Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | May 16, 2010Happy Sunny Sunday! Links fahr ya. Science:
The SequencersWorking 10 Hours or More a Day Raises Heart Risk, Study FindsWalking and Obesity: The City Life vs the Country LifeWhy Spiders Always Eat Ants By Starting With The HeadLife on Earth Arose Just Once
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Pecunia EmptorHow to Save the NewsThe Nominee From DavosIt's Official ---Bart Stupak Is A MoronTrading in Hubris: Pride, Overreach, and the Inevitable Blowback and ConsequencesI'd Hear the Talking Through the WallA Non-Fighting Faith: Where Obama should shove his plea for civility.Robert Downey Jr, clean and sober but not an iron…
mikethemadbiologist | May 12, 2010I'm recovering from two days of Human Microbiome Project meetings. But that's no excuse to not have any links! Science:
Letting GoWorld's biggest beaver dam can be seen from space: This woodland construction is the world's biggest beaver dam, which at 2,790ft is more than twice the length of the Hoover dam and can be seen from spaceBoozing Treeshrews: Heavyweight drinkers in small packages
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With China's help Arizona law can workPowerPoint isn't evil if you learn how to use it.What's the "We" Jazz, Thomas Friedman?Closing main doors to the Supreme Court sends troubling messageThe…
mikethemadbiologist | May 9, 2010Sunny but unseasonably cold. Time for some links. Science:
A new understanding of the evolutionary path of modern humans: Researchers find evidence of interbreeding between Neandertals and modern humansClimate Change and the Integrity of ScienceE. coli forces lettuce recall; 19 ill in 3 statesGerms, germs, everywhere (but what is one to think?)
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Surveillance Over the Federal Reserve: On the Sanders Amendment to the Dodd Senate Financial Regulation BillNearly 40 Million Now on Food StampsWhy Is Business Writing So Awful?Auto-Semiotic AsphyxiationThey Were Just KiddingGroundhog Day for…
mikethemadbiologist | May 5, 2010It's beautiful out. But if you're stuck inside, here are some links for you. Science:
The real reason why Steve Jobs hates FlashResearch suggests flu vaccine doesn't prevent deaths among the elderlyAntibiotic Use and Environmental Exposure are Key Factors Affecting Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) Carriage in Children in PeruFarmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds
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Empathy and epistemic closurePrinting MoneyDespite Push, Success at Charter Schools Is MixedNew Study: Liberals More Open Than Conservatives Online GonersFiscal Sustainability Facts and SolutionsDemocracy…
mikethemadbiologist | May 2, 2010Water, water everywhere, but none to drink. At least I can provide you with a flood of links--but mine don't break. Science:
Found Alive: The Loch Ness Monster of the Northwest Prairie. Alas, It DisappointsMore from EyjafjallajokullHalted construction pollutes waterways: Buildup of silt floods areas and endangers wildlife
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The trillion-dollar fraudBeing PoorExciting New Taxes Are So Much More Awesome Than The Old OnesWatching The Deficit Hounds of Hell14 Ways a 90 Percent Top Tax Rate Fixes Our Economy and Our CountryThe Great Wingnut FucksturmFinancial LiteracyObama NOW puts things…
mikethemadbiologist | April 26, 2010Happy Tuesday. Links for you. Science:
Science teaching: real and imagined problemsOil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of MexicoUncertainties Greatly ReducedWind's latest problem: it ... makes power too cheapPellets over petroleumScientific Society Revises Climate Change Statement: science advancesWalling off the Nature Conservancy
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What to Do About the BanksWhooping Cough Outbreak in California Kills TwoLeftists to Elie Wiesel: Occupied Jerusalem can't be holyThink Again: Mainstream Media to Conservatives: 'Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another?'Unemployment for Those Who Earn $150,000…
mikethemadbiologist | April 23, 2010In case it's not sunny where you are, here are some links. Science:
Clever New Caledonian crows can use three toolsSeveral Different Species of Killer Whales LikelyBorneo's biological treasuresDisposable Genomes: When Reading DNA Becomes Cheaper Than Storing the DataKiller fungus seen in Pacific Northwest
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Prison Rape: Assault Shouldn't Be a Part of the SentenceNPF: RATING JACKASSESAN OPEN LETTER FROM THE BOOMERS TO THEIR CHILDRENWhen Flying Was FunTax Tricks - Do Corporations Pass Taxes On To Customers?The Financial Crisis as Crime StoryA Banana Republic With No Bananas
mikethemadbiologist | April 22, 2010Merry Thursday. Links for you. Science:
But is it science?It's a microbial world: Worldwide census ups diversity estimates for marine microbes one-hundred-fold.Is this the end of migration? Climate change is affecting bird behaviour at a staggering rate. Some 20 billion have already changed their flight plansMat of microbes the size of Greece discovered on seafloorThe Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment ActThe algebra formula that saved an industry
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What Conservatives Mean When They Say "Libertarian"Ed Left: The Cognitive Dissonance of School ReformIt Was the Housing…
mikethemadbiologist | April 18, 2010There's some kinda local race tomorrow or something. While I figure that out, here are some links. Science:
E. coli illnesses at 5-year low in USClimateGate Inquiry: No Scientific Misconduct From "Squeaky Clean" ResearchersLack of Trained Workforce Still an Obstacle to Smart Grid SuccessE. O. Wilson was wrong!Why Do Academics Write?Why Athletes Are Geniuses: Neuroscientists have found several ways in which the brains of top-notch athletes seem to function better than those of regular folks"Something Called 'Volcano Monitoring' "
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The Ghost of Bobby LeeA Call for Action: BMInt readers…
mikethemadbiologist | April 16, 2010Thank the Intelligent Designer it's Friday. Let's celebrate with some links. Science:
Intelligent Design Is Rotten Theology, TooPavement power lights up Toulouse: Electricity generated by pedestrians used to illuminate street lights in France's technology capitalThe Trouble with the Truth: Politics Squelches Science Again
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Tom Hickey on MMTMassachusetts Health Insurance "Market" Just Failed, And There's Worse to ComeFox poll: IRS more popular than tea party movementBetween the John McGahern Ban and Westlife's First LPNY-Gov: Bestiality, porn and racism from the tea party…
mikethemadbiologist | April 11, 2010Merry Sunny Sunday! If you're stuck inside, here are some links for you:
Clustering under the new NIH scoring system, just as predicted.Taxing the wealthy will kill the economy? Teabagger, please.Neo-Confederate History MonthFiscal FollyReport cites questionable charter-school practicesOut-Republicaning the Republicans: Obama Revives Clinton's Disastrous Triangulation StrategyThen (2006) and now (2010)The Democrats Are Doomed, or How A 'Big Tent' Can Be Too BigWRONG QUESTION, RIGHT ANSWER
mikethemadbiologist | April 3, 2010Merry Sunny Saturday. In case it's not sunny and mid-70s where you are (that's what the weather's like in my undisclosed location), here are some links for you:
Hyena laughs and giggles decodedKrugman as FailureBlowhards. Part One.Nothing new about tea partiersCyberwolverines!Spock with a Beard: The SequelMore Doctors Giving Up Private PracticesThe Right: Constantly On The Wrong Side Of HistoryTo Sinead O'Connor, the pope's apology for sex abuse in Ireland seems hollowVillage BlowbackSCHOOL FOR SCANDALThey Scorn Socialism but Want Government to Create JobsSo, Uh, Stop Accepting It?Obama…
mikethemadbiologist | March 27, 2010Happy Saturday. While I'm away, here are some links for you. Science:
Significant But Wrong: Are Open Data Advocates Asking Too Much From Statistics?Hobbit version 2.0: the undiscovered homininChina, Japan and Cuba ignore science, vote against shark protection
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Fundies don't really believe this stuffAgainst 'Pro-Israel'In Health Care Bill, Obama Attacks Wealth InequalityFirst-Ever National Study: Millions of People Rely on Library Computers for Employment, Health, and EducationTransit options make District more affordable than suburbsHow does the individual mandate work?…
mikethemadbiologist | March 23, 2010I heard some kind of healthcare bill was passed or something. While I puzzle this out, here are some links for you:
Mass. tops nation in flu shots, report saysAaand, Point ProvenFinancial Shenanigans: the Repo 105Explaining the Impact of Ultra-Low Rates to GreenspanParenteau: The Hyperinflation HyperventalistsGerman Central Bank Admits that Credit is Created Out of Thin Air7 Questions About Public BankingPayback for ProchoicersWhy We Need to DreamSaving the economy one breakfast sandwich at a timeHit Me Baby One More TimeRichard Posner Has Another Book?The painful truth about age…
mikethemadbiologist | March 20, 2010Happy Sunny Saturday! If you're trapped inside, I have links for you. Science:
Love p-values for what they are, don't try to make them what they're notGenomics: High-throughput "Next-Generation" Sequencing Facilities MapIllumina still dominate sequencing market: ABI and 454 Jockey for 2nd PlaceThe chromosomal secrets of a plant pathogen
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The great Catholic cover-upUsing Spreadsheets to Easily Create HTML Tables and FormsHow President Obama Got Us HereBoston proposes redrawing Greenway skylineHe Took My Lunch Money, Or, Why Women Need Full Health CareMore On Progressive Bargaining:…
mikethemadbiologist | March 18, 2010Happy Post-Evacuation Day. Links for you. Science:
Do Most Of NYT's Science Staff Doubt The Dangers of Global Warming? That's What One Prominent Science Journalist Claims.CDC todayMexican Cave Scorpions Show Specialization Not Evolutionary Dead End
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Michael Kinsley Cries "Fire! Fire!!" in Noah's FloodL. RON BECKSuch nice, friendly, warm-hearted people, those tea party folks...if only they weren't deranged!The American Dream: Not Doing So WellTHIS IS CNN?....Everything David Brooks says about reconciliation is wrongThe Obama ShowDavid Brooks At His David Brooksiest
mikethemadbiologist | March 16, 2010There's this big ball of fire in the sky. It scares me, so how about some links? Science:
The language of elephantsAnti-HIV properties of... bananas?Journalistic malpractice on global warmingThe value of "this is cool" science storiesMeasles week, part II: Emerging diseaseNASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath AntarcticaMRSA research round-up: hospitals, vitamins, pets
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Library branches won't hang separately: Backers form citywide group to fight for them; will oppose Liberty Mutual tax cutFather FOXyBeyond Helter SkelterThe Trouble With TextbooksExcerpts From the New Texas History…
mikethemadbiologist | March 14, 2010Still raining. While I'm off building an ark, here are some links for you. Science:
MIT researchers discover new energy sourceFormer astronauts criticize US moon decisionAnother scary aspect of the mainstreaming of global warming denialism
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Exclusive: Senators Accuse Homeland Security Spies of Cribbing From 'Questionable' Right-Wing SourcesThe Dollar, the Deficit, and Accounting IdentitiesCoalition of the ShillingThe Votes are There to Fix it Later! Yay!The latest inanity from David BrooksPaul Ryan And The Republican Vision
mikethemadbiologist | March 13, 2010It's a very Schlumpy Saturday here. Time for links. Sciencey stuff:
We're losing the rhetorical battle of global warmingClimate change makes birds shrink in North AmericaYour Chilean Sea Bass Dinner Deprives Killer WhalesGiant meat-eating plants prefer to eat tree shrew pooLibel laws silenced me, says Francisco Lacerda, critic of lie detector system
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Banning Abortion: The First Step Toward TheocracyGod Helps with Personal Decisions, Most Americans SayAn Epidemic of Laziness?Jonathan Cohn Misaprehends the Sources of Opposition to Health Care ReformThe Empire Continues to Strike Back:…
mikethemadbiologist | March 12, 2010Thank the Intelligent Designer it's Friday. Links for you. Science:
Reviewer BluesBroad Director wins prestigious medical prizeDengue virus returns to Florida after decadesHumans found to have sixth taste - fatBody mass index (BMI) as a measure of obesity and health: a critical appraisalDisease hunting with whole genome sequences: the good news, and the bad news
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"Adam Smith was not a Laissez-Faire Ideologue"DELIVERING THE GOODSGuest Post: No One's Issuing Credit--Why Are Auerback and Parenteau?How the War on Drugs gave birth to a permanent American undercasteWhy a Big Mac Costs Less…