Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, September 25, 2009
Atheists in America
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A recent survey of religious beliefs in America resulted in 15% of the population saying they did not belong to any religion. This group, re...
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University Students Aren't as Intelligent as They Used To Be
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It's a well-known fact that the average intelligence of university students has been declining over the past four or five decades. Thi...
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Swine Flu and "The Canadian Problem"
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TV, radio, and newspapers in Canada are abuzz with the lastest studies on swine flu. According to "preliminary reports" your cha...
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SEED Magazine
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The last issue of SEED magazine was published in June. Since then, I've been scanning the shelves of my local convenience stores looki...
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Internet Connection Speed Test
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I think I have a pretty good internet connection but many of my friends tell they have much faster connections. Here's a site that tes...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Creationist Thinking about Spontaneous Generation
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It's not surprising to discover that creationists are opposed to the idea that life began by purely natural processes. After all, that...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Next-Generation DNA Sequencing
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There's a real revolution under way in terms of our ability to collect sequence information. The so-called Next-generation DNA sequenc...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Nobel Laureate: Ivan Pavlov
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904 "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on...
Monday's Molecule #137: Winner
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This is poliovirus and the Nobel Laureates are John Enders, Thomas Weller, and Frederick Robbins. This week's winner is Frank Schmidt ...
The Devil Among Us: America's First Witch Hunt
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Here's a clip from the movie The Devil Among Us: America's First Witch Hunt . It's about the first witches who were executed i...
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The Hanging of Goodwife Knapp in 1653
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Roger Knapp was born about 1618 in England and came to New England in the early 1640s. He eventually settled in Fairfield in the colony of N...
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Monday, September 21, 2009
More Junk DNA Fallacies
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BiOpinionated is a blog written by a molecular biologist named Nils Reinton. He tries to see every side of an argument but there are time...
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Monday's Molecule #137
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Today's "molecule" is actually several molecules, one of which is shown in a diagram below the electron micrograph. You have...
The "yuck factor"
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We live in a society that values change and innovation 1 but some changes are too much to stomach. An example might be the proposal to el...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
An Entire Generation Is Being Brainwashed
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Kirk Cameron warns us that an entire generation is being brainwashed. You might be surprised at who gets the blame ... You'll also be ...
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