Monthly Archives: October 2024

Links 10/18/24

Links for you. Science: ‘It looked like something out of Star Trek – I expected it to go at warp speed’: the incredible marine life of the Azores – in pictures Small amounts of misassembly can have disproportionate effects on … Continue reading

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Links 10/17/24

Links for you. Science: New archaeology tools unearth lost cities and other ancient marvels A multivalent mRNA-LNP vaccine protects against Clostridioides difficile infection Africa CDC faults U.S. government over Marburg-related travel advisory to Rwanda Extensive longevity and DNA virus-driven adaptation … Continue reading

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Links 10/16/17

Links for you. Science: When the Arctic Melts Diverse anti-defence systems are encoded in the leading region of plasmids Impact of JN.1 booster vaccination on neutralisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants KP.3.1.1 and XEC As DC panda-monium builds, National Zoo biologist talks … Continue reading

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Links 10/15/24

Links for you. Science: No, Hurricane Milton was not ‘engineered’ Is this the way COVID ends? Next-generation inhaled vaccines could be the key to ending pandemic Trump and Harris are sharply divided on science, but share common ground on US … Continue reading

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Links 10/13/24

Links for you. Science: History of COVID-19 found to double long-term risk of heart attack, stroke and death (pre-vaccine infections) Giant Bigfin Squid Filmed Walking Around on Its 13-Foot-Long Tentacles Challenging the neutrality myth in climate science and activism ‘Word … Continue reading

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Links 10/12/24

Links for you. Science: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli causes significant urothelial damage in an ex vivo porcine bladder model, with no protective effect observed from cranberry or D-mannose Comparative Population Genomics of Arctic Sled Dogs Reveals a Deep and Complex History … Continue reading

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Links 10/11/24

Links for you. Science: Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses With Alzheimer’s Again And Again This climate scientist spent his career warning about extreme rain. Then he lived it How to build an AC that will get the world … Continue reading

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Links 10/10/24

Links for you. Science: The huge toll of PhDs on mental health: data reveal stark effects ‘We are embarrassed’: Scientific rigor proponents retract paper on benefits of scientific rigor Major advance in the fight against MDR-TB: four new short and … Continue reading

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Links 10/9/24

Links for you. Science: Scientists Release an Astounding, Detailed Map of a Fly Brain in Groundbreaking Study Ants Farmed Fungi in the Wake of Dinosaurs’ Demise 66 Million Years Ago Vaccines, Past and Present ‘In awe’: scientists impressed by latest … Continue reading

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Confrontational Interviews Aren’t Necessarily Useful

Josh Marshall comments on the unwillingness of Vice President Harris to do interviews with (some of) the large news organizations (boldface mine): But there’s something a bit different in this presidential cycle. Harris has now taken questions from the inside … Continue reading

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