Sandwalk

  From RNA to Humans: A Symposium on Evolution is the title of a meeting held at Rockefeller University on May 1st and 2nd. 1 The entire s...

  Denyse "Buy My Book" O'Leary has started a new blog. That makes four altogether. What's the new one all about? It's ...

  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970. "for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates" ...

  The statues of Robert Baldwin and Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine on Parliament Hill in Ottawa commemorate two of the most important reformers ...

  Click on the cartoon to see a larger version. [Image Credit: bioephemera ] [Hat Tip: Mixing Memory ]

  Last week's issue of Nature has an interesting article on biomedical research in Toronto [ Toronto Rising ]. The area around my build...

  Two views of the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill. That's the City of Gatineau (Quebec) on the other side of the river. It used to be...

  The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair bills itself as "the World's Largest Pre-College Science Competition."...

  What Is Science For? is the title of a debate between Sir John Sulston and John Harris. Those of us who are scientists will recognize Joh...

  Academic Matters is an educational journal published by the the Ontarion Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA). Last F...

  Here are some photos I took on Parliament Hill in Ottawa when we were there on Monday, May 12. These are taken with my camera phone. If y...

  Come to the Centre for Inquiry's lecture by Edward Tabash. Friday, May 23, 7:00 - 9:00pm Centre for Inquiry, 216 Beverley St., downto...

  Today is Victoria Day in Canada so it must be Monday—time for Monday's Molecule. Today's molecule is essential for all life as we ...

  James F. McGrath is one of those theologians who criticize Richard Dawkins and the new atheists. According to McGrath, those atheists simp...

  James F. McGrath is still trying to explain what modern sophisticated religion is all about, and why amateur atheists, like me, just don&#...