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mikethemadbiologist | November 5, 2006Here's some links for you. The science stuff:
Better keyboards could reduce MRSA transmission in hospitals.
Here's a very good post on land development and eutrophication.
From Scientific American, an article on the destruction of the world's fisheries.
Fellow ScienceBlogling Jonah Lehrer discusses what can be done about the fisheries collapse
All of avian influenza can be divided into four parts: fellow ScienceBlogling Revere finishes his four part series about avian influenza.
A post of mine about the effects of antibiotic resistance in Kenya.
The other stuff:
driftglass asks Andrew…
mikethemadbiologist | November 1, 2006At least on ScienceBlogs. Our Benevolent Seed Overlords have interviewed me. You can check it out at Page 3.14.
mikethemadbiologist | October 29, 2006Here's some Sunday links for you. The sciency stuff:
If I were a fish, I wouldn't want to live in an echinoderm's anus, but I suppose the Intelligent Designer works in mysterious ways.
Can viruses make you forget stuff?
Empty Pockets whips the vote count on stem cell research.
The politics of stem cell research, California edition.
Razib discusses the probability that a mutation will become extinct in one generation.
A great primer on polling and statistics.
Do diesels beat hybrids?
I write about memes.
Here's a post of mine about MRSA and 'search and destroy'
I also have some public health…
mikethemadbiologist | October 29, 2006It's not Blogger. From Joe at AmericaBlog:
NOTE: Blogger is down AGAIN. We, like every other blog on Blogger, are only able to post intermittently - literally we're publishing each post a good 50 to 100 times before it shows up. We are frantically trying to launch the new blog, with a new non-Blogger server this week. And for any tech repoters out there, Blogger is lying to you. They're saying if we'd just switch to Blogger Beta everything would be fine. Well guess what - you have to be invited to join Blogger Beta, and haven't been invited, nor has anyone else I know. Not to mention, the…
mikethemadbiologist | October 21, 2006Marlon Perkins' "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom." Long before the Croc Guy, Perkin's trusty sidekick Jim was getting treed by rhinos, and other fun goodness. Ok, the show wasn't very sciency, but it had really good natural history. Actually, it's really the only science-related show that I can remember with any clarity, so it must have done something for me. And it's all about the Mad Biologist, baby...
An aside: Sure, NOVA is a far better show, but that's so obvious, it's not even worth mentioning.
mikethemadbiologist | October 20, 2006A friend asked today, "Why is there no one seriously critiquing the Gates Foundation's priorities?" Given the influence that "Gates" has on the setting of public health priorities, as well as the massive sums spent, these priorities need to be critically examined. For example, I've heard on the grapevine that one reason the Ellison Fund left the area of global health is because Gates moved in--they simply couldn't compete. Unfortunately, Ellison had a lot of experience and a very different approach than does Gates, so certain approaches to public health have been closed off.
I know there…
mikethemadbiologist | October 15, 2006Got it in under the wire. Here's some interesting links for you:
Steve Gilliard's take on how the Republicans came to power, maintained their coalition, and are now imploding. I don't know if I agree, but it's an entertaining read.
Tara fills us in on the idiot who's running for Lt. Governor in Iowa.
digby on the Republican hypocrisy about the Gay Konspiracy[link to me].
Joe Lieberman's out of the closet. And he's a Republican.
digby on the links between the religious right and the political right.
Maybe the Democrats can do well in the South, after all?
According to maha, the New Young…
mikethemadbiologist | October 15, 2006
(from Science 313:1384)
Have at it readers. And it doesn't need to be tasteful...
mikethemadbiologist | October 14, 2006Over at Majikthise, Lindsay has been doing some really good debunking of the critics of the Lancet article that indicates roughly 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the Iraq War and Occupation. Here they are:
Over half a million additional deaths in Iraq since US invasion
Innumerate cowards recoil from the facts: 655,000 dead Iraqis
More on the Lancet study of Iraqi deaths
Interview with co-author of Lancet study of Iraqi deaths
Tim Blair and the web of belief
mikethemadbiologist | October 1, 2006...if that's the sort of thing you do. Thanks to the ScienceBlogerator 9000, I can actually post while heading off to shul. We live in amazing times...
mikethemadbiologist | September 25, 2006Our Benevolent Seed Overlords want a picture of the Mad Biologist for their own nefarious purposes. So I ask you: what do you think a Mad Biologist would look like? Below are some candidates, but if you have something else in mind, feel free to link to it.
It's a little odd. One of the things I've always liked about these lil' internets is that the words stand apart from the image. I'm under no illusions that if someone wanted to 'expose my identity', they could do so very easily (and I just wouldn't care). I stay anonymous because I like the whole Mad Biology thingee and because I do…
mikethemadbiologist | September 23, 2006
You Are Lightning
Beautiful yet dangerous
People will stop and watch you when you appear
Even though you're capable of random violence
You are best known for: your power
Your dominant state: performing
What Type of Weather Are You?
mikethemadbiologist | September 19, 2006...but it also has blogs, posts, and threads. Al Franken explains this to Lanny Davis.
mikethemadbiologist | September 6, 2006I just received fellow Scienceblogger Chris Mooney's The Republican War on Science. I've already read the first edition. The new edition has a new forward, updates at the end of many chapters, and a revamped conclusion. Hopefully, this weekend, I'll get a chance to read it. For more information about the book, you can go the website.
mikethemadbiologist | August 21, 2006What's the best laptop sleeve for a IBM/Lenovo X60S laptop? It's a 12 inch screen, not widescreen, and about an inch thick.
Have at it, hivemind.
mikethemadbiologist | August 21, 2006I've been a long time fan of Josh Rosenau's Thoughts from Kansas. Now he's done gone joined these ScienceBlogs. Stop by, wish him hello, and add him to your blogroll.
mikethemadbiologist | August 3, 2006Our Benevolent Seed Overlords ask:
What movie do you think does something admirable (though not necessarily accurate) regarding science? Bonus points for answering whether the chosen movie is any good generally....
Here's my list (which I might update):
1) Apollo 13. The heroes aren't the big, famous stars. The heros are the nerds. They don't beat someone up to save the day, or roar in inchoate rage like Mel Gibson, they use reason and logic to solve the problem.
2) From The Earth to the Moon (#15). It's not technically a movie, but it shows how the Apollo astronauts were taught to be…
mikethemadbiologist | July 24, 2006...skippy the bush kangaroo puts you on the permanent blogroll. thanks skippy!
mikethemadbiologist | July 5, 2006By way of Thoughts from Kansas, I came across this Nature article about science blogs. If you look at the top 50 list of science bloggers according to Technorati (for whatever that's worth), a bunch of SciencBlogs blogs are on the list.
Mazel tov (except in the Indian River School District where one says Congratulations).