Monthly Archives: April 2023

Links 4/30/23

Posted on April 30, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How has Twitter changed for climate scientists since Elon Muck bought it? Fewer active scientists, fewer tweets, fewer likes per tweet, fewer retweets per tweet, and less likely to go viral. Saliva and Plasma Antibody Levels … Continue reading →

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Links 4/29/23

Posted on April 29, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: COVID could increase risk of developing diabetes by up to 22%, Canadian study shows (paper here) Humpback Whales Enjoy ‘Spa’ Time Together On The Ocean Floor Las Vegas Strip Has a Scary Covid-Created ‘Fatal Fungus’ Problem. … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on April 29, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: What the Blue Check Fiasco Tells Us about Elongated Muskrat’s Conspiracism COVID, Long COVID, and Editorial Boards The Successful, If Hidden, Anti-Trans ‘Activism’ of the NY Times COVID Prevalence in D.C. Has Declined

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Links 4/28/23

Posted on April 28, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Polly wants a video chat Your Hair Is Going Gray. This Glitch May Explain Why. Universal Influenza Candidate Vaccine Performs Well in Phase 1 Trial Contrary to popular belief, most virologists I know are not cowboys … Continue reading →

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COVID Prevalence in D.C. Has Declined

Posted on April 28, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

According to the recent DC Public Schools (DCPS) back-to-school antigen testing. Based on the most recent DCPS testathon data that occurred earlier this week, 0.3% of students and 0.4% of staff tested positive for COVID. Students were lower, but this … Continue reading →

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Links 4/27/23

Posted on April 27, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: There Are Some Really, Really Old Trees In Fairfax County A ferritin-based COVID-19 nanoparticle vaccine that elicits robust, durable, broad-spectrum neutralizing antisera in non-human primates Mystery solved: Scientists ID Caribbean sea urchin killer Rat ambassadors try … Continue reading →

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The Successful, If Hidden, Anti-Trans ‘Activism’ of the NY Times

Posted on April 27, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

By way of Commandante Atrios, we come across this excellent point made on the Twitterz (even on Elongated Muskrat’s Twitter no less!): As many people who spend much more time dealing with anti-trans bigotry repeatedly note, the number of articles … Continue reading →

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Links 4/26/23

Posted on April 26, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Changes in the Incidence of Invasive Bacterial Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, 2014–2020 Loss-of-function mutation in Omicron variants reduces spike protein expression and attenuates SARS-CoV-2 infection Efficacy of Surgical Masks Versus N95 … Continue reading →

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COVID, Long COVID, and Editorial Boards

Posted on April 26, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

I came across this anecdote from Jennifer Senior, a staff writer at the Atlantic who is suffering from long COVID (boldface mine): Here’s an anecdote my healthier, more circumspect self would have once filtered, rather than coyly starting a game … Continue reading →

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Links 4/25/23

Posted on April 25, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Novel Clinical mNGS-Based Machine Learning Model for Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Acinetobacter baumannii Masks come down, respiratory infections go up for young kids Attacking SARS-CoV-2 Infection from a Different Front Symptom-based diagnosis captures more long-COVID … Continue reading →

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