Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, October 12, 2007
The Genome of
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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This week's issue of Science (Oct. 12, 2007) contains a summary of the draft genome sequence of the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinha...
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Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
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This is a NOVA TV show about the Dover, PA trial of 2005. It sure looks interesting and I'm looking forward to seeing it on November 1...
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Junk RNA
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There are a lot of studies suggesting that a substantial percentage of the genome is transcribed even though less than 5% is known to be fun...
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The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Gerhard Ertl "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces." The prize is r...
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The Difference Between Fish and Humans
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Here's a Press Release from BBSRC [ The difference between fish and humans: scientists answer century old developmental question ]. Wh...
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Ontario Votes for First-Past-thePost
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It wasn't even close. Yesterday the voters of Ontario soundly rejected the Mixed Member Proportional voting system in favour of the st...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
SCIENCE Questions: How and Where Did Life on Earth Arise?
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"How and Where Did Life on Earth Arise?" is one of the top 25 questions from the 125th anniversary issue of Science magazine [ ...
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Theme: SCIENCE Questions
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A few months ago I began a series of postings on the top science questions as posed by SCIENCE magazine back in 2005. The idea was to disc...
Nobel Laureate: Wilhelm Ostwald
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909. "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principle...
The Inversion of Cane Sugar
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Monday's Molecule #46 was the chemical reaction shown above. This is an historically important reaction that contributed to our under...
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Tangled Bank #90
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The latest version of the Tangled Bank has been posted on The Other 95% [ Tangled Bank #90 ].
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Democracy at Work: The Assembly's Decision
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I'm very proud of the Ontario Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform. That's the group who examined many electoral systems and...
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Toronto Star Trashes MMP, Again
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What in the world are they afraid of? Last week the editors of the Toronto Star came out against the mixed member proportional (MMP) syst...
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Monday, October 08, 2007
Vanity License Plates
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Karl Mogel at The Inoculated mind is looking for science-related vanity license plates [ My new license plate ]. Here's one; it's...
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This Is a Joke, Right?
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According to several sources, this add is being shown on television in the USA and it's sponsored by the US government. I hope this is...
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Tagged by the Evolution Meme
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Shalini at Scientia Natura has tagged me with the evolution meme [ I've been tagged! ]. The idea is to pick five postings that show...
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Monday's Molecule #46
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Today's molecule is actually three molecules. You have to identify each one precisely by giving the complete IUPAC names. There's an...
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The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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The winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were just announced this morning. This year's prize goes to Mario R. Cap...
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
Junk in your Genome: LINEs
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Scientists first began to get a glimpse of the organization of mammalian genomes about 40 years ago when they looked at the overall complexi...
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Atheists Spreading the Word
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On Friday evening there was a 20 minute segment about atheism on CBC's The National . The National is the main evening news program o...
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Tea might pose fluoride risk
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Here's an example of bad science journalism from the latest edition of New Scientist [ Tea might pose fluoride risk ]. Tea might pose...
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Psychic Arrested in Calgary
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A psychic who defrauded someone of $220,000 US ($218,000 CDN) was recently arrested in Calgary. I'm not going to give you the details....
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Gene Genie #17
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The 17th edition of Gene Genie has just been published on Gene Sherpas [ Gene Genie #17 and 10,000 visitors ]. If you don't know abou...
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Linnaeus 2007
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This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus. There will be celebrations all around the would but Sweden is leading...
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Skagit Valley Provincial Park
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Today's Botany Photo of the Day is a picture of the forest in Skagit Valley Provincial Park in Southern British Columbia on the USA ...
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The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm
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This week's citation classic on The Evilutionary Biologist is "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique...
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Friday, October 05, 2007
Are You as Smart as a Third Year University Student? Q5
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Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 The standard Gibbs free energy change for the aldolase reaction in the direction of cleavage ...
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Are You as Smart as a Third Year University Student? Q4
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Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 The open-chain form of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is shown as the substrate for the aldolase reaction. Why...
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The Aldolase Reaction and the Steady State
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On banning the word "spontaneous" to describe biochemical reactions. Aldolase is an enzyme that's important in gluconeogenes...
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Aldolase in Gluconeogenesis & Glycolysis
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RPM at evolgen has started a series of articles on publishing original research on blogs. He's going to tell us about the aldolase gene...
Norway Is Not a Christian Nation
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Recent poll results for Norway give this breakdown when it comes to religious beliefs. 29 percent believe in a god or deity 23 percent bel...
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