Monthly Archives: March 2022

Links 3/31/22

Posted on March 31, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How Do Geckos Hunt Deadly Scorpions? Scorpions are legion so it pays to eat them, evolutionarily speaking. Now scientists in San Diego have figured out how adorable tiny lizards overwhelm their death-dealing prey Variants of Concern … Continue reading →

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‘Normal’ in a Time of (Still) COVID

Posted on March 31, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Brian Beutler notes what should be obvious to professional Democrats, but isn’t (boldface mine): One of the biggest problems with the normalcy bug is that it’s an unwise promise to make because it’s a difficult promise to keep. Events are … Continue reading →

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Links 3/30/22

Posted on March 30, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1/BA.2 variant transition in the Swedish population reveals higher viral quantity in BA.2 cases Invasion genetics of the longhorn crazy ant: the global expansion of a double-clonal reproduction system In the … Continue reading →

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The Other COVID Statistic We Still Need

Posted on March 30, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

There has been a lot of excitement over wastewater testing for COVID. Even pundits who know no microbiology are excited about it! Wastewater testing is useful, but there are a couple of caveats. First, the way the CDC reports the … Continue reading →

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Links 3/29/22

Posted on March 29, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How covid brain fog may overlap with ‘chemo brain’ and Alzheimer’s Beauty and wonder of science boosts researchers’ well-being In maglev innovation, Chinese researchers transfer power wirelessly to moving train Case Report of Breakthrough Long COVID … Continue reading →

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A HAWT TAEK on the Clarence and Ginny Thomas Scandal

Posted on March 29, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Maybe we should call it ‘Thomas-gate’? (No, that’s not the HAWT TAEK). I realize that Supreme Court Justice Thomas shouldn’t automatically be considered to share his wife’s bugshitcrazytarian views on the election. But Democrats should call on him to recognize … Continue reading →

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Links 3/28/22

Posted on March 28, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: School Masking Policies and Secondary SARS-CoV-2 Transmission You might be using melatonin all wrong. Here’s what you should know. In Florida, searching for hope among manatees, despite a tragic year Researchers think they’ve found the last … Continue reading →

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The Political Importance of Long COVID

Posted on March 28, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Even Ezekiel Emanuel, in this interview with Andy Slavitt, gets it (boldface mine): The real, I think, unknown and the thing which motivates I think a big portion of the population is long COVID. We don’t know enough about long … Continue reading →

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Links 3/27/22

Posted on March 27, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Use of At-Home COVID-19 Tests — United States, August 23, 2021–March 12, 2022 Nowhere is safe: Record number of patients contracted Covid in the hospital in January (wrote about nosocomial infection a while ago) Bone-boosting lettuce … Continue reading →

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No Gods, No Masters

Posted on March 27, 2022 by mikethemadbiologist

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

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