Monthly Archives: May 2025

Links 5/23/25

Posted on May 23, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How sugar might shape superbugs (paper here) “It Made No Sense” – Scientist Discovers California’s New Highest Tree Spruce Trees Are Like Real-Life Ents That Anticipate Solar Eclipse Hours in Advance and Sync Up Studies estimate … Continue reading →

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Links 5/22/25

Posted on May 22, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump Is Waging A New Kind Of War. It Could Put Your Family In Danger. Measles Cases In The U.S. Just Hit 1,000. RFK Jr. Still Isn’t Taking It Seriously. As a diversity grant dies, young … Continue reading →

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Links 5/21/25

Posted on May 21, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Renewal of NIH grants linked to more innovative results, study finds. Survey of hundreds of scientists’ work suggests that cutting off funding disrupts focus and reduces the novelty of research. USGS Bee Lab at the Eastern … Continue reading →

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The Backlash to the Employee Revolt

Posted on May 21, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

It seems Big Tech is cracking down on its workers. This shouldn’t be surprising since the Trump re-election is, in no small part, backlash to the employee revolt of 2019-2024. We should view the events of 2019-2024 as a revolt … Continue reading →

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Links 5/20/25

Posted on May 20, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump freezes ‘gain of function’ pathogen research ― threatening all US virology, critics say NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from … Continue reading →

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Will Democrats Fight for Science Funding? And Some Thoughts About Primaries

Posted on May 20, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Unclear, according to Josh Marshall (boldface mine): I know there’s been a push from biomedical researchers and, for lack of a better word, Team Science over at the NIH to have members come over to the building and meet with … Continue reading →

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Links 5/19/25

Posted on May 19, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump moves to tighten rules on risky research on viruses, bacteria, and toxins Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve The recency and geographical … Continue reading →

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Links 5/18/25

Posted on May 18, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S. Faulty tests spur questions about DNA findings in criminal cases in Texas and nationally … Continue reading →

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Links 5/17/25

Posted on May 17, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Female Bonobos Assert Their Dominance Over Males by Banding Together, New Study Suggests World may be ‘post-herd immunity’ to measles, top US scientist says Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated … Continue reading →

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Links 5/16/25

Posted on May 16, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Common bacteria linked to strep raises worries in US: ‘Pandemic in plain sight’ MAGA’s War on Science National Science Foundation Halts Funding Indefinitely Real-time sequencing a promising tool for hospital outbreak detection, study finds (paper here) … Continue reading →

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