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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, July 28, 2008
Postmodernism and the Two Cultures
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John Wilkins at Evolving Thoughts has some comments about the "two cultures" debate [see Cocktail Parties and the Two Cultures ]....
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Cocktail Parties and the Two Cultures
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I can't tell you how many times I've been in the company of "intellectuals" who can discuss at great length their operatic...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Good Science Writers: Stephen Jay Gould
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Stephen Jay Gould is far too good a writer to have been ignored by Richard Dawkins in his book: The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing ...
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Tangled Bank #110
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The latest issue of Tangled Bank was supposed to appear on Blue Collar Scientist but circumstances intervened 1 and PZ Myers has kindly...
Friday, July 25, 2008
Good Science Writers: Douglas J. Futuyma
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Douglas J. Futuyma is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Bro...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
WikiPathways
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Find a website with a correct citric acid cycle and win $1,000,000 or equivalent! NatureNews has an article on the growth of biological Wik...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Epigenetics
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Epigenetics is one of those words that means entirely different things to different people. P.Z. Myers has put up a nice description of the ...
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Climbing Mount Improbable as Metaphor
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One of my postings, Good Science Writers: Richard Dawkins , has been re-posted on RichardDawkins.net . This doesn't happen very often—...
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Nobel Laureate: George de Hevesy
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1943. "for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes" George de...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Goal of a Science Education
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We've recently been debating the purpose of our undergraduate program in biochemistry. There are some who think that the main goal is to...
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Good Science Writers: Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins was not included in Richard Dawkins' book: The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing . The reason for the omission is ...
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Getting Rid of "Darwinism" in
New Scientist
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Last week, Olivia Judson published a controversial article on the New York Time website. She made the case for getting rid of terms like ...
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Monday, July 21, 2008
Monday's Molecule #81
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Today's molecule is not a specific molecule but rather a type of molecule. You have to identify the type of molecule shown here. There...
Gene Genie #34
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The 34th edition of Gene Genie has been posted at ScienceRoll [ Gene Genie 34: Summertime ]. This is the first time I host Gene Genie si...
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Species-Scape
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This is a snapshot of an animated picture of a "species-scape." The size of the organisms represent their relative abundance on ...
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