Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Thursday, April 03, 2014
What does "liberal arts education" mean in the 21st century?
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The President of the University of Toronto recently published an article about undergraduate education. I questioned whether my university r...
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Does the University of Toronto really care about undergraduate education?
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My university, the University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), is huge. We have 60,000 undergraduates making it one of the biggest universities...
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Vincent Torley apologizes and claims that he is not a liar
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I was very upset when Vincent Torley suggested that I attributed all of the evolution of chimpanzees and humans to the fixation of nearly ne...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2014
How did the zebra get its stripes?
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A couple of years ago I posted an article on How Did the Zebra Get Its Stripes? . I pointed out that this wasn't a Rudyard Kipling sto...
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Breaking news: Creationist Vincent Torley lies and moves goalposts
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Although all types of creationists are anti-science to some degree, 1 the Intelligent Design Creationists are unusual because they don'...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2014
A creationist tries to understand genetic load
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Apparently there are some creationists who are slightly embarrassed that they don't understand evolution. First, there was Vincent Torle...
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Monday, March 31, 2014
A creationist illustrates the argument from ignorance while trying to understand population genetics and Neutral Theory
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I know I've said this before, but I continue to be astonished at the ignorance of creationists. Those who oppose evolution most vehement...
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Monday's Molecule #235
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Last week's molecule [ Monday's Molecule #234 ] was insect juvenile hormone. The winners are Frank Schmidt and Raul FĂ©lix de Sousa ...
Friday, March 28, 2014
God's not dead
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God's not dead is a movie that's gaining some notoriety in the USA. Here's a synopsis ... Present-day college freshman and dev...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Science education and indigenous knowledge
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Yesterday afternoon I attended a forum on Science and Mathematics teaching in Ontario schools. It was put on by The Centre for Science, Math...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Religion & Prayer in Canadian Public Spaces: Exploring Issues of Secularism, Neutrality and Equality
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The Canadian Secular Alliance is hosting a talk by Lauren Forbes tomorrow evening in rm 4171 of the Medical Sciences Building at the Univers...
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It's going up to +1 next week!
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I stole this from Ms. Sandwalk's blog. I'm pretty sure she'll mind.
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Monday, March 24, 2014
What is epigenetics?
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Several students in my class decided to write essays on epigenetics. This was very brave of them since nobody seems to have a good definitio...
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Monday's Molecule #234
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Last week's molecules [ Monday's Molecule #233 ] were oxaloacetate, ethanol, lactate, alanine, and acetyl-CoA. All of them can be sy...
Thesis defense - 40th anniversary
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Today is the 40th anniversary of my Ph.D. oral defense. 1 The event took place in the Department of Biochemical Sciences at Princeton Unive...
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