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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Theme: Blood Clotting

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  Theme Blood Clotting March 26, 2007 Monday's Molecule #19 . Warfarin—an anticoagulant and a rat poison. March 27, 2007 Vitamin K . Vit...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Signal Hypothesis

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  Monday's Molecule #44 is signal recognition particle or SRP. The figure is a model of SRP (red) bound to a ribosome at the exit site ...
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BPR3 Icon Winner

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  This is the winner in the Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting icon contest [ … And the winner is … ]. We're not supposed to ...
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Nobel Prize Gossip

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  Alex Palazzo has a wonderful and very complete list of potential Nobel Prize winners [ Gaze into the crystal ball - Nobel Prize Gossip ]. ...
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How to Get Tenure

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  Janet Stemwedel is about to submit her tenure dossier. She describes the process and the dossier on Adventures in Ethics and Science [ A ...

Random Genetic Drift and Population Size

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One of the most persistent myths of evolutionary biology is that random genetic drift only occurs in small populations. You'll find this...
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Random Genetic Drift Simulation

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  We often talk about Random Genetic Drift on Sandwalk. Here's a handy-dandy simulator to help you understand the concept [ Genetic Dri...
Monday, September 24, 2007

P-ter Accuses Me of Quote Mining

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  There are many adaptationists who recognize that random genetic drift exists. They will, when pressed, admit that neutral alleles can be f...
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Gene Genie #16

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  The 15th edition of Gene Genie has just been published on Neurophilosophy [ Gene Genie #16 ]. There are several articles on personal geno...

Monday's Molecule #44

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  UPDATE: We have a winner. See comments. Today's molecule (in red) is part of a larger complex. There are two view of this complex in ...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Speaks at Columbia University

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  Tomorrow President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran will speak at Columbia University. There are some who argue that universities should not in...
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What Happens When Alternative Medicine Doesn't Work?

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  Skeptico reports that Merck has just pulled a new AIDs drig because tests were showing that it didn't work [ When will CAM do this? ]...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Sept. 22, 2007

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  Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a bit unusual. It shows a time in the distant future when I'll be able to drive from Toro...
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Jena, Louisiana

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  Jena is a small town in Louisiana. It was named for Jena in Germany, the site of a famous victory by Napoleon in 1806. I'm a (very ama...
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The Dangers of Creationism in Education

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  The Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe has issued a report on The dangers of cre...
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