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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on August 2, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: A Better Week for D.C.’s Crime Stats You Can Just Do Stuff The Mostly Unknown Epidemiology That Undermines the Lab Leak Hypothesis Not a Good Week for D.C.’s Crime Stats

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Links 8/1/26

Posted on August 1, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The “new science golden age” looks suspiciously like a grift ‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery? How bursty infectiousness shapes epidemic dynamics … Continue reading →

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Links 7/31/26

Posted on July 31, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: D.C. Air Quality Was Among the Worst In the World Twice This Month. What Can the District Do to Improve It? An island has been waging war on rats. They think they’ve finally won Hidden sleep … Continue reading →

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Not a Good Week for D.C.’s Crime Stats

Posted on July 31, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Not a good week at all. As of Monday 9am, D.C. had reported four homicides this week, bringing the total for the year to 58*. Last year, during the same time period, we had 94 homicides, and in the surge … Continue reading →

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Links 7/30/26

Posted on July 30, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Two-Person Startup Has Fixed One of the Most Hated Sounds in Modern Life The academic culture of compensation More than 18,200 cyclosporiasis cases now suspected in US: Where it’s getting worse (1/1000 Michigan residents have … Continue reading →

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The Mostly Unknown Epidemiology That Undermines the Lab Leak Hypothesis

Posted on July 30, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

In light of yesterday’s attempt to publicly humiliate NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, this post I wrote a few days ago about a fundamental problem with COVID the lab leak hypothesis turned out to be timely. Anyway… When it comes to … Continue reading →

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Links 7/29/26

Posted on July 29, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Insect ‘submariners’ don’t implode at depth, leaving oceanic mystery unsolved Pandemic Revisionism, Part One: COVID-19 Origins (from 2025, relevant in light of Republicans’ attempt to humiliate Fauci) A “Dead” Coral Reef Found Thriving Off the Coast … Continue reading →

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You Can Just Do Stuff

Posted on July 29, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the truly bizarre things about the coverage of NYC’s mayoral race (which led to the election of Zohran Mamdani) is that the coverage was along the lines of “Would a Mayor Mamdani nationalize the means of production and … Continue reading →

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Links 7/28/26

Posted on July 28, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Cyclospora outbreaks start with human contamination. Nobody has ever been able to figure out how Stephen Macedo And Frances Lee: Defend Your Essay That Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Would Restore Trust in Public Health Scientists warn of … Continue reading →

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Links 7/27/26

Posted on July 27, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Why AI will not speed up science (yet) (one issue not raised is will the possible improvements actually be AI per se, or just “computer”) RNA quality control enables antibiotic tolerance Ancient ape fossil in Egypt … Continue reading →

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