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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, July 04, 2008
The Evolution of Flowering Plants
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A lot more is known about the evolution of flowering plants than most people realize. Christopher Taylor over at Catalogue of Organisms 1 ...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
Good Science Writers: Richard Lewontin
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Richard "Dick" Lewontin (1929 - ) is Alexander Agassiz Research Professor at Harvard University (Boston, USA). He is a well-know...
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Cuss Level
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Canadian Cynic scored 19.5% on the Cuss-O-Meter [ It's all fucking relative, isn't it? ]. This isn't a big surprise, althoug...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Good Science Writers: Niles Eldredge
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Niles Eldredge ranks as one of the best science writers among professional scientists, in my opinion. 1 What I like about Eldredge is th...
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Henry Morgentaler Receives Order of Canada
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Dr. Henry Morgentaler is a Canadian physician who campaigned for a woman's right to choose abortion. He is responsible for overthrowin...
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Nobel Laureate: Sir Frederick Hopkins
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929. "for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins" Sir Frederick Gowland Hop...
Urban Cowboys
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Here's a photo of Gord [ Gordon Moran ] and Rach about to descend into the Grand Canyon. Cute hats, eh? The mules turned out to be stu...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Good Science Writers: David Raup
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David M. Raup is Avery Distinguished Service Professor (emeritus) of Geophysical Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, and The Conceptual Found...
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Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin?
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This week's issue of Newsweek has an article by Malcolm Jones comparing the influence of Charles Darwin, the greatest scientist who e...
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Understanding Intelligent Design
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Dembski's latest book Understanding Intelligent Design is now on sale. Here's what Dembski has to say about it on his blog [ Unde...
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Happy Canada Day
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HAPPY CANADA DAY Canada's official birthday is today. Lot's of people, including me, took yesterday off as well, making it a fou...
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Monday's Molecule #78
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Today is Tuesday so, once again, it's time for Monday's Molecule. 1 This time there are two molecules and you have to get them bo...
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Good Science Writers: Helena Curtis
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Helena Curtis is another science writer who didn't make it into The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing . She died in 2005. One of m...
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Darwinism at the ROM
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Yesterday I attended a symposium on evolution at the Royal Ontario Museum [ Darwin Symposium at the ROM ]. The emphasis was on Charles Dar...
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Friday, June 27, 2008
The Globe and Mail Reviews "Expelled"
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So far, all of the Canadian reviews of Expelled have been good (i.e., they pan the movie). Some are more creative than others. Liam Lacy&...
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