Monthly Archives: February 2024

In Case You Missed It…

Posted on February 24, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Schlong Rat and the Scientific Reviewing (and Editing) Crisis The Crapification of Pillows: The Pillow Guy Edition The State of COVID in D.C.*: Still High, Future Unclear Whose Backyard Is It?

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Links 2/23/24

Posted on February 23, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Evolution and emergence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Project NexGen: Developing the Next Generation of COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics to Respond to the Present and Prepare for the Future Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 Monovalent and Bivalent Vaccine Booster … Continue reading →

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Links 2/22/24

Posted on February 22, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The first discovery of SFTSV in the Centre of Metropolitan Beijing, China Maximum Likelihood Estimators For Colony Forming Units Parts of Amazon rainforest could tip toward collapse by 2050 A ‘collapse’ is looming for Louisiana’s coastal … Continue reading →

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Whose Backyard Is It?

Posted on February 22, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

The Washington Post has a story about the possible plans for replacing a parking garage and a fire station with housing at 1617 U Street NW. Here’s what the site looks like: The two ugly square things in the foreground … Continue reading →

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Links 2/21/24

Posted on February 21, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Long-term risks of respiratory diseases in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2: a longitudinal, population-based cohort study (the cancer finding, as the authors note, needs to taken with a humongous grain of salt) The Israeli Scientist Who Is … Continue reading →

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: Still High, Future Unclear

Posted on February 21, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. The leveling off/slight upward movement continues this week in Alexandria: With a slight increase from 676 copies/ml to 682 copies/ml, we’re … Continue reading →

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Links 2/20/24

Posted on February 20, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: High density genomic surveillance and risk profiling of clinical Listeria monocytogenes subtypes in Germany, 2018-2021 Robust Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Including JN.1 and BA.2.87.1 by Trivalent XBB Vaccine-Induced Antibodies (need to keep an eye on BA.2.87.1) … Continue reading →

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The Crapification of Pillows: The Pillow Guy Edition

Posted on February 20, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Note that I don’t mean enshittification sensu Cory Doctorow, which is a distinct economic phenomenon. No, I found this funny little bit about the Pillow Guy from Nick Hanauer, a businessman who has been fighting for significant economic reforms, including … Continue reading →

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Links 2/19/24

Posted on February 19, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New dry powder aerosol COVID-19 vaccine shows promise against multiple virus strains Man Dies in First Known Fatal Case of Alaskapox Bacteriophage and antibiotic combination therapy for recurrent Enterococcus faecium bacteremia The De Bruijn Mapping Problem … Continue reading →

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Schlong Rat and the Scientific Reviewing (and Editing) Crisis

Posted on February 19, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

By the way, who could have possibly predicted a tool trained on images from the internet generates ridiculously ginormous penises? Anyway, a while ago, some asshole with a blog noted this about reviewing and editing failures in the scientific literature … Continue reading →

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