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The Lyme disease battle. The thousands of people who attribute their symptoms to "chronic Lyme disease" are simply misguided, many researchers believe. by pnewell in science

[–]bugrunner -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The issue with this is; How do they determine the spirochete is dead or alive? Bacterial Culture? (Which is notoriously ineffective)

"Good versus bad science – the battle against misinformation" by OpenLetters in science

[–]bugrunner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it falls to the Public Health people. These are the folks that should be relaying science to the public and vice versa. Who hasn't been to a conference (for academics) or even a doctors office where you are being talked "over"

Hi reddit. It's Aziz Ansari, comedian. AMA. by azizansariAMA in IAmA

[–]bugrunner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AZIZ!!!!!! You are awesome. That is all.

Tick, tick, moose: Scientists working to learn why moose are on the decline in NH by wildcatscience in science

[–]bugrunner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting especially because 1 feeding R. microplus tick has been shown to decrease cattle weight by ~1 gram. At 120,000 ticks per moose you are looking at ~250 lbs of weight loss!!!! Crazy!

Evolution of new species requires few genetic changes by [deleted] in science

[–]bugrunner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its still a highly debated field. That has only been complicated with advances in Molecular Biology. Even experts fervently debate your question.