Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Bigs
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My favorite son 1 works on computer games with a whole team of people in Vancouver. The trailer for their latest game is just out. It'...
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My Ideal US Presidential Candidate
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I don't get a vote but I decided to take the quiz anyway [ 2008 SelectSmart.com Presidential Candidate Selector ]. I'm pretty happ...
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The ABC Nightline "Debate"
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Just in case you haven't seen the "debate" here are the YouTube videos for your enjoyment. I'm sure the "intellectu...
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Saturday, May 12, 2007
The Emperor's New Clothes and the Courtier's Reply
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I recently referred to the "Courtier's Reply" , a term invented by PZ Myers to rebut the claims of believers who insist that t...
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Richard Dawkins on the Agenda
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin is an interview show on TVO (TV Ontario). I watch it quite often. Lately I've been more and more annoyed...
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Friday, May 11, 2007
Biochemist Gregor Mendel Studied Starch Synthesis
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Starch is the plant equivalent of glycogen. It consist of long branched chains of glucose residues. Starch is often stored in roots and tube...
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Gosling Relocation
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Eva is a Ph.D. student in our department. She has a really cool blog called easternblot (get it?). You have got to see what she posted t...
Regulating Glycogen Metabolism
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Mammalian glycogen stores glucose in times of plenty (after feeding, a time of high glucose levels) and supplies glucose in times of need (d...
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Nicole Vienneau Has Gone Missing in Syria
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Our friends are devastated because their niece, Nicole Vienneau, is missing in Syria. Her brother has a website with all the information [...
Eye on DNA
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Hsien-Hsien Lei, formerly of Genetics & Health, has a new blog called Eye on DNA . I've been reading it for a week or so and it lo...
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City Lights Make Birds Sing at Night
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Friday's Urban Legend: PROBABLY FALSE BBC News reports that "Robins in urban areas are singing at night because it is too noisy d...
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Lose Weight: Emigrate to Canada
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Satellites solve mystery of low gravity over Canada If it seems Canadians weigh less than their American neighbours, they do—but not for t...
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The Cori Cycle
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Animals can synthesize glucose 6-phosphate via gluconeogenesis just like all other species. However, unlike most species, animals can conver...
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Adaptation and Accident in PNAS
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This week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) (PNAS) has a number of articles on evolution. The most...
Science Journalism: A Bias in Favour of Truth
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Peter McKnight is a science journalist who writes for The Vancouver Sun. Don't hold that against him, he's actually one of the mos...
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