Monthly Archives: April 2013

They Are Not Normal People

Posted on April 20, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

And by “they”, I mean gun nuts. In case you missed it, Republican Arkansas State Representative Nate Bell tweeted this: “I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a … Continue reading →

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Links 4/19/13

Posted on April 19, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Chlamydia Is Killing Koalas—Will Genetics Find a Cure? E. O. Wilson is Wrong Again — not About Math, but About Collaboration Smithsonian NHGRI Genome Exhibition Other: Bite Me Hourly earnings There Is No War on Cars … Continue reading →

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Pup in a MG

Posted on April 19, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

I think we all need this. This dog on Newbury Street was hamming it up a bit:

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The Original Sin of the Reinhart-Rogoff Paper Is the Errroneous Data

Posted on April 19, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

I realize many readers will have no idea what the hell “Reinhart-Rogoff” is. We’ll get to that in a bit. But first, as prelude, I want to dredge this bit from the depths of the archives about technique and technical … Continue reading →

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Links 4/18/13

Posted on April 18, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Still blogging from a secure, undisclosed location (i.e., we haven’t been let back in yet). Science: “It’s the STEM jobs, stupid” (absolutely must-read) Coelacanth genome surfaces Are genes patentable? A summary of the Supreme Court case Empirical Methods and Progress … Continue reading →

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Commonwealth Avenue: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Posted on April 18, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

We can get the bad and the ugly out of the way. Here’s the press corps installing themselves at Exeter and Commonwealth: I will always remember how little the media did to help the people out there who had, at … Continue reading →

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In 1953, the Gangs of New York Were Hardcore

Posted on April 18, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

We have a tendency, perhaps in part due to the massive social changes that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, to view the 1950s as a halcyon era. A picture from a cool photo essay at The Gothamist about Red … Continue reading →

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Links 4/17/13

Posted on April 17, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. A little abbreviated for obvious reasons. Science: MiSeq (and 2500) owners better read this and beware The folly of science on a shoestring: We need to dispel the myth that conducting science on lean budgets is cost-effective … Continue reading →

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They’re Not Even Watching

Posted on April 17, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the Boston Marathon before everything became awful: As is usually the case, Marathon Day had been a lot of fun. Also, Charles Pierce captures the spirit very well.

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Some Thoughts on the Bombing in My Neighborhood

Posted on April 17, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

My thanks to everyone for their kind words and offers of help over the last couple of days. This post might appear haphazard and scatter-brained (or more so than usual), but my building was evacuated–much of Back Bay is a … Continue reading →

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