Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | August 26, 2010Finally, some sun. Let's celebrate with some links. Science:
Russia launches inquiry into Pavlovsk seed bank after Twitter campaign: President Dmitry Medvedev orders immediate inquiry into potential destruction of world's oldest seed bank
Sinus infections: what we do and don't know
'Women are getting more beautiful' - Getting the story right
Firefighter discovers 3-foot alligator crossing Brockton street
Other:
State of the Economy
Reframing the Estate Tax
Hangover Theory At The Fed
An Infrastructure Perfect Storm: New York Trains Shut Down En Masse
A peek behind the scenes: Jobs
mikethemadbiologist | August 25, 2010Still gray and ugly. But never fear, links are here! Science:
Alligator Surfaces Beneath a Car in Queens
Scientists hail breakthrough in fight against deadly Ebola virus
Analysis: Half of published URLs are dysfunctional a decade later
City mockingbirds can tell the difference between individual people
Other:
The creeping threat of backdoor privatization: Bit by bit, financial responsibility for some of the most important public services is being passed on to you
How a Lunatic, Racist Blogger Is Fanning Hate Against Muslims -- With the Help of Our Dumb Media: Anti-Islam groups created by…
mikethemadbiologist | August 24, 2010We've been lucky this summer, and had very little gray cruddy days. But they're baaackkk! Let's celebrate with some links! Science:
Immunizations: "If your children have been vaccinated against xyz disease, why would you care if others are NOT vaccinated"
Nanofibre paint that kills MRSA
Male and female ability differences down to socialisation, not genetics (the article makes the subtle point that gender differences are very small, relative to variation. It's all about the R2, baby).
Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Alters Genes, Study Says
Other:
Threats
Taking Bin Laden's Side
High-tech carts…
mikethemadbiologist | August 23, 2010Monday. Rainy. Links. Science:
Astronaut Strength In Space Equal To 80-Year-Olds
Wake Forest projects worth every penny spent
Seasoning Livestock Feed With Curry Spices Cuts Methane Emissions 40 Percent
"Hausergate" is good for science
Other:
Is 'More Efficient' Always Better? (a little painful, you might want to skip to the end)
Public v. Lobbyists on Bush Tax Cuts
Your Country Is Addicted To Cheap Labor
Corporate Rotten Eggs
Beyond City Limits: The age of nations is over. The new urban age has begun.
Our government at work
mikethemadbiologist | August 22, 2010It's kinda cloudy. Brighten your day with some links. Science:
Do Big Cats Like Catnip?
Is this the answer to latent TB?
Updated: Harvard says Marc Hauser guilty of science misconduct
Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked
Other:
Proud Brothers, Do Not Fret
US Dodges Obligation to Help Iraqi Women Trafficked into Sexual Slavery
The Difference Between Religion and Woo
Dr. Isis vesus the iPhone
The Great Management Consultancy Scam -- and How it Could Be Coming for Your Job
mikethemadbiologist | August 21, 2010It's nice out, but if you're stuck inside, here are some links for you. Science:
This Hauser thing is getting hard to watch
Creation Museum Creates Discomfort For Some Visitors (didn't know that guard dogs are what 'teaching the controversy' meant. Also, creationists 'debunk' evolution in real museums all the time, so why do they get bent out of shape when the tables are turned?)
Pepe LePew can go F himself
Other:
Andrew Jackson's America
Seeing 'Red' about trains
The Thirty-Year Itch: Krugman Explains
You can lead a whore to culture
Long Term Debt Outlook
mikethemadbiologist | August 20, 2010Thank Intelligent Designer it's Friday. Links for you. Science:
Acupuncture, Real or Fake, Eases Pain
NDM-1: The early warnings
Carnal Carnival #1 - Essentials of Elimination
Other:
The Christian Reconstructionism Dodge
Attacking Social Security
Damn It: For Once, Obama (Briefly) Happened to be Right
When "compromise" really means "STFU"
Dow Soars on News That NYC Mosque Will Stay
It's The Ground Zero Mosque! It's The Ground Zero Mosque! A Stroll Around My Neighborhood, Part I
mikethemadbiologist | August 20, 2010No, really. It's very crappy. And it's all about poop.
So grab a...stool....
Just go read it, as there's lots of interesting stuff there.
mikethemadbiologist | August 19, 2010Happy Thursday. Some links for you. Science:
The misuse of terms 'homology' in bioinformatics community (excellent point, although can we stop referring to every group of people as a 'community'--e.g., the asshole community)
Disease by coincidence - why we're caught in the crossfire of a hidden war
Legionnaires' disease spread by a paving machine
Other:
Free Parking Comes at a Price
Convicting the innocent, and freeing them
Defeat the Right in Three Minutes
What Happened to Yahoo
A desert city that didn't fan out
Gas Is Really Costing Us About $15 a Gallon
mikethemadbiologist | August 18, 2010Links for you. Science:
Cato's Pat Michaels admits 40 percent of funding comes from big oil.
Data release (blogwar or pillow fight?)
Survey Shows Many Are Clueless On How To Save Energy: People Turn Off Lights in Vain, Ignoring Real Efficiencies
Other:
Free Parking Comes at a Price
The Citizens Agenda in Campaign Coverage
New benches are a pain in the ****
ALAN SIMPSON'S CON
Improving Urban Intersections
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Scab: Israeli Diplomats Hit Back at Mossad
mikethemadbiologist | August 15, 2010Links for you. Science:
Yay! J. Neuroscience Agrees with Me that "Supplementary Materials" is BS and Ruining Science!
NU prof David Hull invented his field
The aurochs: due for a comeback?
Other:
Morning in America
2. Sewers and storm drains
Which side are you on?
Why museums need more art lending
We Can't Restore Our Country If We Underpay the Folks Restoring Our Buildings
Losing sight of what matters in America: Do we value 'value' or just value 'cheap'?
mikethemadbiologist | August 14, 2010Some links for you. Science:
"Just-so stories" driving me crazy
Warning: Racism Is Bad for Your Health: Harboring prejudice, it seems, may be bad for your health.
Fallible DNA evidence can mean prison or freedom
Science Bloggers: Diversifying the news
Other:
NEW SUPERBUG IS FOREIGN AS WELL (humor)
Six essential questions about the deficit, Wall Street and Washington
BP Is Hiding Dead Animals to Avoid Fine of $50,000 Per Dead Animal (and the Bad Publicity)
DOJ gags scientists studying BP disaster.
mikethemadbiologist | August 13, 2010Merry Friday! Links for you. Science:
Why Scientific Research on Animals Is Worthwhile
The Palin Effect
Reading the Coverage of a Retraction: Failure to replicate is not evidence of fraud
Other:
Behold The Power Of My Mighty Blogs
Gibbs: People who are upset with Obama don't live in real America, didn't help get Obama elected (Sure, Gibbs 'walked it back', but it's nothing they haven't been saying for two years; they just didn't do it during the slowest part of the news cycle before)
Plenty of Jobs, Not Enough Workers?
Myths
mikethemadbiologist | August 11, 2010Shaq, the newest Boston Celtic, described the Boston accent as 'sexy' yesterday. In that spirit, I offah yuh some wicked smaht links. Science:
Christian Right Lobbies To Overturn Second Law Of Thermodynamics
Why did the Tasmanians Stop Eating Fish?
More Urban Species: House Pseudoscorpion
Tiny creatures are ocean's 'vacuum cleaners'
Other:
Tax Cuts Are Theft
Someone tell Robert Gibbs: Jerry's dead. Everyone's gone home.
Johann Hari: And now for some good news. We'll never know the names of all the people who paid with their limbs, their lungs or their lives for the goodies in my home and…
mikethemadbiologist | August 10, 2010Happy Tuesday! Links for you. Science:
Bad News for the Genetics of Personality
Unintended consequences: C. diff death after extended Lyme treatment
Fructose and pancreatic cancer
Hands Off My Bone!
Global hunt begins for 'extinct' species of frogs
Other:
Strippers Give Church Ladies a Taste of Their Own Medicine in Ohio
Once again: It's REPUBLICANS who caused America's exploding debt
Downtown gets mini-golf pitch: Would put course in an empty storefront
Auerback: The Real Reason Banks Aren't Lending
mikethemadbiologist | August 8, 2010Hopefully, I won't be attacked by Digg 'Patriots.' Just in case, though, I've stocked up on some links! Science:
Does Coffee Work?
Why prediction is a risky business
Translational bioinformatics in the cloud
Manufacturing The Coffee Culture
Genetically Modified Crop on the Loose and Evolving in U.S. Midwest
Other:
Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943
How To Help Homeowners
The fantasy of a vast upper middle class: College isn't for everyone. Neither is the stock market
Republicans still the party of the rich
Democrats are the party of the lower class
Japan's Economic Stagnation Is…
mikethemadbiologist | August 7, 2010Some links for you. Science:
DNA test finds Worcester link inconclusive, or, how Colin took on the USDA
Scientists: your publishers think you are patsies.
No Problem!
Persistent ethnic differences in test performance may be entirely an artifact of the method used to 'adjust' the test
Other:
Learn Something Useful, Losers
James K. Galbraith Champions The Beast Manifesto
Talk about Your Dead-Enders...
Grrrr
Two checklists for feminists
A Chevy Volt in Every Pot: Charles Lane's claim that electric car subsidies are snobby and foolish is dead wrong.
mikethemadbiologist | August 6, 2010Thank the All-Father it's Frejyasdaeg. Celebrate with some links. Science:
Science Blogging Networks: What, Why and How
If you're predicting disease, you should be regulated
A warmer ocean is a less green one
One epidemic, two problems
When Should You Open Your Car Windows? An Experiment
Other:
Delusions, Illusions, and the True Costs of Digital Publishing
Legacy
Obama's Legacy: Afghanistan
Investing in a nanny state for social returns
Credit Score Is the Tyrant in Lending
mikethemadbiologist | August 5, 2010Happy Thursday. Links for you. Science:
Advice for Young Aspiring Scientists
Honestly, Research Blogging, Get over yourself
Do I Look Fat in Orange?: Orangutans Have Very Slow Metabolisms
Other:
Can't More Billionaire Tax Cuts Save Us?
What the fuck is my social media "strategy"?
Race And Gay Marriage In Perspective
Templeton prayer study meets expectations
I watch the sun go down
Friends Let Friends Read the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Only If They Promise to Immediately Trade Against It
Why Do Conservatives Loathe Keynes?
mikethemadbiologist | August 4, 2010More of the finest hate mongering for you (Remember: Hate mongering is the new blogger ethics panelâ¢). Science:
Back in the Saddle
WashPost/NY Times: To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, that is the question.
New regulations may cut down infections in hospitals
Antarctic Octopuses Discovered With Sub-Zero Venom
Other:
Virginia Heffernan Falls Off the Wagon
It's Great When Wages Fall
I'm Sorry It's All My Fault
Saving the women and children of Afghanistan?
In Cambridge, A Different Kind of Weed For Sale