Inspired by a bit.ly API competition, Punchfork founder Jeff Miller aggregates the recipe mentions of participating recipe publishers from across Twitter, Facebook, and Stumbleupon, and then rates recipes according to the number of shares.

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While a refreshing 65% of those surveyed by Instant.ly opposed bankruptcy as a way out of student loan debt, a full 81% of those surveyed with student debt said the government should participate in student loan forgiveness.

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This is a concern that Michelle Ly also touches on in this post on iPSCs and the study of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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