Monthly Archives: February 2026

Links 2/28/26

Posted on February 28, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened. Like mother, like boar: Fukushima pig escape reveals a genetic fast track Mexico reports more human New World screwworm infections An mRNA Refusal to … Continue reading →

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Links 2/27/26

Posted on February 27, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Archaeologists are lifting 70- to 80-ton stones from the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the most intriguing part is that some pieces appear to be part of a long-lost monumental doorway Long Covid could trigger changes … Continue reading →

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Links 2/26/26

Posted on February 26, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How Many Times Do You Fart a Day? ‘Smart Underwear’ Says It’s Way More Than You Think National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability … Continue reading →

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‘AI’, DOGE, and Mediocrity

Posted on February 26, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

A couple of years ago, some asshole with a blog noted: The dirty secret of white-collar and white-collar adjacent professional life is that one has to be very good at mediocre reading and writing (regarding the latter, just look at … Continue reading →

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Links 2/25/26

Posted on February 25, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: How America Got So Sick SK bioscience begins international phase I/II trial for GBP511 vaccine Severed head rituals were more widespread in Iron Age Iberia than we thought First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human … Continue reading →

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Two Things I Learned from Last Night’s State of the Union Address

Posted on February 25, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

While there’s much that could be said about Trump’s Nuremburg Rally last night, life is too short to waste time on a speech that won’t do much (like most State of the Union addresses). But there are two things that … Continue reading →

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Links 2/24/26

Posted on February 24, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Bernie Sanders Finds How Much Trump Has Cut in Medical Research Funds Two New Nasal Sprays Could Stop the Next Bird Flu Pandemic Right in Your Nose Updated PASTEUR Act reintroduced in Congress to boost antibiotic … Continue reading →

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AI and Theft: The Issue That Has Gone Missing

Posted on February 24, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

A couple years ago, I noted how, if various broligarchs were to steal hard won–and expensive–biomedical data that they then used to build a tool to solve a medical problem like how to turn a clinical bacterial genome sequence into … Continue reading →

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Links 2/23/26

Posted on February 23, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: As Space Tourism Looms, Scientists Ask: Should We Have Sex In Orbit? This Week In Delicious Scams; Or, I Yam Not What You Think I Yam Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a … Continue reading →

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We Are Governed by the Stupidest People: The HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy Edition

Posted on February 23, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

From the Washington Post, which still can occasionally do some good reporting (boldface mine): Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years campaigning against vaccines, but with the flu shot, he’s suggested it’s personal. Kennedy has linked his strained, … Continue reading →

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