Lotsa Links
mikethemadbiologist | October 24, 2010Better late than never. Links for you. Science:
Bacteria using bacteriaWhy boomerangs come backThis too, too solid flesh...Double whammy reveals cholesterol geneColourful parrot feathers resist bacterial degradation
Other:
St Kern's way is the American WayEXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann responds to Rep. BartonPlease Just Make Sullivan Stop Writing About ThisHemp Is the Far Bigger Economic Issue Hiding Behind Legal Marijuana: Prop 19 will open up California to hemp, a multi-billion-dollar crop that has been a staple of human agriculture for thousands of years.The Culture of Poverty Debate
mikethemadbiologist | October 23, 2010A nice, sunny Saturday. If you're stuck inside, and you don't feel like calling up Anita Hill and harassing her for no good reason, here are some links for you. Science:
Curious controversial case of colony collapse disorder afflicting bees in U.S.Royce Murray and Caveat Emptor50 More Urban Species #42: Phidippus audaxA hot bed of germ-y journalism (aka germs on gadgets)
Other:
TheDC OP-ED: One nation, under fraud (a good, if long summary, of the foreclosure mess. Notable as it occurs in a conservative publication)This teacher reacts to seeing "Waiting for Superman"Foreclosure Fraud: We…
mikethemadbiologist | October 22, 2010Happy Friday. Links for you. Science:
Science Blogs vs Scientific LiteratureA Spray of DNA to Keep the Robbers Away (this shouldn't work, but people are stupid)Bacteria 'R' UsHow to hold an NSF panel hostageAm I partly Jewish? Testing ancestry hypotheses with 23andMe data
Other:
Part Two: How white flight brought down the economy (it's interesting, but I'm not sure it's racism sensu stricto, but prejudice mingled with concerns over educational performance)Infographic of the Day: How Segregated is Your City?Tax The Rich NowContingent Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and…
mikethemadbiologist | October 21, 2010Managed to miss all of the rain today. I'll celebrate with some links. Science:
Pessimistic Pooches? Depressed Doggies? Not So Fast!How Fractals Can Explain What's Wrong with Wall StreetVölkerwanderung back with a vengeance
Other:
Public Education: Stop the Attacks and Fund Quality Education for All'Suburban Nation': 10 Things To Hate About Suburban Sprawl (PHOTOS)How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable YouthThe Dying Art of Political ExplanationPoliticians, Watch Your GrammarMinimal Wages for All (the argument at the end is key)How did the American Left lose the working classes?- Part…
mikethemadbiologist | October 20, 2010Happy Wednesday. Links for you. Science:
Experiment vs. Theory: The Eternal DebateWhat? The NSF allows unfunded people to review their grants?Honey Bees Are Not Essential to Our Ecosystem
Other:
The Real Problem Behind the Foreclosure Crisis"Perhaps"Why Nerds Are UnpopularWhy Do Americans Have Yards?Bro's Before Ho's and Fraternity Hazing Lows
mikethemadbiologist | October 18, 2010Happy Monday. Links for you. Science:
Throat bacteria that destroy invadersNuclear receptors show evolution is the greatest tinkererWhy do women shop and men hunt?
Other:
How the Foreclosure mess would play out in an actual Republic Of Law and an actual Free MarketForeclosure Fraud For Dummies, 2: What is a Note, and Why is it So Important?Blame Employers for the Jobs CrisisThe Prison in Which We Put Our Children: In Memory of Sladjana Vidovic and Her Fellow Victims (violence by kids against other kids is a crime, and not acceptable)Christians Let Houses Burn
mikethemadbiologist | October 16, 2010It's very hard to squeeze a president and his entourage, plus visitors, into Back Bay. It's not too crowded for some links though. Science:
The Earth Microbiome ProjectHuman Ancestors Hunted by Prehistoric BeastsThe unconscious expert14 amazingly cool research facilities
Other:
DCCC Abandoning Weak Members Who Followed Their Awful Advice For Two YearsWhat's the Matter With Kids These Days?Financial InstitutionsGutsy Goats Caught Scaling Super-Steep Dam (Pics)Guest Post: Tim Geithner's Magical Mystery Tour Of TARP Propaganda Has Little Use For Truth
mikethemadbiologist | October 14, 2010Lotsa links. Science:
Can't we all just get long: evolution of altruism editionThe Failed Promise of GenomicsNatural selection in our timeToxic algae rapidly kills coral
Other:
Unanticipating The Great Depression and the Great RecessionLa vida en los Estados UnidosWhy Foreclosure Fraud Is So Dangerous to Property RightsT inspector surprised to learn bus 100 feet away from him seemed about to burst into flamesAmerica's dish detergent wars: The fuss over phosphate bans provides an object lesson in the paranoid politics of the Tea Party's anti-liberal backlashWhy printing money makes sense.…
mikethemadbiologist | October 13, 2010Wednesday. Halfway towards the weekend (don't tell Scott Kern!). Some links to get you by. Science:
Gary Olsen's Talk on Lateral Gene Transfer at SDSUIt was the plagueThe Zombie Network: Beware 'Free Public WiFi'
Other:
Mini vs Mega BurbsRemember Cramdown? (I do!)Hey, Small SpenderShadowy players in a new class warWe Have to Trim the Bloated Pentagon Budget and Use the Cash for a 'Green Dividend' to Create Good Jobs (someone else remembers the 'peace dividend')
mikethemadbiologist | October 12, 2010A Tuesday that feels like a Monday. Blech. Anyway, links for you. Science:
Whooping cough in California: deaths caused by the anti-vaccination movementBig cats hunting pumpkinsPhoto safari - lion's mane jellyfish (in an amusing case of tangled tentacles)
Other:
American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In CongressSuperman Does Not Exist and Teachers' Unions are Not the VillainsMusical chairsRunning For CoverCOGNITIVE SLAVES
mikethemadbiologist | October 11, 2010Links for you. Science:
Staph infection traps lobstermenEpigenetics - what revolution?How scientific journalism is, and should be done
Other:
Why I Won't Blog for U.S. News and World Report (this makes Pepsigate look tame by comparison)Jim Quinn: Consumer Deleveraging = Commercial Real Estate Collapse (to mix metaphors, commercial real estate is Big Shitpile's other shoe waiting to drop)Why Congress Doesn't Care About UnemploymentMontana woman arrested after controversial print shredded in Loveland MuseumLou Dobbs, American Hypocrite
mikethemadbiologist | October 10, 2010Today is 10/10/10; no doubt, woomeisters are reading great significance into the date. Instead of reading TEH STOOPD, read some good links. Science:
Scott Kern's MessageCool Evolution Trick: Platinum Turns Baby Snails Into Slugs
Other:
Which Came First: The Regulation Or The Egg?Job Tracker (find out who is firing U.S. workers and shipping jobs overseas in your neighborhood)Why the Art Robinsons of America matterWhy Gallup's LV screen is the way it is (will Democratic turnout be at a historical low?)Exclusive Bombshell of Foreclosure Fraud - Full Deposition of TAMMIE LOU KAPUSTA Law Office…
mikethemadbiologist | October 9, 2010Merry Saturday. Links for you. Science:
C. diff: Blame hospitals? Or food?Stop eating before you become obeseA Marine Life EncyclopediaWhy I spoofed science journalism, and how to fix it
Other:
The Average Is Not the Typical...Exclusive: First Autistic Presidential Appointee Speaks Out (deaf people have had the same arguments)Larry Summers and the Subversion of EconomicsBaltimore's New Teacher Contract--And How It's Different from D.C.'s
mikethemadbiologist | October 7, 2010Sun! Really! Now with extra bonus links. Science:
Disease + mosquitoes + climate change = Uh-ohThere was an old lady who swallowed a bat (and its viruses) to catch the insects (and their viruses) to catch the plants (and their viruses) and there are some bacteria in there too (and their viruses)...
Other:
Thoughts on a Plan BINTERLUDE--STEPHEN WAS TINY, DESPERATE, UNWELLTO THE FINLAND STATIONI Was A Firefighter, And I Am Disgusted. (this hits all the points)"Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment (Rather makes the key point that most visas for 'skilled labor' are actually for low-paid…
mikethemadbiologist | October 6, 2010Rumor has it that the rain is supposed to stop tomorrow. Let's celebrate with some links. Science:
Your disease, your faultHow Science Museums Are Promoting Civil Religion-Science Dialogue (I really like the way the Smithsonian's human origins exhibit dealt with religion too)More is better? Received widsom in the tribe of science.Socially-Inept Scientists
Other:
The War AddictsPayday Lenders: How Wall Street's "Undercover Brothers" Exploit MinoritiesDrone Warfare on TrialMidnight Shopping On The Brink Of PovertyChristianity in the Military: Are Chaplains Becoming Increasingly…
mikethemadbiologist | October 5, 2010I've got a bunch of education-related links that I'll never get around to blogging about. Maybe you will? Anyway, here they are:
Has education reform jumped the shark? A teacher says 'yes'What 'Superman' got wrong, point by pointObama's Education Agenda Prioritizes "Reform" Over ResourcesAre charter schools really innovative?Obama Loses a Mayor: Adrian Fenty's defeat puts Washington, D.C.'s aggressive school reform efforts, spearheaded by schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, on the chopping block--and is a lesson for the president from voters.PERSISTENTLY LOW-PERFORMING INCENTIVESLeft Ed:…
mikethemadbiologist | October 4, 2010Just another Manic Monday...with links! Science:
Lab NotebookSex, Evolution, and the Case of the Missing PolygamistsSpam Journalism #81
Other:
Leftists Should Take Credit for Bringing Down DemocratsFull Employment: The golden age is in usSigning OutDwight Was RightBlackwater Wins Piece of $10 Billion Mercenary DealWe can conquer unemployment
mikethemadbiologist | October 3, 2010Fall is definitely here. Let's celebrate with some links. Science:
Science journalists: no more simplistic pseudo-genetics, please (it would help a lot if journalists started using the word allele)Strange insect encounter: Carrion Beetle with Mites
Other:
You're Very Stupid; Now Vote for Me.I Trust It Is Now Clear Democrats Hate The LeftWe Need A Tax and Spend Party AgainWelcome to my SweatshopFAILURE TO PERCEIVE
mikethemadbiologist | October 2, 2010Happy Saturday. Links for you. Science:
NIH-Wide Correlations Between Overall Impact Scores and Criterion ScoresWhy can't I reuse these tables and figures?When Speech Recognition Software Attacks!Obsessed With Genes (Not Jeans), This Teen Analyzes Family DNA
Other:
Student suspended for sharing antibiotics.White America Has Lost Its Mind: The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashionFor US Corporations the Whole of the Law Shall Be 'Do What Thou Wilt'James Fallows on the Whinging Rich, as Exemplified by University of Chicago Law Professor Todd…
mikethemadbiologist | October 1, 2010Thank the All Father it's Frejyasdaeg. Links for you. Science:
The Passion of the Scientist (Science is a job, not a calling; also, wives now have jobs--some of them are even scientists!)Next-Gen Sequencing Software: The Present and the FutureDolphin species attempt 'common language'Why dampness and homeopathy are key dangers in their fields
Other:
Boston Medical Center gets screwed by the Massachusetts governmentHOW TO PAY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY (a bit intensive, but the summary paragraphs interspersed throughout are well worth it)Using multiple price indexes to measure changes in inequality…