Monthly Archives: October 2025

Links 10/11/25

Posted on October 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Long COVID and Days of Work Missed Due to Illness or Injury by Adults in the United States, 2022 R.I.P. George F. Smoot (1945-2025) Tylenol carries no added risk for autism CDC takes down more than … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on October 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Some Thoughts on Calling Portland, Oregon “War Ravaged” “Simply Untethered to Facts” We hAvE A MaScUlInItY CrIsIs: The Manfluencer Edition The Sum of All Inchoate Fears

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Links 10/10/25

Posted on October 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Felony charges after South Carolina high school filled with “fart spray”… for weeks (the science of stankyness) New tool in fight against Great Lakes invasive species: muskrats US measles cases surpass 1,500 as outbreaks grow in … Continue reading →

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The Sum of All Inchoate Fears

Posted on October 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

The Frog Wizard will protect you. While looking through some old posts, I came across this post, “My Fellow Riders and I Will Attack You on the Metro“, which described a woman who had moved from Southern Virginia to Tysons … Continue reading →

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Links 10/9/25

Posted on October 9, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: You’re Probably Wearing Too Much Deodorant CDC scientists say rates of the drug-resistant bacteria rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023. SARS-CoV-2-derived RNA replicons as safe and effective vaccines (if only we had an HHS that … Continue reading →

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Links 10/8/25

Posted on October 8, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Ticks are migrating, raising disease risks if they can’t be tracked quickly enough The crown jewel of American farm science is in Beltsville. Will Trump close it forever? RFK Jr. Announces FDA Will Approve Leucovorin, a … Continue reading →

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We hAvE A MaScUlInItY CrIsIs: The Manfluencer Edition

Posted on October 8, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Consider this another installment in the ongoing Wimpification of the Conservative Male. Time was, part of being a man* was admitting when you had done something wrong and actively taking steps to remedy it**. You needed to take your lumps … Continue reading →

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Links 10/7/25

Posted on October 7, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Why Is the DOJ Telling NIH Staff They Can’t Attend a Public Health Conference? EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say A Walk Across Alaska’s Arctic Sea Ice Brings to Life the Losses … Continue reading →

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“Simply Untethered to Facts”

Posted on October 7, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Yesterday, I briefly mentioned how a recent opinion temporarily staying Trump’s takeover of the Oregon National Guard* used the phrase “simply untethered to facts.” It’s from this section of the opinion: …this Court concludes that the President did not have … Continue reading →

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Links 10/6/25

Posted on October 6, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived ‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life Scientists Discover Why Alcohol Blocks … Continue reading →

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