Monthly Archives: January 2026

Links 1/31/26

Posted on January 31, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Novel XDR Shigella strain identified in Los Angeles A scientist questioned new microplastics findings. Then other researchers fired back. Acetaminophen use during pregnancy does not increase risk of autism, ADHD: Review (paper here) In The War … Continue reading →

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Links 1/30/26

Posted on January 30, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How to improve vaccine uptake: a huge study offers clues How did birds evolve? The answer is wilder than anyone thought Very different psychiatric disorders might have the same cause RFK Jr.-backed infant vaccine study in … Continue reading →

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Regime Change in the U.S.

Posted on January 30, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

When all the wars finally come home (read to the last paragraph–it’s a doozy): Walz said the president made the reference during a Monday call that was part of the administration’s stunted efforts this week to calm tensions in the … Continue reading →

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Links 1/29/26

Posted on January 29, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution Wikipedia at 25: Science’s Front Page Faces a New Era. Wikipedia had to fight to establish its legitimacy—and now it faces a new existential … Continue reading →

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Links 1/28/26

Posted on January 28, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids NIH grants are a sticking point in HHS funding bill talks. The Trump administration wants the agency to fund grants upfront, but patient advocates and Democrats say that’ll … Continue reading →

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The Incoherence of the Conservative Position on Immigration

Posted on January 28, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

With Trump’s blut und boden immigration policy in disarray, many of his enablers are now retreating to a position of “we just want to deport the bad ones.” But there are two problems with that. First, as a matter of … Continue reading →

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Links 1/27/26

Posted on January 27, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: 24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus Impact of databases on genomic survey of Salmonella antimicrobial resistance and virulence factor functional … Continue reading →

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Links 1/26/26

Posted on January 26, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: This Worm Is A Millennial Rare and beautiful bird rediscovered 100 years after becoming ‘extinct’ faces fresh threat The animals saved in Greece’s ancient accidental ‘arks’ Respiratory immunization using antibiotic-inactivated Bordetella pertussis confers T cell-mediated protection … Continue reading →

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Two Litmus Tests for Democratic Primary Voters: The Filibuster and Court Reform

Posted on January 26, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

And this is not about America’s fascist internal security forces. We will prevail, and then we will have to rebuild. One problem with the Democratic Party–and I write this as a Democratic primary voter myself–is, well, Democratic primary voters. We … Continue reading →

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Links 1/25/26

Posted on January 25, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Fly-arousing orchid and zombie fungus among 2025 botanical and fungal finds A comparative, multi-study analysis of plastisphere resistomes, plasmid dynamics, and antibiotic resistance genes Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s … Continue reading →

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