Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | June 18, 2010It's quittin' time! Links for you. Science:
Multiple vaccines in infants are harmful, a theory disproved
Ozzy Osborne. Now genomics is getting somewhere.
Sperm whale poo offsets carbon by fertilising the oceans with iron
Nature's Bubble Business Model
Other:
Medicare cuts will strengthen doctors' negotiating position
Tea Partiers Have No Use For Emergency Services
Rebranding the Inner Potential that Is the Best You for the Industry's Future
So Much Space
mikethemadbiologist | June 17, 2010Have you heard about this great thing called the Internet? I found some links on it. Science:
Bad news: From MRSA to LRSA
Vaccine against 2009 pandemic flu also protects mice against 1918 strain
A line in Clark Hoyt's final column bothers me
Other:
For today's active man
GABRIEL GETS IT RIGHT
The problem never gets mentioned
The Bad Logic Of Fiscal Austerity
Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny
Bill Maher goes there: "f*ck your jobs" to oil (& coal) workers
Jail for Unpaid Debt a Reality in Six States (Strategic Default Pushback Watch)
The Case for Calling Them Nitwits
mikethemadbiologist | June 16, 2010Have a wild and wacky Wednesday. Links fahr ya. Science:
Fences, guards, and information gaps: On the beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana
The return on peer review
Using iPads to bridge communication gap with dolphins
Other:
The Government's Elite and Regulatory Capture
Two State Dissonance. Even apart from the Gaza flotilla attack, Jews can't reconcile the real Israel with some of their deepest assumptions.
One-Man Government: The Clock Ticks On
Prescription drugs and its copycats contribute to health waste
"We Don't Need This on Camera": BP's Crappy Cleanup Job
mikethemadbiologist | June 15, 2010There's a big ball of fire in the sky: I believe it's referred to as "the sun." Let's celebrate with some links. Sciencey stuff:
Stone Age Color, Glue 'Factory' Found: The color and glue trade could have been a blossoming industry some 58,000 years ago
Study Says Math Deficiencies Increase Foreclosure Risk
Seal whiskers sense faraway fish
Other:
PR Push Against Strategic Defaulters Underway (Is There a Debtors' Prison in Your Future?)
Pamela Geller, Bigot & Leading Conservative Blogger
Does Fiscal Austerity Reassure Markets?
What Went Wrong with Obama?
mikethemadbiologist | June 14, 2010Just another Manic Monday. Links for you. Science:
Boys and Girls and Math and Why Dr. Isis is Bored to Tears with John Tierney
Female Teachers' Math Anxiety Negatively Affects Female Students
Fiona Fox - Genocide, Swine Flu and the Problems with Science Journalism
Who's the Audience for Tierney's Shtick?
Other:
"Money is a spreadsheet"
Ghost Town Detroit
In the Shadow of the Serengeti
Don't forget about Beltway cowardice
mikethemadbiologist | June 13, 2010It's a grey, shitty Sunday. Here are some links that probably won't cheer you up. Science:
Primary care antibiotic resistance for common infections
The Arc of Evolution Is Long and Rarely Bends Towards Advantageous Alleles: Why Does Popular Science Ignore Neutral Theory?
Two modest proposals
Are science journalists being overly criticised?
Jeremy Laurance: When Science Journalism Goes 'Meh'
Other:
Union Life: What the Obama White House Fails to Understand about Worker Safety, Security
Why Economic Advisors Are Paid to Be Economic Advisors
Challenged and gifted: A lesson on dyslexia from…
mikethemadbiologist | June 12, 2010Sun? On the weekend? NEVAH! But if you're stuck inside, here are some links for you. Science:
The threat from sheep
Gulf Oil Spill Disaster: Spawn of the Dead for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna?
AVMA Member Hopeful Association Will Revisit Antimicrobial Position
Other:
George W. Bush, Torture President
Democrats to organized labor: drop dead
How do they get to be that way?
Getting Us Out of This Fix In 90 Days
mikethemadbiologist | June 11, 2010Have a Fabulous Friday. Links for you. Science:
The Human Phenome Project
Ten things you didn't know about bees
The ASCO Meeting: The swag disappears! (2010 edition)
Snakes in mysterious global decline
Other:
Like Glenn Beck, Ayn Rand Peddled Garbage As Truth -- Why Did America Buy It? Rand was mediocre. But she had a preternatural ability to translate her sense of self into reality.
Doomed Pelicans: British Petroleum Neglecting Booms in Pelican Rookery
Americans want to Soak the Rich MMCCLXXVII
mikethemadbiologist | June 10, 2010Thank goodness it's... Thursday. Damn. Science links:
Worth a Thousand Words (on Bluefin tuna and the BP oil spill)
Humpback whales form friendships that last years
The ASCO Meeting: The swag!
Other:
The Uncertain Impact of Merit Pay for Teachers
A Little Bit Of Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing
Anonymous attack from White House on labor backfiring big time
mikethemadbiologist | June 9, 2010Just another manic...Wednesday? Anyway, links for you. Science:
Strange find on Titan sparks chatter about life. Studies may suggest methane-based organic processes ... but maybe not
EMRs are ugly, and what the next generation of doctors can do
"Reporters are messengers" - a manifesto for failure
Other:
The Way the World Works
Texas is right: We should teach kids about Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy. But let's tell the whole story
America's Future Now: We have to get the public to support us to make Obama do the right thing (or not)
What Helen Thomas missed
'A Very Deep Hole'
mikethemadbiologist | June 8, 2010Happy Tuesday. Links for you. Science:
Genetics & the Jews
Bargain Basement Prices for Genome Sequencing
Amazon forest fires 'on the rise'
Other:
Evidence Indicates that the Bush Administration Conducted Experiments and Research on Detainees to Design Torture Techniques and Create Legal Cover: Illegal Activity Would Violate Nuremberg Code and Could Open Door to Prosecution
More On Why Banks Aren't Foreclosing On Homeowners
Blue Dogs self-asphyxiate
mikethemadbiologist | June 7, 2010'Twas a stormy Sunday night. Time for links. Science:
The Importance of Collecting Data (Gulf Coast edition)
Confusing Expertise With Authority
Dept. of Unintended Consequences: Hepatitis B in West Virginia
Other:
Left Ed: Where Are the Journalists?
Personal Financial Morality
Chicago's teacher performance-based pay didn't work -- new analysis
The No-Stimulus Economy
The Myth Of The Progressive Blogosphere, And How It Grew
mikethemadbiologist | June 6, 2010Rainy, crudy, stormy today. Plenty of time for links. Science:
Pelicans, Back From Brink of Extinction, Face Oil Threat
What the Spill Will Kill
Other:
Twitter with Chinese Characteristics: 马马èè?
The Sarah Palinization of the financial crisis
Why We're Falling Into a Double-Dip Recession
Rashomon In The OECD
Gotta Park Money Somewhere
AT&T tries to defend its data pricing
Long-Term Unemployment: It's the Benefits (in part), Stupid
mikethemadbiologist | June 5, 2010It's a muggy Saturday here. Lots of time to read links. Science:
MIT Team Designs Airliner That Uses 70 Percent Less Fuel
The Orangutan and the Hound
Less attractive fish have 'better sperm'
Just How Bad Is Porn, Anyway?
A Sad Day for Sustainable Shrimp
USDA forecasts a plague of grasshoppers for 2010
Joe Mercola and raw milk faddism invade HuffPo
Sharks likely headed back for Cape seal meals
Other:
CNN looking for "The Good Side of the Oil Spill"
Representative Jason Altmire: Job Killing Deficit Hawk
PICS of Oil-Soaked Wildlife; All the Rage in the Known Universe is Inadequate.
Things…
mikethemadbiologist | June 2, 2010Well, my Tuesday evening was spent setting up my shiny new MacBook. But I still have links for you. Science:
Japan Plans a Moon Base by 2020, Built by Robots for Robots
Solenodon hunt: On the trail of a 'living fossil'
In E. Coli Fight, Some Strains Are Largely Ignored
Male and female hedgehogs prefer different gardens
Peak Wood: Nature Does Impose Limits. What lessons from the multiple experiences of Peak Wood can today's society learn for addressing global peak oil?
Other:
What Left?
A constructive suggestion for retribution against BP
The Gulf Oil Spill Shows What America Has Become
"A…
mikethemadbiologist | June 1, 2010Happy Tuesday. Here are a lot of links from a long weekend. Science:
Scientists Build Case for Undersea Plumes
Attacking Science to Defend Beliefs
When science clashes with beliefs? Make science impotent
Safety Rules Can't Keep Up With Biotech Industry
Gulf oil spill is public health risk, environmental scientists warn
Other:
Slavery of migrant farmworkers continues in the U.S. to this day
Headline of the Month: Why a Pigeon Is Under Armed Guard in India
When Teen Pregnancy Is No Accident
Weakening America: Mitch McConnell Shows How
Insulin giant pulls medicine from Greece over price cut…
mikethemadbiologist | May 23, 2010I'm travelling today, so here are some links for you:
Has Obama created a Social Security 'death panel'?
Fear Comes of Age
Rand Paul Loves Socialized Medicine
Infrastructure matters
Revolt of the Wonks: Former Obama Advisors Want To Know What's Happening on His Deficit Commission
"An Intelligent Version Of Libertarianism"
The lesson of Rand Paul: libertarianism is juvenile
Discretionary Budget Priorities
Why Rand Paul matters
Wall Street Cheats Cities and States: Widows and Orphans Next?
mikethemadbiologist | May 22, 2010Some reading to start your weekend. Science:
Friendly bacteria could evict MRSA in nasal turf wars
Evolution is false, the Bible tells me so
Who are the creationists? (by the numbers)
Novel human microbiome genomes unveiled
NIH Human Microbiome Project Researchers Publish First Genomic Collection of Human Microbes: Diversity of Human Microbes Greater Than Previously Predicted
Other:
What hath Reagan wrought? Part One
Fundamentalists have a smaller vocabulary
The trajectory of American Jews, lessons from history
Blumenthal Recap
What Dems Don't Want Mentioned In the Rand Paul/Civil Rights…
mikethemadbiologist | May 19, 2010We're having a very wet Wednesday. Time for links. Science:
A Piece of Internet History: Duke to shut Usenet server, home to the first electronic newsgroups
Brand-new research: Vast increase MRSA, CA-MRSA diagnoses among kids
CREDIBILITY
Troubling New Research on MRSA in Kids
Knowledge and Use of Cumulative Antimicrobial Susceptibility Data at a University Teaching Hospital
Near misses fuel gambling addiction
Other:
Hermeneutic Circle Jerk
NPF: WHY ED HATES RADIOHEAD, AND MANY OTHER THINGS
When you're an ed-deformist, who needs evidence?
Don't rush to link teacher evaluation to student…
mikethemadbiologist | May 18, 2010Happy Tuesday. Links for you. Science:
Scientists forecast decades of ash clouds: Many more of Iceland's volcanoes seem to be stirring
Some NIH grants should fail
The History of How Women Came to Serve on Study Section
How Will They Spin This?
Other:
Shovel Ready
Sure, I like my Keynesianism naked
Blog matters: who is "revere"?
Rekers, Evangelicals, Gays, and the Meaning of 'Is'
Looting Social Security
Riding Into the Sunset (401(k) vs pensions)
A Heaven-Sent Rent Boy
Of ideology, recession, and policy paralysis
BLANCHE LINCOLN NEGLECTS TO DO HER HOMEWORK....
The Deficit Problem Is Not "We…