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Links 5/6/26

Posted on May 6, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: New mutations help the H5N1 bird flu virus infect cows but not people Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. What a 5,000-mile long marine heat wave means for summer in … Continue reading →

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Links 5/5/26

Posted on May 5, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Are Peptides Just Snake Oil? Don’t Ask the FDA Could the Oldest Human Story Really Be 100,000 Years Old? ʻŌhiʻa Trees, Invasive Species: Years Of Research Could Be Lost. The Forest Service is looking to close … Continue reading →

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Democratic House Candidate Jack Schlossberg Says Lazy and Ignorant Things About D.C. Statehood

Posted on May 5, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Schlossberg is clearly a guy who did not do the reading. For reasons that have mostly to do with random internet virality and not keen insight, a couple of Bluesky posts I made about D.C. statehood blew up over the … Continue reading →

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Links 5/4/26

Posted on May 4, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: One Year After Leaving NIH (must-read) Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification. The damage he and his cronies have wrought … Continue reading →

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Links 5/3/26

Posted on May 3, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Peptides promise longevity and healing. Does the science back them up? This disabled parrot … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on May 3, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

…nearly a whole month of Mad Biologist posts: The Trump Administration Creates a Drowning Witch Test for NIH Funding Trump Should Resign Is Even Trump This Stupid?: The BLS Data Leak Edition Trump’s Massive Strategic Failure in Iran: Will It … Continue reading →

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Links 5/2/26

Posted on May 2, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The COVID vaccine myocarditis signal was real but is now resolved. ACIP’s March agenda pretends otherwise. How to report a N=12 study? An Eponym for Scientific Censorship in America: Bhattacharyaism How Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Could Devastate … Continue reading →

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Links 5/1/26

Posted on May 1, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Avian flu detected in Idaho dairy cows as study explores role of virus RNA detection in bovine semen Tetanus Deaths Still Happening in the U.S., CDC Report Shows Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, … Continue reading →

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Not a Great Week for D.C. on the Crime Front, but Still Much Better Than Last Year

Posted on May 1, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Since last week, we really have not seen any changes in the crime rate for most categories. That said, homicides increased to 25* this week–there were 48 homicides at this same time last year. As has been the case throughout … Continue reading →

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Links 4/30/26

Posted on April 30, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Trump to Nominate Doctor Who Has Publicly Supported Vaccines as C.D.C. Director If your heart stopped right now, would a stranger save you? It depends on your sex. Why women are less likely to receive CPR—and … Continue reading →

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