choice of 48 top articles. They have exceedingly good taste.

Do read Maryn McKenna’s wonderful piece on sepsis (and a woman who overcame it).

A fantastic animated history of fossil fuels – 300 years in 5 mins

The price of superstition: how traditional Chinese medicine is a threat to wildlife

How much does the internet weigh? Robert Krulwich is wonderful. Don’t miss: “Look what weightlessness can do”

Some of my favourite science writers – Ann Finkbeiner, Deborah Blum and Jennifer

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