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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Nobel Laureate: Lord Alexander Todd
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957. "for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes" Lord Alexander Todd (1907 - 1997) wa...
Why Do People Laugh at Creationists?
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This video asks the question and gives a pretty good answer. [Hat Tip: Mike's Weekly Skeptic Rant ]
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Carl Zimmer at Carleton University
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Carl Zimmer recently gave the Discovery Lecture at my alma mater , Carleton University in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). Carl has been experime...
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Saving
Drosophila
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According to all the normal rules of taxonomy, the name of the species Drosophila melanogaster should be changed to Sophophora melanogast...
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday's Molecule #68
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This is an easy one. Your task for today is to identify the molecule shown on the right. Be as specific as possible. In addition you have ...
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Prince Charles
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Having watched six episodes of John Adams , I'm thoroughly immersed in anti-monarchy rhetoric. Usually, I defend my Queen as a viable ...
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Overthrowing the Central Dogma
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I believe that the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology is widely misunderstood [ Basic Concepts: The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology ]. It...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Discovery Institute Praises Expelled
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The President of the Discovery Institute, Bruce Chapman, has posted a message extolling the virtues of the movie expelled [ Discovery Salu...
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Evolution at the Chautauqua Institution
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The program for Week 9 (Aug. 17-23) at the Chautauqua Institution has been posted [ Week Nine: Darwin and Linnaeus: Their Impact on Our V...
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
An Example of Framing by Matt Nisbet
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Last summer I blogged about a survey of 149 professional, prominent, evolutionary biologists [ Evolutionary Biologists Flunk Religion Poll ]...
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I Prefer People Who Sign their Names to Comments and Blogs
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Given a choice between anonymous bloggers (and commenters) and those who sign their real names, I prefer to deal with those who use their ...
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Evolutionary Teapot
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There's an exhibit of china and pottery inside the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco. One of the items that caught the attention...
Legion of Honor: San Francisco
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Last Sunday we visited the Legion of Honor art museum in San Francisco. We went specifically to see the Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s...
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Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions
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If you think you understand it, you don't know nearly enough about it. New Scientist has just published an excellent series of articl...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tangled Bank #103
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The latest issue of Tangled Bank is #103. It's hosted at rENNISance woman on the Nature network [ The 103rd edition of the Tangled B...
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