Monthly Archives: March 2025

Links 3/16/25

Posted on March 16, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NIH reels with fear, uncertainty about future of scientific research (good timeline) Enhanced suppression of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by a three-phage cocktail: genomic insights and kinetic profiling β-Lactamase diversity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa β-Lactamase diversity in Acinetobacter baumannii … Continue reading →

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Links 3/15/25

Posted on March 15, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New human coronavirus detected in infant with pneumonia, for 1st time in Korea 1 in 22 COVID survivors develop debilitating chronic syndrome Killing 166 million birds hasn’t helped poultry farmers stop H5N1. Is there a better … Continue reading →

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Links 3/14/25

Posted on March 14, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber: President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species A surge in bee deaths is hurting Texas beekeepers … Continue reading →

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Links 3/13/25

Posted on March 13, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Rise of pediatric flu cases is sending more children to the hospital NASA telescope will study what put the bang in the big bang DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research Europe PMC … Continue reading →

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Links 3/12/25

Posted on March 12, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How Far Do Trump’s Cuts to Science Reach? To the Ends of the Earth. A thallus-forming N-fixing fungus-cyanobacterium symbiosis from subtropical forests CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel Behold the pigbutt … Continue reading →

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Links 3/11/25

Posted on March 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries Revealing how fungi build planet-altering ‘road’ networks Something Bad Happened to Neanderthals 110,000 Years Ago—and It May Have Sealed Their Fate CDC … Continue reading →

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Yep, RFK Jr. Hasn’t Changed

Posted on March 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, I argued that RFK Jr. wrote his seemingly pro-vaccination op-ed under duress and that he still was an adherent to anti-vaccination propaganda, which in the case of measles argues that measles cases are harmless unless you have a … Continue reading →

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Links 3/10/25

Posted on March 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica. Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics. Iconic ocean-current system is safe … Continue reading →

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They Are As Bonkers About Political Economics As They Are Social Issues

Posted on March 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

While there is a lot of attention correctly paid to Republicans’ radical–which is to say, awful and bigoted–ideas regarding race and gender (including women’s freedom, reproductive and otherwise), there is less attention paid to their radical ideas about economics. They … Continue reading →

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Links 3/9/25

Posted on March 9, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Even faced with the same data, ecologists sometimes come to opposite conclusions Inside the Collapse at NIH: Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now. (must-read) … Continue reading →

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