Monthly Archives: June 2012

Links 6/13/12

Posted on June 13, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Natural history collections –- why are they relevant? An Acromyrmex disciger leafcutter ant carries a leaf back to her nest. Other Resources for Defending Evolution Physicists, Stop the Churlishness A slimehead by any other name should … Continue reading →

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One Scientist Boycotts VWR

Posted on June 13, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, I described how scientific supply company VWR is busting its unions (and the plant they’re moving to is actually farther from its major customers–this is an anti-union move, not an efficiency-based one). By way of CorrenteWire, we discover that … Continue reading →

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Do “We” Need Unions? Wrong Question

Posted on June 13, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

With last week’s supposed defeat of labor in Wisconsin*, there have been all sorts of discussions about the future of unions. The Atlantic went so far as to fire up themselves some troll bait, with a ‘discussion’ titled “Are Unions … Continue reading →

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Links 6/12/12

Posted on June 12, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Can A Genetic Test Say Why You Are Fat? Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea: WHO Agrees It’s An Emergency Butterflies in the Southwest States Continue To Push For Anti-Climate and Anti-Evolution Curriculum Laws Turning down the heat revs up … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With This NY Times Picture? (The Tb Edition)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

So the NY Times has a good story about the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis in China; it’s worth checking out. But this picture associated with it made me do a spittake. Can you guess why? That’s right. It’s a system … Continue reading →

Posted in Antibiotics, Humor, Microbiology, MRSA | 4 Comments

One Very Interesting Finding About U.S. Jews (and Some Others That Aren’t So Shocking)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

The Public Religion Research Institute recently released a survey, “Jewish Values in 2012” (note: if you’re not a regular reader, I’m Jewish). I’ll get to that in a minute, but this, from an article in The Forward about the survey, … Continue reading →

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Links 6/11/12

Posted on June 11, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The root of problems (must-read) Bodies with Histories: The New Search for the Biology of Race (from a medical perspective, race as a social construct turns into race as a biological factor) The Day the MBTA … Continue reading →

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Some People Don’t Always Try to Maximize Personal Profit, and the NY Times’ Adam Davidson Is ON IT!

Posted on June 11, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

I dunno. Maybe Davidson couldn’t think of anything else to write before deadline. Or maybe his recent Times Magazine column illustrates the harmful, long-term ethical effects of an economics undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. Either way, Davidson is … Continue reading →

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VWR Busts Unions. Yes, That VWR

Posted on June 11, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

If you’re a biologist and you’ve ever had to buy stuff for the lab, there are two catalogs you’re familiar with (in the U.S. anyway): Fischer and VWR. And this isn’t limited to biologists either. For readers who don’t have … Continue reading →

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Links 6/10/12

Posted on June 10, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Court Scolds FDA Over Ag Antibiotic Use Invest Money to Unclog the Traffic Jam of Postdocs On Outreach: something’s got to give Introducing career streams into academic research How Our Genetic Maps Are Being Sold to … Continue reading →

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