Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Boring ....
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Chris Mooney, Matt Nisbet, and Josh Rosenau got their knickers in a knot last week for thinking the Richard Dawkins had become an accommod...
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The Problem of Race .... Again
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The current politically correct view of human races is that they don't exist. Surprisingly, this view has been adopted by many scient...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tomorrow's Weather: 40% Chance of Rain
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When you are told that there's a 40% chance of rain tomorrow, what do you think? When you see the hourly forecasts and learn that for ...
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The Ribosome and the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
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The Nobel Prize website usually does an excellent job of explaining the science behind the prizes. The STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE RIBOSOM...
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2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome" This one's not unexpected. Almost everyone knows that there shou...
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Another View of Science
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I received this email message from Arv Edgeworth. It represents a serious point of view held by a large number of people. He gave me permiss...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Monday's Molecule #139
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The molecule is 4-sulfonamide-2',4'-diaminobenzol or "Prontosil," a potent antibiotic. Gerhard Domagk received the Nobel...
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Monday, October 05, 2009
IDiots and Telomeres
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Today's Nobel Prize announcement has prompted the usual stupidity from the creationist crowd. They don't get things right very oft...
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Mondays' Molecule #139
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Name this molecule. The common name will do. Briefly describe what it does. There's a Nobel Prize directly connected to this molecule....
Who's Smarter, Cats or Dogs?
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Watch the Beagle escape. [Hat Tip: Greg Laden ]
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He Gets by with a Little Help from His Friends
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I'm not a big fan of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper but you gotta admire someone who sings a Beatles song with Yo-Yo Ma.
2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak "for the discovery of how...
Richard Dawkins on Tapestry
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Here's a link to an interview of Richard Dawkins. The world's most famous atheist sat down with Tapestry - a programme about reli...
Richard Dawkins on Bill Maher's Show
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Here's Richard Dawkins appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher. Dawkins does a fine job of discussing evolution—it's very entertai...
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Sunday, October 04, 2009
Ardi and Ida
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"Ardi" is the nickname of Ardipithecus ramidus , the recently described hominid fossil. "Ida" is the nickname of Darwi...
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Do Graduate Students Understand Evolution?
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The other day I was discussing how to teach evolution with one of my colleagues and the discussion turned to the presumed distinction betw...
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Denyse O'Leary Making Sense
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Like they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. I'm happy to report that this is one of those days when Denyse O'Leary s...
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Map That Campus Returns
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After a lengthy hiatus, the ever-popular feature on Alex Pallazzo's blog has returned. See Map That Campus XLVII . (Extra bonus points...
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Is Richard Dawkins an Accomodationist?
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Richard Dawkins was recently interviewed by Newsweek : Darwin’s Rottweiler . Here's an excerpt. Are those incompatible positions: to b...
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Jonathan Wells Is a Winner!
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This week's Egregiously stupid remark of the week by an IDiot goes to Jonathan Wells for his comment about HOX genes.
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A Julia Child Recipe
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Posting a video of Julia Child preparing a delicious dish is something you're more likely to find on other blogs. But this is a recipe...
Friday, October 02, 2009
Good Science? Bad Science Journalism?
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It was inevitable that science writers all over the world would screw up the story of Ardipithicus ramidus as reported in a series of paper...
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Creation Astronomy
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I'm sometimes accused of a bias against creationism and other forms of stupidity. So, in the interests of diversity and political corr...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Emma Hale Is My (Distant) Cousin
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You're probably wondering who the heck is Emma Hale? Up until a few days ago I couldn't have helped you, but now I know a great de...
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Why People Believe Weird Things
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WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE WEIRD THINGS FEATURING DR. MICHAEL SHERMER Friday, October 2, 7pm J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium Medical Sciences Building U...
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IDiots, Epigenetics, and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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What do IDiots, epigenetics, and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck have in common? Nothing much, actually, but that never stopped the Intelligent Desi...
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Nobel Prize Predictions
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My colleague, Alex Palazzo, has just posted his annual list of potential Nobel Prize winners in the biological sciences [ Gaze into the cr...
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Questions for Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins
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Sometime tomorrow Richard Dawkins will be presenting the Richard Dawkins Award to Bill Maher at the Atheist Alliance International conven...
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