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                                    Strolling with a skeptical biochemist

Monday, September 21, 2009

Monday's Molecule #137

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  Today's "molecule" is actually several molecules, one of which is shown in a diagram below the electron micrograph. You have...

The "yuck factor"

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  We live in a society that values change and innovation 1 but some changes are too much to stomach. An example might be the proposal to el...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

An Entire Generation Is Being Brainwashed

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  Kirk Cameron warns us that an entire generation is being brainwashed. You might be surprised at who gets the blame ... You'll also be ...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

How Bad Papers Get Published in Good Journals

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  Donald Williamson used to be a marine biologist. He has some strange ideas about evolution. He thinks, for example, that the reason why bu...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Monday's Molecule #136: Winner!

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  This is the Golgi apparatus. It's responsible for sorting and targeting proteins that have to be secreted or localized to internal ves...

Oct. 28-30: Reserve These Dates!

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  THE GAIRDNER FOUNDATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY TORONTO SYMPOSIUM: Wednesday, October 28- Friday, October 30, 2009 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 Ga...
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Oklahoma Museum of Natural History vs. The Discovery Institute

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  The anti-science movie Darwin's Dilemma is an attempt to discredit evolution by pointing to "problems" with the evolution o...
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Mary Travers (1937 - 2009)

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  The first video is an anti-war protest in Washington in March 1971. The second is a very special appearance of Peter, Paul, & Mary wit...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Darwin's Dilemma

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  The students in my class have to read Icons of Evolution by Jonathan Wells. (Nobody said university was going to be fun!) One of the ...
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A Good Example of Framing?

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  This video is making the rounds on all the commie liberal blogs. It deserves to be seen by everyone—that's why I'm piling on. I w...

Chromosomes, Drift, and Demes

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One of the characteristics of evolution is change in chromosome number and organization. These large-scale changes are often associated with...
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The Old Cavendish Laboratory: Maxwell to Watson & Crick

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  For scientists, some places are more "holy" than others. Here's the story of one such place. "The moral of the story is...
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How Granting Agencies Destroy Young Scientists

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  Peter Lawrence has an article in the latest issue of PLoS Biology: Real Lives and White Lies in the Funding of Scientific Research . He...
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Hawks on Campus

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  It's probably just a coincidence but now that students have returned from their summer break there are more and more reports of hawks ...
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Evolution and "Modern" Religion

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  Karen Armstrong , a former Roman Catholic nun, was asked to write an article about evolution for The Wall Street Journal . They also aske...
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