Monthly Archives: June 2023

Links 6/7/23

Posted on June 7, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NASA’s Mars helicopter is somehow still flying — and playing hide-and-seek This is not your Apollo moon buggy. NASA wants a new moon rover. Dutch Survey Data Shows Significant Increase In Memory And Concentration Problems Among … Continue reading →

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(Some) People Have to Like This Crap

Posted on June 7, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Or at least not hate it. For newcomers to this shitty blog, “People have to like this crap” is The Mad Biologist’s Ultimate Political Theorem™. I bring this up because of a tweet about Cop City, a massive police training … Continue reading →

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Links 6/6/23

Posted on June 6, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Lack of association between vaccination rates and excess mortality in Cyprus during the COVID-19 pandemic More than 70% of US household COVID spread started with a child, study suggests (paging Emily Oster…; paper here) Myth: Natural … Continue reading →

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Not “Everyone” Has Been Infected with COVID

Posted on June 6, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Actually, it might be as high as thirty percent, at least through September 2022*. A subset of COVID minimizers are fond of saying things like ‘everyone has already had COVID’, but, according to CDC data that examine at how many … Continue reading →

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Links 6/5/23

Posted on June 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Yersinia pestis genomes reveal plague in Britain 4000 years ago Rapid evolution of A(H5N1) influenza viruses after intercontinental spread to North America Bacteria Are Vital For the Diversity And For The Survival Of Insects The next … Continue reading →

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Learned Credulousness

Posted on June 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

At the Washington Post, Catherine Rampell has a piece about the complexity of bureaucratic requirements for various kinds of government assistance. She writes (boldface mine): A government letter sent to an out-of-date address. An exhausted mother unable to make it … Continue reading →

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Links 6/4/23

Posted on June 4, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Where the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Went Wrong Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii What is long covid? For the first time, a new study defines it. (note this is a very strict definition … Continue reading →

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Links 6/3/23

Posted on June 3, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Is this Britain’s loneliest rainforest? Brain fog in long COVID limits function and health status, independently of hospital severity and preexisting conditions ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’: 5 million-year-old ‘elephant graveyard’ found in Florida Researchers Say It’s Time to Stop … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on June 3, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: A Good Summary All of U.S. Politics and Public Policy in One Chart The Unitary Dumbass Veto Principle Is Working Quite Well At Least Ten Percent of Attendees Came Down with COVID at the … Continue reading →

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Links 6/2/23

Posted on June 2, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Longitudinal Whole-Genome Sequence Characterization of a Persistent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron BA.5 Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient Successfully Treated With Sotrovimab 1000 mg Cross-Protection Induced by Highly Conserved Human B, CD4+, and CD8+ … Continue reading →

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