Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
More Evidence of Short-term Stasis
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A group of paleontologists recently documented stasis in birds and mammals from 35,000 years ago to today (Prothero et al., 2012). Intelli...
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Understanding Evolution in New England Colleges and Universities
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The March issue of Evolution: Education & Outreach contains an interesting article on "Educators of Prospective Teachers Hesitate ...
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Why Are Chimps Still Chimps?
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The American Biology Teacher published an issue dedicated to evolution back in February 2012. I got a chance to see this issue when I was i...
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Monday's Molecule #190
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Last week's molecule was carnitine (3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate) or carnitine. The winner was Raúl Mancera [ Monday's ...
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Eschaton 2012 Is Coming!
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THE WORLD IS PROBABLY NOT ENDING. NOW STOP WORRYING, AND CELEBRATE REASON! Come to Ottawa for a weekend gathering of scientists, philosoph...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012
A Dishonest Intelligent Design Proponent?
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Most IDiots are ignorant about evolution and they let their religious biases interfere with the proper interpretation of scientific data. We...
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An Honest Intelligent Design Proponent?
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It's unusual to find a proponent of Intelligent Design Creationism who makes an honest attempt to evaluate scientific facts. Jonathan Mc...
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Breaking News ... New Atheists Aren't Very Sophisticated
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Richard Swinburne is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford (UK). He's a noted Christian apologist who has writte...
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What Is Evolution?
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Most non-scientists seem to be quite confused about precise definitions of biological evolution. Part of the confusion is because the word &...
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Why Do Students Skip Lectures?
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There's an interesting article on student attendance at lectures in the latest issue of BAMBED ( Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Educ...
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Monday, October 08, 2012
Monday's Molecule #189
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Last week's molecules were cis Δ 9 -octadecanic acid (oleic acid) and trans Δ 9 -octadecanic acid (elaidic acid). Last week's winn...
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Friday, October 05, 2012
An Online Course for Intelligent Design Creationists
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About 99% of all books and posts by Intelligent Design Creationist consists of criticisms of evolution—which they mistakenly refer to as &qu...
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Visiting the Grand Canyon
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Last week we took a helicopter from Las Vegas to Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. Check out the photos on Ms. Sandwalk's blog: The Magic...
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Online Training of Competent, Employable, Bioinformatics Professionals
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I think that undergraduate education at most universities is done very badly. There are far too many courses that consist of professors givi...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Carnival of Evolution, Number #52: the Network Edition
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This month's Carnival of Evolution is hosted by Sam Wise at SOS Presents%mdash;the Carnival of Evolution #53 . Read it at: Carnival of ...
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