Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, January 11, 2008
Electoral Compass
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I'm a sucker for these things but take them with a huge grain of salt because I'm not an American. Some of the questions were very...
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Stop the Presses! Denyse O'Leary Says Something Thruthful!
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You'd better sit down before I tell you this. Over on Uncommon Descent Denyse O'Leary has just posted an article complaining abou...
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What's Going On Here ?
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Go to easternblot to find out. The photos were taken in the 2nd year introductory Cell and Molecular Biology course at the University of...
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Drinking Cold Water Causes Cancer
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Friday's Urban Legend: FALSE This one was sent to me a few days ago. This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water afte...
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Student Evaluations
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Yesterday we had a departmental retreat where we discussed a number of things, including undergraduate education. The Biochemistry Undergrad...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Nobel Laureate: Richard Willstätter
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1915. "for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll" Richard Martin Willstätter (18...
Tangled Bank #96
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Martin Rundkvist is hosting the 96th edition of Tangled Bank at Aardvarchaeology [ Tangled Bank 96 - Toadally ]. Hey everyone, and welco...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
"Ways of Knowing" According to the Union of Concerned Scientists
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The Union of Concerned Scientists is based in Cambridge MA (USA). The group has released a short Statement on Science, Evolution, and Inte...
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Monday, January 07, 2008
Matt Nisbet Asks an Embarrassing Question
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Matt Nisbet asks the following question over on his blog. If race is a biological fiction, what are the reasons for persistent belief in t...
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Matt Nisbet Endorses Francis Collins for Presidential Science Advisor - The Kiss of Death
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Some people have suggested that E.O. Wilson or Neil deGrasse Tyson might be good candidates for the next Presidential science advisor. Mat...
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Gene Genie #23
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The 23rd edition of Gene Genie has been posted at ScienceRoll [ Gene Genie #23: Paradise of Genomics ]. The beautiful logo was created by...
Abolish the Grade Point Average
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One of the things I'd like to do at my university is abolish the grade point system and just use percentages. We already give percentage...
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Monday's Molecule #57
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This is one particular form of a very common molecule. You have to name the specific molecule. The common name is sufficient. There will b...
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Listen to the Scientists
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The video below is a short presentation from a website called Listen to the Scientists . The video is very patriotic (American patriotism)...
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Friday, January 04, 2008
The Q-Ray Bracelet Optimizes Your Bio-Energy
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Friday's Urban Legend: FALSE and FRAUDULENT You've seen it on TV and you've heard the impressive testimonials from people l...
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National Academies: Science, Evolution and Creationism
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The National Academies (Science, Engineering, Medicine) (USA) have just published their latest book on the evolution/creationism controversy...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
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A growing number of for-profit companies are selling genetic testing services directly to customers who pay anywhere from $100 t0 $1000 fo...
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Why biology is harder than physics
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Rosie Redfield says [ Why biology is harder than physics ]. Beginning university students in the sciences usually consider biology to be m...
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Changing Your Mind: Are Science and Religion Compatible?
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Clay Shirky used to think that science and religion were compatible. That doesn't mean all religious beliefs, of course, because some ...
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Changing Your Mind: Are Scientific Theories Falsifiable?
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Rebecca Goldstein is a philosopher at Havard University (USA). She used to think that Karl Popper's view of how science is done was co...
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Changing Your Mind: Are Humans Evolving?
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Steven Pinker, a psychologist at Harvard University (USA) used to think that humans had stopped evolving. Now he's changed his mind ... ...
Changing Your Mind: Alan Alda Converts from Atheism to Agnosticism
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Alan Alda has changed his mind. He used to be an atheist but now he prefers to call himself an agnostic [ So far, I've changed my min...
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Changing Your Mind: The Limits Of Darwinian Reasoning
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Marc D. Hauser is a biologist and psychologist at Harvard University (USA). He is beginning to see the error of his adaptationist ways [ T...
Changing Your Mind: The Obligations and Responsibilities of The Scientist
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Leon Lederman is a physicist and a Nobel Laureate. He has changed his mind about the The Obligations and Responsibilities of The Scientist...
Changing Your Mind: Maybe Human Races Do Exist After All
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Mark Pagel is an evolutionary biologist who used to buy into the idea that human races did not exist [ We Differ More Than We Thought ]. ...
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