Monthly Archives: September 2016

Links 9/21/16

Posted on September 21, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Evidence Rebuts Chomsky’s Theory of Language Learning No, Research Has Not Established That You Inherited Your Intelligence From Your Mother Interpreting observational studies: why empirical calibration is needed to correct p-values In the Bonobo World, Female … Continue reading →

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Security State Run Amok: Welcome To The Ninny State

Posted on September 21, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

This is something I’ve noticed as well during the past year (boldface mine): As a tour guide, I’m a bit jaded by this quest for security. Every year brings a new closure, a new checkpoint, a little less freedom than … Continue reading →

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Links 9/20/16

Posted on September 20, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Comment on Understanding current causes of women’s underrepresentation in science. Mola Mola’s Genome May Explain Its Gigantic Size Vaccines 101: Too Much Too Soon? The Promise & Perils of Sharing DNA Thousands of Sardinian DNA samples … Continue reading →

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Prospective Bacterial Genomic Surveillance

Posted on September 20, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the things the evul federal gummint is gearing up to every food borne bacterial disease isolate that is sent to either the CDC or public health labs in what is known as the GenomeTrakr Network (I’ve heard this … Continue reading →

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Links 9/19/16

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: “By Any Means Necessary”: War is Declared on U.S. Cats (can I get some Hegelian dialectic up in this joint?) Humans and Neanderthals had sex. But was it for love? We’ve been protecting Earth’s land for … Continue reading →

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Interesting Business Model

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Not sure there’s much call for a horse veterinarian in downtown D.C., but perhaps this mural observed on O Street NW, between 9th and Columbia, Shaw, D.C. suggests otherwise:

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Insulin Prices In The U.S. Doubled From 2000-2009. But Not In The U.K.

Posted on September 19, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, I wrote about what insulin price gouging does to diabetics–who make up nearly ten percent of the U.S. population. In the U.K., insulin is much cheaper: U.S. prices are over five times as high as those in the … Continue reading →

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Links 9/18/16

Posted on September 18, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Hillary Clinton almost fainted. I’m a doctor. It’s really o.k. What do the presidential candidates think about science and technology? How NIH proposal percentiles are calculated and some instructions to reviewers Trees know when deer are … Continue reading →

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Speed Kills

Posted on September 18, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

And I’m not talking about meth. Edward Humes has some pretty radical ideas for dealing with the U.S.’s out-of-control vehicle killings (boldface mine): In terms of public health, the National Safety Council’s data on car crashes showed that in 2015, … Continue reading →

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Links 9/17/16

Posted on September 17, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Sugar industry secretly paid for favorable Harvard research How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat Even locals who believe climate change is real have a hard time grasping that their city will almost certainly be … Continue reading →

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