Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | January 25, 2011Snow, you bore me. Links don't, however. Science:
Membership has its privilegesOne-Slide Explanation of TidesTwo forms of world's 'newest' cat, the Sunda leopardBye Bye Blackbird: USDA acknowledges a hand in one mass bird death
Other:
Eurosclerosis, Then and NowDying to WorkLibel in the New York Times and Reuters (there are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize Obama though)GOP's State of the Union Responder Would Set Higher Taxes on Middle-Class Than Millionaires (in other news, man bites dog...)The Fed Works... for Chinese WorkersHow academic physicians turn into drug company…
mikethemadbiologist | January 24, 2011The high today is supposed to be 12 degrees. Warm up with some hot links. Science:
For Many Species, No Escape as Temperature RisesExplain yourself: Master Science Blogger Bora ZivkovicAyaan Hirsi Ali should not testify before Rep. Peter KingMisunderstandings Regarding State Debt, Pensions, and Retiree Health Costs Create Unnecessary AlarmOne in Three College Students Is Coasting. This Is News?Homicide Rates Linked to Trust in Government, Sense of Belonging, Study SuggestsMemo to Scott McClellan: Here's what happenedHensarling: Keep your government paws off of my mother's MedicareCommunity…
mikethemadbiologist | January 23, 2011Happy Sunday. Links for you. Science:
Field of Discord: At public colleges' sustainability centers, farming groups sow influenceNew Language Discovered: PrairiedogeseHow to give effective oral presentationsThe Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species
Other:
The 'new normal' of unemployment: Mainstream economists are preaching a decade of pain and historically high joblessness - as if no alternative policy existedThere ain't nothing like the real thing babyWhy Great Teachers Quit: And How We Might Stop the ExodusShooting Black People for SportWhen Teddy Roosevelt was shotThe Roots Of…
mikethemadbiologist | January 22, 2011It's kinda cold. Warm up with some links. Science:
Conspiracies Don't Kill Birds. People, However, Do.A 34,000 year old bacteria has come back from the dead and is breedingOctopus tool useWoman science bloggers discuss pros and cons of online exposureGlobal vaccine efforts offer hope to millions (Stopped clock, twice a day, and all that)
Other:
5 Things I Love About the New BPL Online CatalogWhat Makes Abortion Dangerous.Congress Passes Socialized Medicine and Mandates Health Insurance -In 1798The Civility DiversionA requiem for Israel's Labor PartyMaybe Jared Loughner Was a Bigot, After…
mikethemadbiologist | January 21, 2011It's snowing. Big whoop. Links for you. Science:
Meet Dicty the amoeba - the world's smallest farmerOn sharing genes with friendsThe rise of genetic architectureAre synthetic associations a man-made phenomenon?
Other:
Americans Are Far Less Conservative Than the Right Wing Claims: New research suggests that only a quarter of self-identified "conservatives" may actually be true conservatives on the issues. Many aren't conservative at all.Steve Jobs Bought Human Liver Like Foie GrasShoup to O'Toole: The Market for Parking Is Anything But Free (a good wonky smackdown)Life with an STDRick…
mikethemadbiologist | January 20, 2011We have ice, ice, baby. Also, some links. Science:
The Antibiotics CrisisTime for Astrology to Sign Out (for the Huffington Post, astrology seems to be a woo too far)Superbugs, Agricultural Antibiotics, and Farm-Worker Infections: A New Study Connects the DotsSit. Stay. Parse. Good Girl!
Other:
On MLK Day, Some Thoughts on Segregated Schools, Arne Duncan, and President ObamaThe Role of the Dollar: Who Cares?MLK's Legacy -- Let's Launch a People's Campaign for the UnemployedThe Dangers of the Investment Bank Franchise ModelStop treating monsters as reasonable peopleAre Public Service…
mikethemadbiologist | January 19, 2011Rain, rain, go away, come back....NEVER. Oh well. Links for you. Science:
The Ivory Ceiling of Service WorkMartin Luther King, Jr., on science and religionBull sharks spotted swimming down the main street in Goodna - 30km from the coastThe Assyrians and Jews: 3,000 years of common history
Other:
Think Israel's a lost cause? Ten reasons to think again. Something's started to happen here, and for the first time in a long time, something good, the decency that still somehow informs people here, has a chance of taking wing.NPF: HOW TO DRIVE IN SNOWTHE ORIGINAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION TREATMENTTHE…
mikethemadbiologist | January 18, 2011A Tuesday that feels like a Monday. Ugh. Links for you. Science:
Opening scienceHomeopathy: Cure or Con?Local Health Department Costs Associated with Response to a School-Based Pertussis Outbreak --- Omaha, Nebraska, September--November 2008New User-friendly Resource Connects Human Genes To Biological Functions
Other:
Fairy Tales of the Coming State of the Union: Our Grandchildren Must Have the Burden of Repaying the National Debt"Who I Wanted to Kill Was Every Democrat in the Senate + House": Where the Notion of Right-Wing Political Murder Comes FromRight-Wing Media Paranoids Haven't…
mikethemadbiologist | January 17, 2011Links for you. Science:
Antibiotics do indeed relieve kids' ear infectionsFarm worker infections with MRSA -- the first numbersGenetic Soldiers? Advisory Group Urges Pentagon To Map Genes Of All Personnel (interesting, although eugenics claim seems overblown)We're not ready for do it yourself genetic analysis (To me, most MDs and people with public health experience are cautious about DTC genomics; this is one reason why)
Other:
The lessons are clearMonetary MoralityWhat Part Of "Nonviolence" Is Hard To Understand?Outsized Pay on Wall Street PersistsThe social sciences deal with humanity's…
mikethemadbiologist | January 16, 2011Happy Sunday. Links for you. Science:
Private ICU rooms in hospitals aren't just a luxury -- they could be a lifesaverNational Zoo's Anteater Pup Thrives after Rocky StartDo private ICU rooms really reduce HAIs?Does the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" exist?Next generation sequencing information management and analysis system for Galaxy (just heard Brad speak. If you're a small center that works with a lot of faculty, Galaxy seems like a really good thing to have)
Other:
Don't you know that you can count me outTea party in the Sonora: For the future of G.O.P. governance, look to ArizonaGuns…
mikethemadbiologist | January 14, 2011It's Friday. Here are some links. Science:
Why you CAN have your $1000 genome - so long as you learn what to do with itA Physicist Solves the CityAlgorithms Take Control of Wall Street (Got Transaction Tax?)How does bleach work?
Other:
"Don't politicize this tragedy!"Let's Get This StraightMetaphors for the weak and frightenedWeimar Politics in AZDrawing The LineThe right wing isn't going to stop violent rhetoricThe Progressive Case Against Obama's New TeamIt's the lies more than anything
mikethemadbiologist | January 13, 2011Thank goodness it's...Thursday. Crap. Some links to get you through. Science:
Oldest Homo sapiens fossil? Journalistic vaporwareA Fistful of Teeth - Do the Qesem Cave Fossils Really Change Our Understanding of Human Evolution?How many species of elephant? (with bonus rants)
Other:
How a Different America Responded to the Great Depression (economically, Americans were more liberal back then. Most uncivil)U.S. Still Richly Rewarding Banksters-- Demonizing SchoolteachersWhat Newark Schools Need Contrary to the NYT's Assertion, Japan Does Not "Face a Looming Demographic Squeeze"Charlie, out…
mikethemadbiologist | January 12, 2011It's snowing! Nuthin' to do but read some links. Science:
Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?Next Generation Sequencing adds thousands of new genesAfrican Wild Dogs and the Allee Effect
Other:
The Economics of Economists' Ethics: If they read their own research, economists might disclose conflicts of interest more oftenPentagon cuts have impact in Mass.: In a state where defense is crucial to economy, losses could be offsetThe End of New Deal LiberalismNo More SecurityWho is Jared Lee Loughner?No, the Jobs Crisis Isn't Over: What's the Progressive Plan?The top marginal income tax…
mikethemadbiologist | January 11, 2011All ones in today's date. Deepak Chopra is no doubt proclaiming some mystical significance. Let's counteract that with some intelligent links. Science:
Hope and Change coming to Texas State School Board: Dr. Michael Soto!UPDATED Asian Carp DNA Found: Nothing Between Them and Great LakesA simple change would help the NIH grant process contribute less to the leaky pipeline
Other:
It's Time to Rethink the Charity DeductionNorquist TriumphantAn Extremely Long Metaphor to Explain Mortgage ChaosGot Dough? Public School Reform in the Age of Venture PhilanthropyWe Are Ruled By Truly Stupid…
mikethemadbiologist | January 10, 2011A melancholic Monday. Let's improve the mood with some links. Science:
Energy DrinksWhy do women cry? Obviously, it's so they don't get laid.NDM-1: More Evidence It Started in IndiaConquering an Infinite Cave
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The Shameful Attack on Public Employees$1 Million Survey on Newark Public School Reform Proves InconclusiveN.J. Supreme Court to decide on politics behind school fundingWhat Have We Learned from the Great Recession?Modern monetary theory and inflation - Part 1Egypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields"YOU'VE BEEN VERBEDSo Naomi Wolf is just trolling…
mikethemadbiologist | January 9, 2011Links for you. Science:
George Will and Cognitive DissonanceWhen adaptation doesn't happenTough bacteria use domesticated viruses to resist antibioticsAncient Jamaican bird used wings to go clubbingSlimy secrets: Biofilm finding may provide new direction in antimicrobial research
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What Do We Really Spend on Defense?$400,000 for a Fish?The Plan to Blame Unions For EverythingRepublicans Read The Constitution Today. Maybe They'll Learn Something.When the Messiah comes, Israel will deport himPrison Populations, Crime and "Present Orientedness"Resolutions someone should make for 2011
mikethemadbiologist | January 8, 2011Kinda snowy still, but no accumulation. Doesn't stop the links though. Science:
Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline: Disease and low genetic diversity might have caused US bumblebee decline over the past few decades, say scientistsAutism and the AffluentOn Tame Sows and Wild Boars
Other:
Dave Barry's 2010 Year in ReviewHow the Other Half LivesWashington Post Somehow Doesn't Realize People Care About The EconomyIf Homeschoolers Want Tax Credits, They Need to be RegulatedBreastfeeding: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don'tTax-Exempt Bonds for Beginners (I wrote about this here)
mikethemadbiologist | January 7, 2011It's supposed to snow here. Kinda. Sorta. Not really. Well, just in case, let's lay in a supply of links. Science:
Grad School Cost of Living'Rev the Scientific Engine.' Great. How?The Importance of Vacation
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The world is socialistCory Doctorow: Net Neutrality for Writers: It's All About the LeverageTobacco and alcohol kill large numbers of Americans every dayThere's One Huge State Budget Crisis That Everyone Is Refusing To Talk AboutTaking Aim at Public WorkersTo Beat Back Poverty, Pay the Poor
mikethemadbiologist | January 5, 2011Happy Wednesday! Links for you. Science:
Pacifists or pugilists?A Modest Proposal: Take "News" out of "Science News" (a point that could be made about most news reporting)A big experiment in big science: Broad Institute's attack on disease brings answers, questions
Other:
Year 2010, Republicans in Their Own Words, Part 3: It's a Party!Polar Bears 'Playing' with Spy Video CamerasFascinating 1860 Map of the U.S. Slave PopulationSay, What? (about the difference between charity and social obligation)GOP House chair pushing TSA privatization while contractor is campaign donor (with the…
mikethemadbiologist | January 4, 2011Links for you. Science:
Why I don't debate creationists anymore, part whateverScience is not dead (Superb treatment of the decline effect)The science vs. creationism debate exemplified on a facebook page
Other:
Massachusetts Sets Targets to Slash Carbon EmissionsMost Minimum Wage Earners Can't Afford Necessities of LifeNew York Provides A Snowy Glimpse Into America's FuturePollster Reveal: Few Candidates Saw Deficit Reduction As A Major Issue (It's jobs. Someone's been saying that for a while now...)Suicides in India Revealing How Men Made a Mess of Microcredit (this is worse than Big…