Monthly Archives: August 2019

Links 8/26/19

Posted on August 26, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Lyme Disease Is Baffling, Even to Experts Climate expert at CDC poised to file whistleblower complaint over treatment A Worrisome Discovery in High Arctic Snowfall Why Sexually Transmitted Infections Can’t Shake Their Stigma We’re Killing the … Continue reading →

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Now Would Be an Excellent Time for Donald Trump to Release His Tax Returns

Posted on August 26, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

No conflict of interest–pun intended–here (boldface mine): President Trump stands to save millions of dollars annually in interest on outstanding loans on his hotels and resorts if the Federal Reserve lowers rates as he has been demanding, according to public … Continue reading →

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Links 8/25/19

Posted on August 25, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: 2°C: Beyond the limit Economists conducted a $5 million experiment to (literally) shed light on crime (serious IRB issues that were ignored) A Cure for Ebola? Two New Treatments Prove Highly Effective in Congo Why is … Continue reading →

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Paul Ryan Embraces the Congressional Retirement Plan™

Posted on August 25, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Many moons ago, I described the Congressional Retirement Plan™: I think he’s [Paul Krugman] right in that it’s not about the campaign contributions. If their reluctance to support a public option were based solely on the electoral calculus of campaign … Continue reading →

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Links 8/24/19

Posted on August 24, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Citing ‘nerd tunnel vision,’ biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein Bees Swarm Berlin, Where Beekeeping Is Booming Air Pollution Cuts Are Saving Lives in New York State The desert gets a biocrust skin … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 24, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist links: Forgetting Our History We Have Run Out of Good Choices In-Play ‘Deplorables’ Democrats Fire a Warning Shot at the Supreme Court Art Deco, Overcast Two Prosaic Reasons for Small(er) Protests in the U.S.: Transit … Continue reading →

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Links 8/23/19

Posted on August 23, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: It’s Long Past Time to End the Delta Smelt Demagoguery Trump’s EPA Sides With Water Polluters in Major Hawaii Case How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer Humans are like ungainly … Continue reading →

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AI, Go, and Self-Driving Cars

Posted on August 23, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

I came across this thread which lays out pretty clearly (with .gifs!) an argument against self-driving cars. Put simply: will that car pull out? does the driver see me? is that pedestrian going to cross? is it a child or … Continue reading →

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Links 8/22/19

Posted on August 22, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Insect ‘apocalypse’ in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides ‘It makes me angry’: is this the end for America’s Joshua trees? The three technologies bioinformaticians need to be using right now How much Public … Continue reading →

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Two Prosaic Reasons for Small(er) Protests in the U.S.: Transit and Geography

Posted on August 22, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

With the inspiring protests in Hong Kong, there has been the occasional remark along the lines of ‘why aren’t there larger protests’, especially in D.C. While there are lots of reasons, there are two rather boring, yet important, ones, as … Continue reading →

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