Monthly Archives: July 2025

Links 7/26/25

Posted on July 26, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Science museum discovers dinosaur fossils hidden under its parking lot Florida cat sniffs out another new virus—and scientists are listening COVID cases likely rising in half of states, CDC estimates 50 years after ‘Jaws,’ the number … Continue reading →

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Links 7/25/25

Posted on July 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Repurposing a drug to punish carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii NIH suspends dozens of pathogen studies over ‘gain-of-function’ concerns Cancer vaccines and the future of immunotherapy Chimps are sticking grass and sticks in their butts, seemingly as a … Continue reading →

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The Grift Just Keeps Going On and On: The Lutnick and Sons Edition

Posted on July 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Remember all of those amazing tariffs we’re supposed to be getting? You know, the ones publicly supported by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick? Well, you’ll never guess who’s betting against those tariffs being constitutional (boldface mine): Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services … Continue reading →

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Links 7/24/25

Posted on July 24, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Dr. Vinay Prasad is Repeatedly Undermining RCTs. Why? Medicine’s rapid adoption of AI has researchers concerned Attacks on science are attacks on making and keeping America great GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation … Continue reading →

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A Proposed Four Percent Funding Rate at the National Cancer Institute

Posted on July 24, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

On Wednesday, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH released its funding policy for fiscal year 2025. In it, NCI claims they will be able to fund four percent of applications. That’s not a typo. Four percent. While a few … Continue reading →

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Links 7/23/25

Posted on July 23, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Oh, now that if affects white scientists we are super concerned (NYT article here) Promising vaccine against deadly Nipah virus can also treat infection CREID Pro Quo: A Lie That Will Kill People. A conspiracy theory … Continue reading →

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Creationism and Fascism: Two Instances When Words Have No Meaning

Posted on July 23, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Or as some asshole with a blog intermitently puts it, nothing in movement conservatism makes sense except in the light of creationism. Creationists have always used words as weapons by ingoring their straightforward meanings. It’s what they do. A recent … Continue reading →

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Links 7/22/25

Posted on July 22, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: “Things we’ll never know” science fair highlights US’s canceled research Clean data, clear insights: making AI work for microbiology Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom Area Man Terrified of Subway To … Continue reading →

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The Republican-Controlled House Appropriations Committee Wants to Turn D.C. into a Free-Fire Zone

Posted on July 22, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Another day, another Republican attempt to further reduce the freedoms of the residents of the colonial territory of the District of Columbia. The Republican-controlled Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee released its 2026 bill. In it are some real gems, … Continue reading →

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Links 7/21/25

Posted on July 21, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease eliminated Use of antibiotic to reduce STIs appears to be fueling some antibiotic resistance, research shows (paper here) ‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic … Continue reading →

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