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Links 10/10/20

Links for you. Science: Washington State Officials Hunt for Colony of ‘Murder Hornets’ Steps for Reducing COVID Transmission (other than the vitamin D advice, very good) No, Regeneron Did Not Cure Donald Trump of Covid-19 Herbert Tabor, scientist who worked … Continue reading

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Links 4/12/20

Links for you. Science: A Google Plan to Wipe Out Mosquitoes Appears to Be Working Against citizen science: It might style itself as a grassroots movement but citizen science is little more than a cheap land-grab by big business (interesting) … Continue reading

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Links 12/6/19

Links for you. Science: ‘It’s Pathetic:’ World Fails to Protect One of the Most Eaten Sharks Cats do have facial expressions, but you probably can’t read them Science Committee Adds Rural STEM Education to Broadening Participation Push Hitting many birds … Continue reading

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Economics, News Media, and Propaganda

While many high-end journalists and editors will deny it, there is definitely an ideology present at newspapers like the NY Times and the Washington Post. Economist Dean Baker has the details (boldface mine): I got a taste of this propaganda … Continue reading

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Links 12/24/19

Links for you. Science: History’s Greatest Sea Is Dying By 2025, we could fish and swim in the once notoriously-polluted Anacostia River Search for Habitable Worlds Joined by New European Space Telescope: The Cheops orbiter will give a closer examination … Continue reading

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Links 10/11/19

Links for you. Science: Avocado Toast, Meet Gene Editing Future of Genetically Modified Babies May Lie in Putin’s Hands Scientific sinkhole: The pernicious price of formatting Fungus-Farming Ants Might Hold the Secret to Fighting Drug-Resistant Microbes Eat Less Red Meat, … Continue reading

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Links 3/9/19

Links for you. Science: Epidemiology and Recent Trends in Methicillin-Resistant and in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections — United States Stop Saying ‘Exponential.’ Sincerely, a Math Nerd. Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in a Maharashtrian Drinking Water … Continue reading

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Links 3/4/19

Links for you. Science: A Troubling Discovery in the Deepest Ocean Trenches ‘Something is in those vaccines’: Lawmaker says mandatory measles shots are ‘Communist’ The city of Angkor died a slow death Update on NIH’s efforts to address sexual harassment … Continue reading

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Links 7/2/19

Links for you. Science: NIH probe of foreign ties has led to undisclosed firings—and refunds from institutions The case for diet soda: It gets a bad rap, but the research tells a different story Giant Squid Reappears on Video, This … Continue reading

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Links 5/31/19

Links for you. Science: SpaceX’s Starlink has a new foe: Astronomers Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science A 3D-printed hand-powered centrifuge for molecular biology Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-β-Lactamase–Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in U.S. Residents Associated with Invasive Medical … Continue reading

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