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  UPDATE: The molecule is epinephrine or adrenaline. IUPAC name = (R)-4- (1-hydroxy-2- (methylamino)ethyl)benzene-1,2-diol. The Nobel Laur...

  Today's issue of The Toronto Star has an article on Andras Nagy, a colleague who works at one of the hospital research institutes her...

  Today's molecule is a drug as well as a biological molecule that's found in some species. You need to supply the common name and ...

  The misreporting of the evolution issue is one key reason for this site. Unfortunately, much of the news coverage has been sloppy, inaccur...

  Charlotte Allen doesn't like atheists very much. She writes in Los Angeles Times [ Atheists: No God, no reason, just whining ]. I can...

  Today's the day we celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday ( Victoria Day ) in most Canadian provinces. Queen Victoria was actually bo...

  Michael Bliss is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He has written some excellent books on the history of science, notably...

 

  Yesterday I was interviewed on Godless Radio by Godless Dave and Godless Rob. It was a fun time. We spent an hour talking about the confl...

There are several competing hypotheses about the origin of life. Most people know about the Primordial Soup scenario; that's the one wh...

  Biology - Assistant Professor (Invertebrate Developmental Biology) University of Waterloo Location: Ontario Date posted: 2009-04-06 Invert...

  Jim Turk is Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). He is a staunch defender of university research...

  Back in the days of newsgroups (last century) the howlers in talk.origins developed a running joke about irony meters . They were always b...

  Adnan Oktar is a Turkish creationist whose anti-evolution diatribes are usually published under the name Harun Yahya. Denyse O'Leary i...

  The Canadian invasion is proceeding as planned. Most of the rest stops along the New York State Thruway have a Timmy's and you can fin...