Monthly Archives: October 2025

Links 10/31/25

Posted on October 31, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too. 4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain We still can’t predict much of anything in biology. Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI. Hoh Knows: Dr. Coral Hoh has … Continue reading →

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Three Ways to Help Change the Media Environment

Posted on October 31, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Before I get into the meat of the post, I realize that there would be campaign finance issues, even in a country where the law is now spelled lol. But it’s a (hopefully) useful thought experiment. In the 2024 election … Continue reading →

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Links 10/30/25

Posted on October 30, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: We Can Stop Deadly Hospital Outbreaks — So Why Aren’t We? Genomic surveillance can help contain local and nationwide threats (excellent; accessible to non-experts; preprint describing the system here) Ecological constraints foster both extreme viral-host lineage … Continue reading →

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How Do We Support a Gajillion Independent Journalists?

Posted on October 30, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

As the left, construed broadly, is slowly realizing that so much of politics is downstream of the information environment, we have to start thinking seriously about how to fund a more favorable information environment. Ana Marie Cox gets at what … Continue reading →

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Links 10/29/25

Posted on October 29, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Want to Call CDC to Report a Possible Disease Outbreak? Fuhgeddaboutit World’s largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans First locally acquired US case of more severe clade … Continue reading →

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A Rant About CVS

Posted on October 29, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I know with fascism running amok in the land, I’m supposed to write about Very Serious Things, but, goddamn, CVS (the drug store chain) is pissing me off. The CVS a block from my house would be very convenient for … Continue reading →

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Links 10/28/25

Posted on October 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit Statistics in the era of AI Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead We’re losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought … Continue reading →

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A Short Thought About ‘AI’ and ‘Tech’

Posted on October 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, I came across an article in which the president of Google, who has no medical or biology training, claimed that AI will cure cancer in our lifetime. Leaving aside the silliness of describing any complex machine learning … Continue reading →

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Links 10/27/25

Posted on October 27, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Looking at the chaos at the CDC and why it matters for federal meteorological science They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives. Super-adjuvant nanoparticles for platform cancer vaccination University of Hawaiʻi researchers caution … Continue reading →

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Links 10/26/25

Posted on October 26, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error WHO: Antimicrobial resistance is widespread globally and increasing Major IQ differences in identical twins linked to schooling, challenging decades of research Your Genes Are … Continue reading →

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