1. mikethemadbiologist
  2. Links 8/20/11

Links 8/20/11

By mikethemadbiologist on August 20, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

Just What is the Brain-Eating "Amoeba" Naegleria fowleri?
OA doesn't cost jobs: it creates them. And saves lives.
Why Sequence Microbes?
Tests confirm that roaming deer caused fatal E. coli outbreak in Washington County, elsewhere
Scientific Literacy by Gender (only ~50% of people know it takes a year for the earth to travel around the sun?)

Other:

The dual-taxation meme
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Another One Bites the Dust
Rick Perry's heroes have always been cowboys, although apparently the ones wearing the black hats
Case Study: How a notorious spammer was brought down via Twitter
Shock Doctrine in Practice: The Connection Between Nighttime Robbery In the Streets and Daytime Robbery By Elites
The President's Bold Jobs Bill (Maybe)
Trash fire shuts Red Line, but at least it wasn't cows
Chart of the Day #2: Manufacturing is Down, Down, Down

Tags
Lotsa Links

More like this

ScienceBlogs Weekly Recap
9.24.07 to 9.30.07 Announcements Welcome New Sciblings Welcome anonymous ScienceWoman, a first-year assistant professor in "-ology." Her blog's title, On Being a Scientist and a Woman, is sufficiently self-explanatory. And second, welcome A Few Things Ill Considered, the climate blog of Coby Beck…
"Brain-eating" amoeba kills 6
Over the past few days, there have been numerous scary news stories about a "brain-eating" amoeba that has killed six boys and young men this year (three in Florida, two in Texas and one in Arizona, the most recent case being that of 14-year-old Aaron Evans, who died on September 17th). The amoeba…
Attack of the killer amoebae
In another case of TV shows being prescient, abuzz here at other Scienceblogs is this story, which sounds like a bad B movie: " 6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes." The amoeba in question is a species of naegleria, which was featured on the medical drama House last year. According to the…
Links 6/4/11
I heard there's some kinda E. coli outbreak. Anyway, links for you. Science: My contribution to the 'HUSEC41-strains-are-not-that-new' debateIn praise of model organismsThe importance of being medianWhen is MRSA not MRSA?Ancient cave women 'left childhood homes' Other: The Dismal Political…