Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, September 10, 2012
Was ENCODE Worth It?
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Michael Eisen is in a good position to ask whether the $200,000,000 spent on the ENCODE project was worth the money: Blinded by Big Science:...
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Sunday, September 09, 2012
The Random Genome Project
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Sean Eddy is a old—well not too old—talk.origins fan. (Hi Sean!). Because he's had all that training in how to think correctly, he get...
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Washington Post: "‘Junk DNA’ concept debunked by new analysis of human genome"
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The Washington Post is a highly respected newspaper read by millions. It is very influential, especially among politicians in Washington. ...
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Brendan Maher Writes About the ENCODE/Junk DNA Publicity Fiasco
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Brendan Maher is a Feature Editor for Nature . He wrote a lengthy article for Nature when the ENCODE data was published on Sept. 5, 2012 [ ...
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Ed Yong Updates His Post on the ENCODE Papers
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For decades we've known that less than 2% of the human genome consists of exons and that protein encoding genes represent more than 20% ...
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Saturday, September 08, 2012
The Top American Science Questions: 2012
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I'm really interested in science education and I'd love to see improvements so that we can begin to create a scientifically literate...
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Friday, September 07, 2012
Zoë Goes to School
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Sometimes you just have to post pictures of your granddaughter. Here's Zoƫ going off to her first day of "school" in Los Angel...
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At Least He Doesn't Call them IDiots!
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I don't agree with everyhting Richard Dawkins says in this video but he's got the important parts right. Notice that he doesn't ...
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Oh Dear. Another Non-Scientist Gets the Wrong Message from Ed Yong
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David Ropeik identifies himself as an "international consultant in risk perception and risk communication, and an Instructor in the Env...
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At Last, Some Journalists Are Paying Attention!
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From the Forbes website: Reports of Junk DNA's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by John Farrell. Of course it's even more im...
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THIS Is What Michael Eisen Is Thinking!!!
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Here's an excellent example of what's wrong with the way the ENCODE Consortium is interpreting their data. Congratulations to Michae...
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More Expert Opinion on Junk DNA from Scientists
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The Nature issue containing the latest ENCODE Consortium papers also has a New & Views article called "Genomics: ENCODE explained...
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Endogenous Retroviruses and Junk DNA
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The latest version of the Carnival of Evolution pointed to an article by Steven Quistad on Small Things Considered . The article reviewed a...
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Carnival of Evolution #51: Darwin's Restaurant
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This month's Carnival of Evolution is hosted by The Stochastic Scientist , Kathy Orlinsky. Read it at: Carnival of Evolution 51: Darwin...
Eschaton 2012 Is Nigh!
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CFI is sponsoring a conference in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) on "Celebrating Reason at the End of the World." The title of the confe...
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