Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | January 20, 2009Here are some links. By the way, I heard some new guy is preznit or something. Science first:
Global Warming, The Carbon Cycle, and Fish Poop.
Kellogg recalls 16 products due to salmonella risk
Phylogenetic inference under recombination using Bayesian stochastic topology selection
Ancient DNA analysis of the Icelandic settlers
Other:
Bailed-Out Firms Have Tax Havens, GAO Finds
That Old Saying In Tennessee
Here's What Sows Cynicism
Obama pushing bailout without solid plan in place
How to Cover the White House
Coverage of economy repeats Iraq mistakes
Redefining Chutzpah: Wall Street Goes…
mikethemadbiologist | January 18, 2009Here are some links for you. Science:
Latent evolutionary potential and quasispecies
Mission Accomplished: The "war on science" is over. Now what?
Humans have adapted on genome-wide level?
Squeezing the genome: how to shrink your whole-genome sequence to 4 MB
Other:
Establishment Washington unifies against prosecutions
Flushing the Cheney Administration Down the Memory Hole
No Space for Apostates
Anti-Semitism and Subordination Part II: The Myth of Jewish Hyper-Power
The Washington Post Merges its Editorial Section and News Section
Flat N All That
Rest In Pieces, Circuit Shitty
More Guns,…
mikethemadbiologist | January 14, 2009I'm at a microbiome meeting today; hopefully, I'll be able to blog about it. Meanwhile, here are some links for you. Science goes first:
Flu And You - Part I
Salmonella that sticks to the roof of your mouth
Chinese Medicine Doctor Sued over 'Dangerous' Herbs
Patrick Swayze on quack cancer cures
This is probably the most common medically significant spider in the world
The mismatched flu B problem and what to do about it
Test Your Knowledge of Information Theory
My Genome, My Self
Other stuff:
The Myth of the Slow Crash Revisited
The Courage of Detroit
Is it so wrong to offer a safe…
mikethemadbiologist | January 11, 2009More stuff I'll never write about. Sciencey stuff:
German battlefield yields Roman surprises
Flu Found Resistant to Main Antiviral Drug
Another multistate salmonella outbreak, this one from ?
Other stuff:
An Unrepentant New Dealer Runs for Congress
As if You Needed Another Reason
A Contest Featuring Human Beings
Israel's PR war
Fiscal Therapy
Conservative media peddle a raw deal
President Bush's Legacy: One of Our Greatest Presidents
Everything You Need to Know About Economic Stimulus
mikethemadbiologist | January 4, 2009Here are some links for you. Science and medicine firstest:
Life-shortening bacteria vs. dengue mosquitoes
Anti-vaccination = anti-feminist?
Teach Your Children Well
DIY BIO: clone at home but kill them later
Let The Science Speak For Itself
On Being Remembered in 2009...
Other stuff:
Can Partisanship Save Citizenship?
CBS newsman's $70m lawsuit likely to deal Bush legacy a new blow
Dennis Prager: Divorce In A Bottle
Sports, Test Scores, and the Difference Between Science and Journalism
Former Merrill Lynch executive pays 37 million for NYC apartment (with taxpayer money)
The Gunman's Veto…
mikethemadbiologist | April 13, 2008Here are some science links that you might have missed.
A Problem with the NIH Roadmap and Cross-Institution Research
Nesse and Stearns on How Evolution Is Used in Medicine
Streptococcus, Antibiotic Resistance, and Israelis...Oh My?!
Nonoptimal Virulence and Avian Influenza
Selection for height genes?
First lungless frog discovered in Borneo
Harmful Algae Likes It Hot, Hot
Wolves Protecting Pronghorn
The spiny genitals and rock-chewing habits of crested porcupines
Dyslexia in Chinese Readers vs. English Readers
Landscape ecology and infectious disease: macro meets micro
Mumps in the…
mikethemadbiologist | April 6, 2008Here are some science links for you. And if you have written something sciencey recently, feel free to add it in the comments.
Using Phylogenetics to Understand Medical Microbial Ecology
All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter: The Return of an Old Clade of E. coli O157:H7
Marine Life Series: Hermit Crabs and Exotic Species
Marine Life Series: Hermit Crab Symbionts
Dr. Michael Egnor, Artificial Selection, and My Dog.
Squid and bacteria don't need The Man
Natural history of influenza infection in human volunteers
Dinosaur DNA discovered in GenBank
The Origin of Syphilis
Super-bacteria eat…
mikethemadbiologist | January 25, 2008ScienceBlogling Tara has a great four part series examining the question of did Yersinia pestis cause the Black Death. Tara speak, you listen!
mikethemadbiologist | January 5, 2008Lots of evil liberalism over at the Neural Gourmet. Check it out.
mikethemadbiologist | December 30, 2007Happy two days before New Year's... Anyway, I've got a whole mess of posts for you. Science first:
Here's a favorite of mine about E. coli, Shigella, and creationism.
ScienceBlogling Brian Switek bashes creationists and tells us about convergent evolution.
Speaking of creationists, Ron Paul is one.
Here's an interesting post about solar power breakthroughs.
John Quiggin describes how the classic peppered moth experiments were repeated--and the original explanation holds.
The science of boredom.
Here's a great explanation of what a scientific theory is.
ScienceBlogling Brian Switek again: "I…
mikethemadbiologist | December 2, 2007It's damn cold outside, so here are some links for you. Science first:
ScienceBlogling Razib discusses the genetics and social construction of race.
On the technology front, Europe has a better information technology infrastructure than the U.S.
ScienceBlogling Darren tells us about soft-shell turtles.
ScienceBlogling Greg Laden has a good roundup of all of the 'evolution is just a theory' debunkers.
Here's an excellent piece about the agricultural economics of obesity.
Once the rainy season starts in Iraq, get ready for the cholera epidemic.
Other stuff:
Jon Swift lays out the rules of…
mikethemadbiologist | November 18, 2007Here are some links for you. Science first:
In the War on Science, Republican Bobby Jindal devalues my college education, President Bush vetoes NIH funding, the Smithsonian censors an exhibit, and the Discovery Institute lies about education.
Two biotech CEOs aren't happy with NIH funding either.
One Random Scientist dispatches the latest creationist silliness about antibiotics and evolution.
ScienceBlogling Tara has a good status report about vaccine-preventable and sexually-transmissible diseases.
A more dangerous version of the common cold?
Holy crawling crinoids!!
I never knew monkfish…
mikethemadbiologist | November 4, 2007Merry Daylight Saving Time! Here are some links for you. Sciency stuff:
On the frontlines of the Republican War on Modeling.
Here's something about that AEI silliness about Jews and IQ.
Speaking of politics, humans, and genetics, Patricia Williams talks to a Columbia biology professor about James Watson's latest stupidity.
In what looks to be an entertaining series, Panda Bear, M.D. takes apart woo-based medicine.
Mark H tells us about an unusual polychaete.
Darksyde gives a good, popular narrative of the role bacteria played in making the planet's atmosphere what it is today.
Don't forget…
mikethemadbiologist | October 28, 2007Here are some weekend links for you. Science first:
Nose picking and staph infections. Really.
Antibiotic resistance is a breakdown of infection control.
Neanderthals had red hair? Not what you might expect...
Bora discusses what I've always suspected: daylight saving time screws up a lot of people's circadian rythyms.
Here's an excellent op-ed debunking the new field of demonstrating how different men and women are at....everything.
The U.S. will soon face a water shortage crisis.
olvlzl takes some scientists to task over defending James Watson's long history of bigotry.
Mark H has three…
mikethemadbiologist | October 21, 2007Now that I've recovered from my seminar and accompanying cold, here are some links for you. Science firstest:
I discuss an interesting explanation of why some people don't get natural selection and macroevolution.
Deaths from Staphylococcus aureus now exceed those from AIDS.
While we're on the subject of S. aureus, here are two sites that tell you how to control MRSA in your school.
Oh yeah: people with multi-drug resistant TB are still getting on airplanes and traveling hither and yon.
Ruth Levine compares drug resistance to global warming.
In this post, I noted that the resistance problem…
mikethemadbiologist | October 7, 2007Merry Columbus Day! Here are some links. The science-related stuff:
Go buy schoolkids science stuff. It will make ya feel good...
After you're done with that, go wash your hands.
Senator Clinton joins the Coalition of the Sane and details her science agenda.
Giardia is one more reason why intelligent design creationism is really stupid.
The environmental science of parking: some commentors came up with really interesting ideas.
All hail our giant jellyfish overlords!!
The Voltage Gate discusses the best kind of rhodopsin: bacteriorhodopsin.
Here's a cool new technology: nanobodies.
Both…
mikethemadbiologist | September 30, 2007Happy October! Here are some links for you. Science-related stuff firstest:
I talk about Kuhnian revolutions in science. SteveG responds. Then, my turn again.
Revere lays out how 'biodefense' leaves less safe--again.
Brain sucking amobae attack. 'Nuff said.
Neanderthals cleaned their teeth. Now go brush yours...
In case you're wondering, creationists are still liars.
Basking sharks--any thirty foot long creature that eats by 'ram feeding' is worth reading about (and, no, they don't eat rams--too much gristle).
Here's why municipal Wi-Fi sucks right now.
Here's a cool post about some of…
mikethemadbiologist | September 9, 2007It's super surgetastic, surgegasmic (surgical?) Surging Sunday. Here are some links for you. Science first:
If you have had MRSA, please take this survey. If you know someone else who has, please forward the link.
Imagine if we could wipe out the AIDS/HIV epidemic, and we did nothing. You don't have to imagine it--it's called annual influenza.
Bee colony collapse is associated with a virus.
Paul Rosenberg describes the Surge in the War on Global Warming.
ScienceBlogling Razib describes some new research about amylase production in humans: starchy selection!
Quixote divides stem cell…
mikethemadbiologist | September 2, 2007It's the 'freshmen are invading Boston' links edition. By the way, if you're at the corner of Exeter and Boylston and you can't find the Prudential Center--which is right below the really tall building that has "PRUDENTIAL" on it--you are prima facie evidence that admissions standards are indeed slipping. To the links; science first:
eigenFACTOR has a whole buncha shiny, new buttons to push.
ScienceBlogling Razib makes a very important point about how heritable a trait is: heritability is always dependent on the environmental and genetic contexts.
David Lindorff details the new security…
mikethemadbiologist | August 26, 2007It's a hot Sunday, particularly since my building's fucking air conditioning conked out (and I get to live on the top floor). But here's your links anyway. Science firstest:
It's the annual influenza epidemic stupid. N =1 suggests that nurses need to play a role preventing this epidemic.
Here's an...interesting vaccination strategy to treat travellers' diarrhea.
ScienceBlogling Chris at Mixing Memory lays out why that story about women innately preferring pink is hooey.
ScienceBlogling John Wilkins discusses bacterial speciation.
Heretic ScienceBlogling Razib explains why he doesn't like…