Monthly Archives: June 2017

Links 6/19/17

Posted on June 19, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Millions of dollars’ worth of research in limbo at NIH Resilience and funding and the NIH ‘Wired’ Roads Could Power Electric Cars As You Drive In the hunt for new antibiotics, scientists hit pay dirt Boston … Continue reading →

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Morning After

Posted on June 19, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Chartres St., between St. Ann and Madison, French Quarter, New Orleans:

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WMATA/Metro’s Worst Idea Yet

Posted on June 19, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

I believe this could lead to violence (boldface mine): …at two downtown stations, Metro is literally adding music to the mix. At Gallery Place-Chinatown and Judiciary Square, an “easy listening” playlist selected by Metro staff is being pumped into the … Continue reading →

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Links 6/18/17

Posted on June 18, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Senate Passes WILD Act Democrats urge against cuts to biological threat preparedness programs P-Hacker Confessions: Daryl Bem and Me Environmental factors dominate over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota composition A New Jersey thing: An … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon: Both Sides Don’t Agree On Common Goals

Posted on June 18, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Outsourced to Commandante Atrios (boldface mine): In our little country, there is this notion that Both Sides (the archetypes of the two parties, anyway) want roughly the same things (peeance and freeance and prosperity), but we just disagree about how … Continue reading →

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Links 6/17/17

Posted on June 17, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A New Jersey thing: An official state germ? China rises as a biotech powerhouse, developing drugs to treat the world Oil’s pipeline to America’s schools: Inside the fossil-fuel industry’s not-so-subtle push into K-12 education What If … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on June 17, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Sunday Sermon: What Good Are Balanced Budgets? The Republican War On Microbiology All You Need But Somewhere Some College Students Were Uncivil Yellow Doesn’t Seem Like There Was A Ferguson Effect Pistil And Stamen … Continue reading →

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Links 6/16/17

Posted on June 16, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Michigan officials charged in Flint Legionnaires’ outbreak We Have No Way of Knowing if This Scary Superbug Has Already Hit the United States I’ve been watching benign neglect of science by the U.S. for almost 20 … Continue reading →

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Work It

Posted on June 16, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 14th and Riggs Streets NW, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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Voting Integrity And The SAFE Act

Posted on June 16, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

The SAFE Act is something we absolutely need (boldface mine): The changes that [Democrat] Pocan and his fellow House members propose would place elections systems in the same category as other critical infrastructure such as the power grid, the banking … Continue reading →

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