Monthly Archives: June 2015

Orange, After the Storm

Posted on June 27, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

This view on P Street, looking towards Dupont Circle, D.C. is not enhanced–the sky really was this amazing looking after a recent storm:

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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE11!!!!11

Posted on June 27, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

From Alberta, Canada: Goldfish, some the size of dinner plates, are being found from Lethbridge to Fort McMurray, the province says. “It’s quite a surprise how large we’re finding them and the sheer number,” said Kate Wilson, aquatic invasive species … Continue reading →

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Links 6/26/15

Posted on June 26, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Yup, this happened: “Mystery” writer impersonated cardiovascular pathologist, penned published letter You Won’t Think the Platypus Is So Cute if You Feel the Excruciating Pain of Its Venom Ancient Human With 10 Percent Neanderthal Genes Found … Continue reading →

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Pastels

Posted on June 26, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on S Street, between 14th and 15th, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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Why We Will Continue to Need Public Genomic Repositories

Posted on June 26, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

There’s a very interesting pre-print “The next 20 years of genome research” that made the genomics bloggysphere rounds recently. I like most of what’s in there, but, this being the bloggysphere, I’m going to obsessively dwell on the one part … Continue reading →

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Links 6/25/15

Posted on June 25, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: HIGGINS ANNOUNCES BIPARTISAN NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CAUCUS Europe’s superlab: Sir Paul’s cathedral. When the Francis Crick Institute opens in London this year, it will be Europe’s largest biomedical research centre. Can director Paul Nurse make … Continue reading →

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Balcony, Apres Le Déluge

Posted on June 25, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

From an undisclosed location in Washington, D.C., after a thunderstorm:

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All NIH Restructuring Proposals Need to Explicitly State Who Gets Culled

Posted on June 25, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

My first reaction to this Cell article by Ronald Germain which offers a supposed solution to some of science’s funding problems was, “I love it when the Very Serious Scientists reinvent ideas the riff-raff discarded as unworkable years ago. Genius, … Continue reading →

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Links 6/24/15

Posted on June 24, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New Report: ‘Wells Report Wouldn’t Be Allowed in a High School Science Fair’ Deflategate favored foul play over science Pornucopia Mass Media and the Contagion of Fear: The Case of Ebola in America Population genomics of … Continue reading →

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Triple Gaze

Posted on June 24, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 16th and R Streets, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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