Monthly Archives: March 2016

Six Years Later And Some Are Still Confused About ‘Affordability’: The Massachusetts Edition

Posted on March 24, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Felice Freyer has an excellent report in the Boston Globe about the affordability–and lack thereof–of healthcare in Massachusetts (boldface mine): Nearly all Massachusetts adults have health insurance, but being insured is no guarantee patients can afford health care or even … Continue reading →

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Links 3/23/16

Posted on March 23, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NSF negotiates with terrorists Oldest ancient-human DNA details dawn of Neanderthals: Sequence of 430,000-year-old DNA pushes back divergence of humans and Neanderthals. What We’ve Learned About Pluto The Ecologist Who Threw Starfish Why Komodo Dragons Are … Continue reading →

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No, We Should Not Shut Down Entire Metro Lines–Or The Whole Metro

Posted on March 23, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the advantages of falling behind in my blogging is that it occasionally provides an opportunity to knock down two stupid ideas in one post. In light of the D.C. Metro’s recent problems, including an all-day shutdown to conduct … Continue reading →

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Links 3/22/16

Posted on March 22, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Weird Stories Behind America’s Official State Fossils A man’s discovery of bones under his pub could forever change what we know about the Irish Who’s watching the chickens? American food-safety systems are so tangled it’s … Continue reading →

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We Need to Restore NSF’s Biological Collections Program

Posted on March 22, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve described many, many, many times how underfunded unglamorous, but vital scientific research infrastructure is: One of the ridiculous things about many depictions of science in TV and movies is the notion that there’s this huge infrastructure: shiny labs (which … Continue reading →

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Links 3/21/16

Posted on March 21, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Tilikum to Shed Light on Superbug Crisis? Cooking Or Slicing Food: What Drove Early Human Evolution? Metagenomic Sequencing with Strain-Level Resolution Implicates Uropathogenic E. coli in Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Mortality in Preterm Infants The CRISPR patent … Continue reading →

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I Believe In Providing Shelter But Mayor Bowser Seems To Have Turned This Into Graft

Posted on March 21, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Despite my many criticisms of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, I thought one of her redeeming qualities is her commitment to housing the homeless. And when she recently unveiled her plan, I thought it was pretty good. While the housing would … Continue reading →

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Links 3/20/16

Posted on March 20, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet PLoS Has Angered the PastramiMachine!!!! The CDC Can’t Figure Out What Caused Chipotle’s E. Coli Outbreaks If We Can’t Save Pandas, We Can’t Save Anything Evaluation … Continue reading →

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On Welfare States and Towns

Posted on March 20, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

-why do areas so dependent on federal funding seem to despise the federal govt A bizarre reality of U.S. politics is that those areas that receive the most federal largesse are often those who despise the federal government the most. … Continue reading →

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Links 3/19/16

Posted on March 19, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Purity of the Jarawa Race? The sexual misconduct case that has rocked anthropology How you know NIH officialdom is not being honest with you What Causes These Mysterious Fairy Circles? The Future Will Be Quiet: … Continue reading →

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