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James Lyons-Weiler
Personal blog · jameslyonsweiler.comsciencehealth
James Lyons-Weiler's personal blog at jameslyonsweiler.com covers science and health. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “On the Origins of the 2019-NCoV Virus, Wuhan, China”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on the origins of COVID-19 and on claims that glyphosate is carcinogenic. The comments link posts on those topics as sources or alternatives to other accounts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I'm a research scientist, author, and educator with a lifelong fascination with how things work — biological systems, ecological patterns, mathematical structures, and the curious decisions human beings make when confronted with evidence. These are my personal reflections. On nature, on science, on
Most-linked posts?
- On the Origins of the 2019-NCoV Virus, Wuhan, China5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-01-31
What Hacker News says?
It does seem like something escaped a lab or a human trial gone wrong. Here's a better explanation: https://jameslyonsweiler.com/2020/01/30/on-the-origins-of-th...
Comment linking /2020/01/30/on-the-origins-of-the-2019-ncov-virus-wuhan-china/
on “Scientists claim to find HIV virus-like insertions in the 2019-nCov [pdf]”Submitted On the Origins of the 2019-NCoV Virus as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFrom what I've read, glyphosate alone may not be carcinogenic, but it may interact with nitrite to form an n-nitroso compound that may be carcinogenic. >>An email by Michael Cunningham (Monsanto) to several other colleagues found them discussing N-nitrosoglyphosate (“NNG”), a known carcinogen, that can be formed as reaction between glyphosate and nitrites, which are found in many foods. Specifically, Cunningham quot…
Comment linking /2018/08/27/dewayne-johnson-vs-monsanto-on-glyphosate-and-cancer-what-the-jury-saw/
on “Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, from U.S. Home and Garden Market”Submitted On the Origins of the 2019-NCoV Virus, Wuhan, China as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On the Origins of the 2019-NCoV Virus, Wuhan, China as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted More detail analysis of the Wuhan coronavirus as a story · 1 points
HN discussion