Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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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