Monthly Archives: October 2024

Links 10/31/24

Posted on October 31, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Happy Halloween! No treats here, but lots of links. Science: FDA Approves Novel Treatment for UTIs Enhanced flight performance and adaptive evolution of Mesozoic giant cicadas Characterization of bacteriophage vB_AbaS_SA1 and its synergistic effects with antibiotics against clinical multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter … Continue reading →

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What Life Could Be Like Under a Second Trump Administration

Posted on October 31, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Rick Perlstein spells it out: What if the knock is for your daughter, and they’re coming for her because of a pill that she took? Will you open the door? Or if your teenage granddaughter, alone and afraid, calls you … Continue reading →

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Links 10/30/24

Posted on October 30, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The real reason billion-dollar disasters like Hurricane Helene are growing more common How to best stop rats emerges as big issue in Rhode Island mayoral race The first marine fish driven to extinction by humans Google, … Continue reading →

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Links 10/29/24

Posted on October 29, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Intact, under-patrolled forests harbor widespread prey but a male-biased tiger population in the Ulu Masen Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia How the coronavirus defeats the innate immune response Limits on testing for bird flu in humans could pose … Continue reading →

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Can Republicans Pull Themselves Back from the Brink of Fascism?

Posted on October 29, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, I was looking at some very old posts, and I came across this 2009 post, “Misunderstanding Palin and ‘Palinism’: It’s the Politics of the Blood“, about Sarah Palin, in which I wrote (boldface added): While people have described Palin … Continue reading →

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Links 10/28/24

Posted on October 28, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Scientists File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Six Journal Publishers Fast-food chains remove onions from menus amid E. coli outbreak At least 75 people are sickened as the deadly McDonald’s E. coli outbreak expands NASA Chief Calls For … Continue reading →

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Jeff Bezos Tells Us What a Second Trump Term Would Look Like

Posted on October 28, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

It appears that, last week, Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, made the decision to pull an endorsement of Vice-President Kamala Harris by the Washington Post editorial board, after he met with Donald Trump. As others have pointed out, … Continue reading →

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Links 10/27/24

Posted on October 27, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Bacteriocin distribution patterns in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis: bioinformatic analysis using a tailored genomics framework Challenges and opportunities of phage therapy for Klebsiella pneumoniae infections Onions are likely source of deadly McDonald’s E Coli outbreak, … Continue reading →

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Links 10/26/24

Posted on October 26, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Ants Farmed Fungi in the Wake of Dinosaurs’ Demise 66 Million Years Ago CABO-16S : A Combined Archaea, Bacteria, Organelle 16S database for amplicon analysis of prokaryotes and eukaryotes in environmental samples LA is seeing cases … Continue reading →

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Links 10/25/24

Posted on October 25, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in multiple states Investigation Update: E. coli Outbreak, McDonald’s Quarter Pounders – October 22, 2024 McDonald’s burgers linked to E. coli outbreak … Continue reading →

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