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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Biology of Faith and Religion
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Rufina Kim has re-started the discussion group we had last year. Join us for an evening of interesting conversation in room 5243 on the 5th ...
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Extreme cold weather
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I live in Canada. It's winter. It gets cold. During the night it's about -20°C 1 . It seems like everyone in the city of Toronto i...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
William Reville attacks scientism
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John Wilkins linked to essay by someone named William Reville on " Philosophers must oppose arrogance of scientism ." Reville is ...
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The problem of anonymity on the internet
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There's a little kerfluffle in the blogosphere because an anonymous blogger has been outed. Michael Eisen posted an interesting comment ...
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Monday, January 20, 2014
Monday's Molecule #229
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Last week's molecule was NADP ⊕ or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. That was an easy one [ Monday's Molecule #228 ]. Th...
Can some genomes evolve more slowly than others?
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I've been teaching my students about random genetic drift, phylogenetic trees, and the molecular clock. It's hard for undergraduates...
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Not enough authors?
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There's a big difference between publishing the complete sequence of a genome and having a highly accurate "finished" version ...
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Friday, January 17, 2014
Casey Luskin's latest take on junk DNA—is he lying or is he stupid?
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Some of us have been trying to educate the IDiots for over twenty years. It can be very, very, frustrating. The issue of junk DNA is a cas...
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On the function of lincRNAs
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There's plenty of evidence that most of the DNA in mammalian genomes is junk [ Five Things You Should Know if You Want to Participate in...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Press release hyperbole and the "duon" delusion
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I recently described a really bad paper published in Science by Stergachis et al. (2013). The principle investigator is John Stamatoyannopo...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Michael Egnor offers his proof of god(s)
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Michael Egnor is a proponent of Intelligent Design Creationism. He's a neurosurgeon practicing on Long Island (New York, USA) and a fre...
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Monday, January 13, 2014
On the unpredictability of evolution and potentiation in Lenski's long-term evolution experiment
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Richard Lenski's long-term evolution experiment (LTEE) has yielded a number of interesting results over the past two decades. Back in 19...
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Monday's Molecule #228
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Last week's molecule was arachidonate, one of the key intermediates in the synthesis of complex lipids, especially protaglandins in mamm...
University Professor is one of the least stressful jobs in America?
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When I was a graduate student, there were several professors in adjacent labs who had a profound impact on me. One of them was brilliant at ...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
Zoƫ's first chemistry experiment
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My granddaughter just turned four so it's time to learn about chemistry. Her first experiment was checking the pH of various household l...
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