Monthly Archives: June 2024

Links 6/16/24

Posted on June 16, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: An epidemic of scientific fakery threatens to overwhelm publishers. More than 10,000 scientific papers were retracted last year as “paper mills” exploit the system.. (gift link) At least 20 E. coli cases reported after Lake Anna … Continue reading →

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Links 6/15/24

Posted on June 15, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects and Long-Term Neutralizing Antibody Response: A Prospective Cohort Study (if this holds up, I have off the charts antibody production…) House Republicans press for new guardrails on ‘gain-of-function’ research by NIH No … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on June 15, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: The NY Times Goes Full Troll on the Origins of COVID The Decline of the Washington Post The Worst of the Alito Leaks The Lab Leak Story Has Always Been Popular

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Links 6/14/24

Posted on June 14, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Gram-negative-selective antibiotic that spares the gut microbiome Elephants call each other by name, study finds The super-rich are buying up dinosaur bones – and now they want our near-perfect Stegosaurus The bird flu outbreak has … Continue reading →

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Links 6/13/24

Posted on June 13, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine With bird flu infecting dairy cattle, FDA asks some states to curb sales of raw milk This word was rejected by geologists. But it’s already … Continue reading →

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The Lab Leak Story Has Always Been Popular

Posted on June 13, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

In the midst of a very good Xitter thread (it happens) rebutting Zeynep Tufecki’s pandemic revisionism, this bit of polling data on the origins of the pandemic is noteworthy: Several obvious takeaways. First, support for a lab leak was always … Continue reading →

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Links 6/12/24

Posted on June 12, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How Much Worse Would a Bird-Flu Pandemic Be? Increased stomach-brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of negative mental health symptoms. A scientific controversy at the Supreme Court. We deserve a solid foundation of data to make … Continue reading →

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The Worst of the Alito Leaks

Posted on June 12, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

They seem nice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) Over the past week, Rolling Stone has been releasing portions of a conversation with Supreme Court Justice Alito and his wife, Martha_Ann. To me, this is the worst of the leaks–and it … Continue reading →

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Links 6/11/24

Posted on June 11, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Effectiveness of Updated 2023–2024 (Monovalent XBB.1.5) COVID-19 Vaccination Against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB and BA.2.86/JN.1 Lineage Hospitalization and a Comparison of Clinical Severity — IVY Network, 26 Hospitals, October 18, 2023–March 9, 2024 A promising vaccine approach … Continue reading →

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The Decline of the Washington Post

Posted on June 11, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, social media was piling on the Washington Post’s firing of Executive Editor Sally Buzbee and the hiring of several Rupert Murdoch disciples, at least one of whom seems to be quite the piece of shit. This possible shift … Continue reading →

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