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By gregladen on November 14, 2009.

Skloot on the Cover of Publishers Weekly & Advance Praise for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Did Low-Dose Desensitization to Allergens Make Me a SuperMan?


Mumps redux at White Coat Underground

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October 30, 2017
This is my last post at Scienceblogs.com. In the future I will be blogging at Greg Laden's blog, located at its original home at gregladen.com. I have a feeling that Scienceblogs will not last long without me. What do you think? :) But seriously, I'll be talking about the story of the current…
Hacking Voting Machines
October 10, 2017
In every area of life, but especially in the overlapping realms of technology, science, and health, misunderstanding how things work can be widespread, and that misunderstanding can lead to problems. In the area of voting, the main problem seems to be the expenditure of great amounts of outrage and…
On that chilling law suit against the environmental groups
October 5, 2017
... which I've posted on before ... there are new developments, summarized at Inside Climate News: Invoking the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, a federal conspiracy law devised to ensnare mobsters, the suit accuses the organizations, as well as several green campaigners…
One response to the Las Vegas Shooting
October 5, 2017
from a major non profit, click through the the X Blog to read the press release.
Watch Jeff Merkley Wipe Floor With Trump's William Wehrum
October 5, 2017
William Wehrum is a lawyer and once, apparently, worked for the EPA. Trump is trying to appoint him to be assistant administrator for air and radiation. This is a reasonably important job that concerns many aspects of the environment. Watch: https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/…

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