Monthly Archives: August 2023

In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 26, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: COVID: Still Bad for Your Brain Professional Democrats Suck at Their Jobs: The Brooklyn Democratic Party Edition What Percentage of Winter Surge Qualifies as ‘Bad’? Paths to Wisdom and Calling COVID Variants by Their … Continue reading →

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Links 8/25/23

Posted on August 25, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Some seniors infected with Omicron variants were more susceptible to reinfection, not less Failed PhD: how scientists have bounced back from doctoral setbacks: In a scientific culture that eschews admitting failure, some researchers are staring it … Continue reading →

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Links 8/24/23

Posted on August 24, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Spotless giraffe, thought to be only one in world, born at Tennessee zoo Seroepidemiology of the Seasonal Human Coronaviruses NL63, 229E, OC43 and HKU1 in France Using home lampshades to turn pollutants into purified air How … Continue reading →

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Paths to Wisdom and Calling COVID Variants by Their Right Names

Posted on August 24, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Every time a new COVID variant arises, there is always a debate about whether it should be given a new name. It gets rather acrimonious (which is par for the course on Xitter anyway). But, as someone who actually spends … Continue reading →

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Links 8/23/23

Posted on August 23, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Complexity Theory’s 50-Year Journey to the Limits of Knowledge Many long-covid symptoms linger even after two years, new study shows How 10,000 years of plagues left their mark on our DNA Half-eaten fish reeled in by … Continue reading →

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What Percentage of Winter Surge Qualifies as ‘Bad’?

Posted on August 23, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

While the D.C. wastewater data for the week of August 16 aren’t available yet*, the data for Alexandria, VA, which have mostly mirrored D.C., are out, and they’re not good: The concentration is 946 copies/ml, which is 76.5% of the … Continue reading →

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Links 8/22/23

Posted on August 22, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: As the Gulf of Maine warms, where are the mussels? Malaria diagnosed in Maryland resident who had not recently traveled (hopefully, it hasn’t established in an animal reservoir…) Whoʼs the biggest fish in the pond? The … Continue reading →

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Professional Democrats Suck at Their Jobs: The Brooklyn Democratic Party Edition

Posted on August 22, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Fortunately, it’s not like rank-and-file Democrats care about abortion (boldface mine): Brooklyn’s Democratic Party tapped a candidate for a New York judgeship who previously wrote about her opposition to Roe. v. Wade. Now, she could be asked to rule on … Continue reading →

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Links 8/21/23

Posted on August 21, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty The ancient technology keeping space missions alive Surprise COVID discovery helps explain how coronaviruses jump species Phenotypic assessment of spike mutations in BA.2.86 (new … Continue reading →

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COVID: Still Bad for Your Brain

Posted on August 21, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

A few weeks ago, I described a study about how post-COVID, 15-20% of people had difficultly drawing a ‘stick figure’, known as the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF), and I observed: I have no idea what the implications of this are, … Continue reading →

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