Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | August 3, 2010Some links for you. Science:
Why You Should Stop Drinking Bottled WaterHow Physiology was Cooler 40 Years AgoGrantham: Everything You Need to Know About Global Warming in 5 Minutes
Other:
WikiLeaks in BaghdadWhy every AG in the country should be suing the credit-rating agencies"You Don't Look Sick" - The Face of Invisible Illness ... Arthritis Sure Ain't Pretty!Towards a Libertarian/Austrian Modern Money TheoryFree Market Showdown: David Frum Poses the Question; Here's the Answer
mikethemadbiologist | August 2, 2010I'm taking a break from hate-mongering to give you some good links. Science:
Drug-resistant strain of E. coli emerges in U.S.: New strain may be on way to becoming 'untreatable,' researchers sayUpdate: The French case --not MRSA but so interestingEffects of sleep loss linger longer than you thinkYellow lobster pulled from Narragansett Bay
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Corporate Profits Are Up Because of the Unemployment CrisisCivil rights groups top mounting wave of criticism for Obama's education "reforms"The filibuster is giving enviros unwarranted self-esteem issuesFour More Years Of War -- Just For StartersOur…
mikethemadbiologist | August 1, 2010Happy Sunday. Links for you. Science:
Traffic reduction: An urgent public health priorityWorking With JerksMorph-osaurs: How shape-shifting dinosaurs deceived usFlying giants: Incredibly rare display as manta rays leap 9ft out of water into the air
Other:
The Senators Who Gave Us 15 Million Unemployed Want to Deny Them BenefitsThe nation's 120,000 dams: Much more inspection, repair neededWhy Land Is Part of Capital in Neo-Classical EconomicsOur Jew-Run Media, But Not In An Anti-Semitic WayGut-level Legislation, or, RedistributionTo bigotry no sanctionBlack Power's Gonna Get You Sucka: Right…
mikethemadbiologist | July 31, 2010It's nice outside, but if you're stuck inside, here are some links for you. Science:
'Friendly bacteria' in pregnancy may prevent eczema in childhoodDrug discovery in academia and NIH, a new type of U01Fleming Painted With Bacteria
Other:
A crime storyCollege Students Hide Hunger, HomelessnessHOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN MEGAN McARDLE PIECEMegan McArdle's Hack Post on Elizabeth Warren's ScholarshipClive Thompson on the Death of the Phone CallScamming the RubesObama's tragic infatuation with meritocracy without merit
mikethemadbiologist | July 29, 2010Some Thursday links for you. Science:
The familiar Matamata, known to us all since the 1700s, and its long, fat neck (matamatas part II)Sunday Protist - Farming forams: a case of protistan agricultureThe Pepsi Challenge: A controversy at ScienceBlogs raises questions about whether "institutional" blogs have editorial integrity
Other:
Defining Lynching Down.Liberalism and Big BusinessHAMP Is Hurting LiberalismTHE NAIVE BELIEF THAT IT'S NO LONGER GROUNDHOG DAYCourt says property owners better do an extra good job of clearing snow and ice this winterThe Apple Genius Bar could learn some bedside…
mikethemadbiologist | July 28, 2010Some Wednesday links for you. Science:
It's more than genes, it's networks and systemsUnsafe at Any MealIt's My Genome and I'll Do What I Wanna
Other:
License plate of the weekThe 5 Signs You're Talking To A Social Media Douchebag.The Art of the Deal as EntertainmentGall'WE WILL REGRET IT'....Enough right-wing propaganda
mikethemadbiologist | July 27, 2010It's hot. Damn hot. Hopefully not too hot for some links. Science:
Evil weed in Baltic Sea puts marine life at riskLost in Translation: New cognitive research suggests that language profoundly influences the way people see the world; a different sense of blame in Japanese and SpanishOn Nature Network
Other:
Why Friends Don't Let Friends Cite The Atlantic's "Business and Economics Editor": Further to the Megan McArdle is Always Wrong chronicles.President George Washington on religious toleranceToo Bad Not to Fail. Just what are derivatives, and how much more damage can they do? (nothing…
mikethemadbiologist | July 26, 2010Just another manic Monday. How's about some links? Science:
Can chance make you a killer?Hearing loss from iPods and other MP3 playersResearchers confirm subsea Gulf oil plumes are from BP wellHeroin in Vietnam: The Robins Study
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Whites and PrivilegeThink Again: Economist, Heal Thyself (about Nouriel Roubiny)No To OligarchyFake femme fatale shows social network risks: Researcher Thomas Ryan says fictitious Robin Sage character fooled many holding security, military and intelligence postsThe editors endorse this message (Drink Coffee)
mikethemadbiologist | July 25, 2010Kinda sticky and gross outside. Stay cool with some refreshing links. Science:
One principal component to rule them all?Hospitals want patients to eat antibiotic-free meatJoe Mercola's shampoo wooReal Math Doesn't Use Calculators
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An email (about teenage pregnancy and forced childbirth)Lessons learned from Breitbart and Sherrodresponse to deficit dove letterWho's Next?The Negrological Constant
mikethemadbiologist | July 24, 2010Happy Saturday. Links for you. Science:
Eleven Amazing Things About The Haleakala SilverswordDetoxifying cassavaJapanese giant salamanders are in a fishbowl of sorts, for researchGlobal Model Confirms: Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming
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State Plans to Eliminate 170,000 Canada GeeseThe civil rights heroism of Charles SherrodWhen Tucker Carlson asked to join JournolistParking takes up space
mikethemadbiologist | July 22, 2010Links for you. Science:
Under The Microscope: Feminism, Scientists and SexinessThe 2 billion dollar protein sequencing errorHow to read a genome-wide association study
Other:
Feds getting ready to mislabel another key Revolutionary battleWhither ScienceBlogs?A Farewell to Scienceblogs: the Changing Science Blogging Ecosystem
mikethemadbiologist | July 21, 2010Happy Wednesday! Links for you. Science:
The Tiny Ant That's Taking On The Big CityWhere stingrays reignFrench Scientists Crack Secrets Of 'Mona Lisa'Privately funded science
Other:
Ugly truth about Maryland's crab industry; no wonder the locals don't want the jobsKool-Aid, Mainline Protestant EditionWall Street Notices Main Street; Stocks FallThe Sign of Things That Have Already ComeWhat We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate, About CommunicationsThe Diaspora Need Not Apply
mikethemadbiologist | July 20, 2010Somethings going with the Notorious H.M.P. No reason for forgetting to give you some links. Science:
Unscientific California: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Serpentine and BiodiversityGetting someone fired: the most fun wingnuts can have while avoiding prisonThe Big Green Buy
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Conservative slams the right on New Black Panther liesFirms cancel health coverage. With cost rising, small companies turning to stateRelayRides challenges Zipcar, marketing with teams on foot
mikethemadbiologist | July 19, 2010Merry Monday! Links for you. Science:
Personal genomics: the importance of sequencingGulf's Artificial Islands Already FailingScientists vs. Engineers: One prefers the unknown, the other can't stand it. Now more than ever, we have to find a way to get along.
Other:
Conservative Groups Demand High Abortion, Teen Pregnancy RatesThe Coming Birth Control BattleShould Businesses Be Run Like the Post Office?Sarah: Why we love her!
mikethemadbiologist | July 18, 2010Still hot. Cool down with some nice links. Science:
Race to find damaging beetles turns to radarHow Neanderthal Are You?Honey's anti-bacterial properties found?There Is A Reality
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Drive with care over those 151,394 obsolete, unsafe bridgesAin't No Money in Being ProductiveYes Our Press Corps Is a Joke. Why Do You Ask?The Miracle of Dick CheneyHybrids in HaitiTea Party Poop
mikethemadbiologist | July 17, 2010Say Yoda, "Friday, thank goodness, it is." Links for you. Science:
The Vaccine That Came In From the ColdPlants 'can think and remember'Risks and benefits of population screening
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Lincoln and Kyl Trying to Make Budget-Busting Tax Cut Appear CheaperConservatives Don't Care About the DeficitThe stickiest price58% of Real Income Growth Since 1976 Went to Top 1% (and Why That Matters)
mikethemadbiologist | July 14, 2010It's a wild and wacky Wednesday, in no small part because I got my parking ticket expunged (the BPD was actually very efficient about this). Yes, regular readers will wonder how I, He Who Does Not Own a Car, got a parking ticket in the first place. Somethings are best left unsaid....Science links:
The Creativity Crisis. For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong--and how we can fix it.Solar-Powered Plane Flies for 26 HoursGo it alone? or form a collective?Belly-buttons key to success in sport: studyComments on the "Synthetic Cell"
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mikethemadbiologist | July 13, 2010Some Tuesday links for you. Science:
Amazon River Dolphins Being Slaughtered for BaitGPS from the 1920sChildren and genomics - the underworld of DNA talent testing
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How to Lose $1,100,000 in Irvine Real EstatePoll: Majority Of Americans Not Quite Sure What 'Progressive' MeansToo Old For A Job, Too Young For Medicare Or Social SecurityLeft Ed: Race, Income and School ReformNo Coke, No Pepsi Either?
mikethemadbiologist | July 12, 2010Just another Manic Monday...with links! Science:
Linezolid resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LRSA) emergingFacebook Is Not A Brain, And Other Failed MetaphorsWild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Time in Wild Felids in Americas
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Impeach (Insert Demon's Name Here)!Tremble, Banks, Tremble. The key to financial recovery: restoring the rule of law on Wall Street.The Poor Stay in the Houses, the Rich Walk AwayKabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for NowDisaster Capitalism's Catastrophic Success In Ireland ... And America,…
mikethemadbiologist | July 11, 2010Here are some links for you. Science:
Using the General Social SurveyFCC broadband plan will put US in "second tier of countries"
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Show Him the Money. Tom Donohue scares millions of dollars out of corporations and Republicans. But is his U.S. Chamber of Commerce good for business?David Brooks hasn't been reading his own newspaper...Democrats Face 200 million Republican War Chest Without the Strong Allies They Should HaveAppointing Bernanke not a mistake?The Obama shock doctrine. Conservative economics reaches peak absurdity: The recession is the president's fault So What If They Make $…