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July 3, 2009
Greg Laden's Blog
A Blog Around The Clock
A Pacemaker is a Network This is going to be a challenging post to write for several reasons. How do I explain that a paper that does not show too much new stuff is actually a seminal paper? How do I condense a 12-page Cell...
The Primate Diaries
Friday Follow: Neurophilosophy Or, Why I Love ScienceBlogs Reason #372: Mo at Neurophilosophy has a fascinating article on the evolutionary origins of the nervous system: THE HUMAN BRAIN is a true marvel of nature. This jelly-like 1.5kg mass inside our skulls, containing hundreds...
Greg Laden's Blog
Life in Biosphere 2 Several years ago, I was at a going away party for Bruno. Bruno was a hard core scientist who was being brought into the Biosphere project down in Arizona to get it straightened out after a long period of bad press. One of the folks...
A Blog Around The Clock
Lindau Nobel - interview with Bente Flier A brief interview with one of the young researchers attending the Lindau Nobel conference - Bente Flier of the University of Constance, Germany:...
Brazillion Thoughts
The subsidiary patient Many times, in my practice, I am required to explain some statistical concepts to my patients in order to make them avoid some frequent pitfalls. The most common concept I explain is what is "normal" in lab exams. Let's suppose...
White Coat Underground
ER, homeopath style Yes, every skeptic on the web has posted this, but it is irresistible. Remember, yanks, that A&E in the UK is not a boring cable TV channel but what they call an ER....
Greg Laden's Blog
Linux: Not for everyone. Before they know how pronounce the thing the story is about: After they know how pronounce the thing the story is about:...
Thoughts from Kansas
Deep thought Sarah Palin is utterly batshit. Look, I can see not running for reelection: she wants to run for president in 2012. That alone is pretty dumb, since she was less popular than John McCain, and McCain/Palin couldn't beat Obama in 2008. In 2012, all signs suggest we'll have national health insurance and a growing economy, so why would anyone pick Palin to ruin it? But she wants to run in 2012. Fine. Why resign from office now? She doesn't want to be a lame duck? Fine, then why stay in office for a month? I mean, her official resignation will...
Pharyngula
Another reason to support full sex education Because it would end embarrassing mistakes like this one. A group of teenagers misunderstood a woman's screams during sex and, thinking they were stopping an assault, beat a 25-year-old man in her bedroom, police said. Multiple tragedies here: not only...
Mike the Mad Biologist
Friday Links A little more than 24 hours to go until people blow shit up all across America--in a good way. Until then, here are some links to keep you busy.
Pharyngula
Quitter That wacky no-nothing up north, Sarah Palin, has quit her job as governor. She doesn't give a good reason why; in an annoyingly chipper speech, she whines about the way she was being scrutinized for ethics violations, and the fact...
Sciencewomen
In defense of hir in a male-dominated environment After the weekend, I'll be back with a follow up to the post on my progress towards tenure, and I'll try to address some of the substantive and thought-provoking comments that you all have raised. But, here in the States,...
Neuron Culture
CJR: The health-care reform debate as Groundhog Day It's been 26 years since health-care reform failed. Does the debate reflect anything that's happened since?
Pharyngula
If homeopathy were actually practiced by your doctors… Maybe health care would be cheaper....
Greg Laden's Blog
Morning Sickness is an Adaptation, not a ... Sickness Symptoms of illnesses may be adaptive. Indeed, this may be true to the extent that we should not call certain things illnesses. Like "morning sickness."
Gene Expression
Sarah Palin resigning, the Obama effect? Palin announces resignation: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she was resigning her office later this month, a stunning decision that could free her to run for president more easily but also raises questions about her political standing at...
A Blog Around The Clock
Lindau Nobel conference - the Lindau island It's a beautiful place:...
Greg Laden's Blog
Amnesty International Report Rejected ... Nigeria's state oil company rejected criticism from a leading human rights group Wednesday, calling an Amnesty International report "inaccurate." "We have issues with the report," said Levi Ajuonoma, a spokesman for Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Amnesty said Tuesday that pollution and environmental impacts from the...
Greg Laden's Blog
Heard but not confirmed: Palin stepping down as Alaska gov? There's got to be a good explanation. Either way, somebody's gonna loose themselves a trailer ......
Built on Facts
In Which Your Host Witnesses a High-Speed Chase Last night I saw a classic conservation of momentum problem in person. It was about midnight, and I was on a service road beside west Houston's Beltway 8 (avoiding the tolls) when I slowed down to stop at a red...
The World's Fair
What is a transmon qubit? Science Scout Twitter Feed Somebody recently tweeted the term "transmon qubit" to the Science Scout twitter account, and (for the life of me) I cannot wrap my head around what it is exactly (other than a piece of delicious...
Gene Expression
The Primate Diaries
The Politics of Human Nature Human nature is one of those concepts that, like "common sense", everyone knows what you mean but no one knows how it's defined. Ironically, the most insistent proponents of human nature are often those who have benefited from the status...
Greg Laden's Blog
Silence is the Enemy is Seeking Volunteers ... to help with the twitter and facebook accounts and related issues. Please go here and read the details. Contact details are therein....
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Avian Flu
The recent swine influenza outbreak has brought the fear of a global pandemic to the forefront of the public consciousness. But before pigs, the suspected carriers of the next pandemic were of the avian species. But what does it mean to have swine or avian influenza and how do they differ from the regular flu? Can you be vaccinated against it? How do these viruses spread from animals to humans? Read the ScienceBlogs posts below to find out!
Effect Measure December 28, 2008
Another flu paper that "unlocks the secret" of 1918 virus virulence
We're learning important things. This evidence strongly suggests that some feature of the polymerase complex allowed the virus to invade the lower respiratory tract and lung tissue of ferrets. Understanding that is a big step forward, a direction different than we have been looking up to now, where much work has gone into the difference between bird and human receptors in the upper and lower respiratory tracts.
Not Exactly Rocket Science June 21, 2008
Round peg, square hole - why our bird flu drugs are a fluke
The world's nations are stockpiling two drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, to counter the threat of a bird flu pandemic. These drugs work by blocking a key protein that allows the virus to spread. But two years ago, a study revealed the structure of this protein and in doing so, shown that both Tamiflu and Relenza only work through a fortunate fluke.
Effect Measure August 6, 2008
What killed people in the 1918 flu?
Most people in 1918 who got flu didn't die of it and the ones that did probably died mostly from secondary bacterial pneumonias. But now we have to ask what this has to do with today's pandemic planning assumptions.
Aetiology January 26, 2006
Pandemic Influenza Series
Day 1: History of Pandemic Influenza. Day 2: Our adventures with avian flu. Day 3: Challenges to pandemic preparedness. Day 4: 1918 influenza virus reconstructed. Day 5: How ready are we, and what can YOU do?
