Monthly Archives: December 2025

Links 12/18/25

Posted on December 18, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Lone Astronomer Has Reported a Dark Matter ‘Annihilation’ Breakthrough The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are warming now too Being Famous Can Shorten Your Lifespan When “Stuff Happens” After Vaccination. How scientists separate coincidence … Continue reading →

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Plaguelord and HHS Secretary Kennedy Retaliates By Canceling Grant Awarded to Critics

Posted on December 18, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

This is yet another reason why you don’t let crazy ass anti-vaxxers run HHS (boldface mine): The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including for research … Continue reading →

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Links 12/17/25

Posted on December 17, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V. What new protections will mean for these widely hunted sharks Humans killed millions of vultures. Now people are paying the price. The common vaccines that can prevent chronic … Continue reading →

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Links 12/16/25

Posted on December 16, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine FDA’s big change to how vaccines will get approved Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they … Continue reading →

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So Mean and Petty

Posted on December 16, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I was going to publish a post today about the pettiness of the Trump administration is best illustrated by deadnaming a trans former HHS official*. No, it’s not as dangerous (or deadly) as other Trump administration actions, but it’s the … Continue reading →

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Links 12/15/25

Posted on December 15, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: AI Antibodies? Really? ‘A Quiet Place’ Is the Lived Reality for These Hawaiian Insects Paxlovid: You’d Have Expected More Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on and Context for the U.S. Measles Outbreak

Posted on December 15, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

First, here are the annual cases of measles (which is a reportable disease) from 2000 through 2025: I bring this up because of a graphic Fox News ran: They might have picked 2020 and not 2024 is because that would … Continue reading →

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Links 12/14/25

Posted on December 14, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors Texas Was Set to Create Its Largest Wildlife Refuge. Then the Feds Did Something They’d Seemingly Never Done … Continue reading →

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Links 12/13/25

Posted on December 13, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The collapse of Maya civilization: Drought doesn’t explain everything Long-read metagenomics reveals phage dynamics in the human gut microbiome Heteromultivalent Nanogels as Highly Potent Inhibitors of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa A spine-tingling discovery: This dinosaur had spiked body … Continue reading →

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Links 12/12/25

Posted on December 12, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference US cases of norovirus on the rise with double the rate of positive tests since August Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy A … Continue reading →

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