Monthly Archives: August 2013

Sequestration Is a Disaster For NIH–And Potentially All of Us

Posted on August 25, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

You know all those bad predictions about NIH funding you might have heard about? Guess what? Conventional wisdom was wrong–it’s worse that previously thought (boldface mine): An already stagnant budget was made worse this spring when Congress and the White … Continue reading →

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Links 8/24/13

Posted on August 24, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Research commercialization: not just for profit 8-Year-Old Never Ages, Could Reveal ‘Biological Immortality’ A few words about math (excellent) Roaches in NYC Cluster by Neighborhood Lizards Save California from Lyme Disease The Top 50 NIH-Funded Universities … Continue reading →

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Urn, Stepped Up

Posted on August 24, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Commonwealth Ave., Back Bay, Boston:

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Genomics on the Subway? (Genomicists of the World Unite! You Have Only Your Flow Cells to Lose!)

Posted on August 24, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

No, this isn’t some wacky microbiome study. I recently observed this at Cambridge’s Kendall Station: I especially like the pseudo-populist angle. Though I have a better slogan: “E-llumina is E-litist!” Or maybe: Sequencing For All! Genomicists of the World You … Continue reading →

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Links 8/23/13

Posted on August 23, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: My spouse and the mouse How to read a phylogenetic tree The Dirtiest Lunar Mystery Of All A shrew caravan Scientists Assess Error Modes in Sequencing Platforms and Find SMRT Sequencing ‘Least Biased’ No coffee for … Continue reading →

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A Second Karmann in Boston

Posted on August 23, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

So it appears there are at least two Karmann Ghias in Boston. Like the other one, this one appears to have been manufactured between 1970 – 1971.

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The Age of Denial and the Marketplace of Ideas

Posted on August 23, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

I probably should have written “The Age of Denial Results from the Marketplace of Ideas.” Physicist Adam Frank at the NY Times tackles the topic of denialism and science (boldface mine): Today, however, it is politically effective, and socially acceptable, … Continue reading →

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Links 8/22/13

Posted on August 22, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Researchers and coffee consumption What If What You ’Survived’ Wasn’t Cancer? New CDC Estimate: 300K Americans Diagnosed With Lyme Disease Each Year Snark Week: The Souless Flesh-Eating Kea Pseudo-nature Photographers of Indonesia Other: “Indescribably insane”: A … Continue reading →

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May-December Romance

Posted on August 22, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at Copp Hill Burying Ground, North End, Boston:

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Michelle Rhee Rebuffed By Boston

Posted on August 22, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Sometimes events overtake my pace of blogging, as I was already to fire up a post titled “Bostonians, Do Not Let Michelle Rhee Hurt Our Children”, which would have been about the attempt by education ‘reformer’ Michelle Rhee’s Stand for … Continue reading →

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