Monthly Archives: December 2025

Links 12/31/25

Posted on December 31, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: RFK, Jr.–Backed Lyme Disease Conspiracy Theory May Be Probed under New Bill NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists Free pass or failing grade for saturated fats? Review sets off scientific and political … Continue reading →

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A Year of Mad Biologist Posts

Posted on December 31, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Let’s review, shall we? Some of the posts readers liked from the last year: The Kennedy Op-Ed: Don’t Ignore the Dog Whistles (remember, Kennedy lies all the time) Without Consent of the Governed, the U.S. Park Police Have Decided to … Continue reading →

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Links 12/30/25

Posted on December 30, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Temporal dynamics and policy implications in an innovation arms race Experiment to train rats to play Doom reaches a new level; rats can now shoot enemies — wraparound AMOLED screen provides virtual environment for neuroengineers’ expanded … Continue reading →

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Sign of the Times

Posted on December 30, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the corner of 16th and Swann Streets, NW, Dupont Circle:

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Links 12/29/25

Posted on December 29, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: More loons are filling Maine’s lakes with their ghost-like calls Earth-Like Planets Are More Common Than We Thought, Study Says Scientists Discover the Earliest Human-Made Fire, Rewriting Evolutionary History Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. … Continue reading →

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Immigration and the Congressional Failure to Write Binding Law

Posted on December 29, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Or, a change in presidential administration should not lead to such qualitative changes in policy. While this might be stating the obvious, what has struck me about the radical change in U.S. immigration policy is that much of it–not all … Continue reading →

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Links 12/28/25

Posted on December 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds Why CDC health data are still reliable… even amid challenges to communications and integrity Sparking ancient fires. New research helps to show the challenges of … Continue reading →

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Links 12/27/25

Posted on December 27, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like “an atom bomb,” scientists there say Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B What do stingrays actually eat? New study reveals … Continue reading →

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Links 12/26/25

Posted on December 26, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test (a vaccine police unions will actually take…) US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants 3I/ATLAS Is Carrying Ingredients for Life, … Continue reading →

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Links 12/25/25

Posted on December 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Gut Yontif to the Pontiff and anyone else celebrating the day. Links for you. Science: Long-term biological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in critical points for municipal sewage catchment in light of wastewater-based epidemiology, public health and environmental hygiene The Vaccine Disinformation … Continue reading →

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