[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• 80 Beats reports that most of the patients who went through an experimental gene therapy that had a side-effect of inducing leukemia are fine. Will gene therapy come back into vogue?


• Bad Astronomy alerted its readers to the very bright supernova in galaxy Messier 101, just 25 million light years away.


• Daniel Drezner points out the ways in which the recent NATO involvement in Libya should not be seen as paradigmatic.


• The Discoblog reports on how a recent study confirming the existence of male bisexuals did that. Good scientific, it turns out, helps.


• Far Outliers shares the news that half of the population of Belarus was killed or displaced by the Second World War.


• The reconstruction of a well where, in 13th century England, a Jewish family was murdered and disposed of features at Inuit Panda Scarlet Carwash. (It's usually a much more cheerful blog.)


• At The Search, Douglas Todd blogs about the extent to which Jack Layton's beliefs and policies were influenced by the United Church of Canada.


• Slap Upside the Head notes that a Canadian same-sex female married couple was prevented from entering US Customs' family entrance because of the Defence of Marriage Act in our southern neighbour. I mean, really.