Monthly Archives: February 2025

Links 2/28/25

Posted on February 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers Fog harvesting could … Continue reading →

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Links 2/27/25

Posted on February 27, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children Long COVID is solvable, but we need more clinical trials Encounter rates and engagement times limit the transmission of conjugative plasmids Across the world, conservation projects … Continue reading →

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Links 2/26/25

Posted on February 26, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Delayed CDC report shows increased evidence of bird flu spread to people Opossum eats whole Costco chocolate cake; fans have big feelings: ‘Me too girl’ Vaccines are popular, actually Evaluating the economic and health impact of … Continue reading →

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Links 2/24/25

Posted on February 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Bird Flu Is a Big Threat. The US Needs to Start Acting Like It. Integrons are anti-phage defence libraries in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Delayed CDC report shows increased evidence of bird flu spread to people The Erasing … Continue reading →

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Links 2/25/25

Posted on February 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Who is getting hit by the flu? See the latest data and charts. A flat-backed millipede cruising along though the rainforest. Trump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure NT insect collection opens … Continue reading →

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When ‘Fraud’ Is Just Reality That Republicans Don’t Like

Posted on February 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

One thing to keep in mind is that DOGE hasn’t found any fraud per se, such as embezzlement and so on. What they have found are programs and policies they don’t like. What we’ve seen over the last few years … Continue reading →

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Links 2/23/25

Posted on February 23, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study We Finally Know Why the Oceans Are on … Continue reading →

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Links 2/22/25

Posted on February 22, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Octopus Arms Think for Themselves – Scientists Reveal How They Work A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals 2,800-year-old structure unearthed in Israel was likely used for cultic … Continue reading →

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Links 2/21/25

Posted on February 21, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants RFK Jr. says vaccines aren’t tested enough. Experts say that’s baseless. Scientists Simulated … Continue reading →

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Crony Capitalism Takes Hold Under Trump

Posted on February 21, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Feeling a whole lot of economic FREEDOM! right now (boldface mine): A lawyer at advertising conglomerate Interpublic Group fielded a phone call in December from a lawyer at X. The message was clear, according to several people with knowledge of … Continue reading →

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