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Last week's molecule was depicted on a stamp honoring Gerty Cori. It was supposed to be the "Cori ester" (glucose 1-phosphate)...

On July 14, 1789 a bunch of French citizens stormed the Bastille and liberated a handful of political prisoners [ Bastille Day ]. It marks t...

I had a great time at SMBE2013 (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) in Chicago. Here are some of the people I met. I apologize for ...

Dan Graur gave a fantastic and entertaining talk at SMBE2013 [ Powerpoint ]. He covered a lot of bases, but unfortunately left some out '...

Theme Genomes & Junk DNA Many reputable scientists are convinced that most of our genome is junk. However, there are still a few holdo...

How many of you recognize this place? Note that the line-up is not (quite) out the door. How cool is that!?

Last week's molecule was the fatty acid synthase complex [ Monday's Molecule #207 ]. The winner was Matt McFarlane. He should contac...

Atheists do not believe in any gods. An atheist does not claim to have proof that gods don't exist, although they do claim that most of ...

The House of Commons in Canada has passed a bill declaring that Canada will celebrate Pope John Paul II Day on April 2nd every year [ An Act...

Here are five things you should know if you want to engage in a legitimate scientific discussion about the amount of junk DNA in a genome. ...

The debate over the amount of junk in our genome is a genuine scientific debate. There are legitimate scientific points of view on both side...

Last week's molecule was N -acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) one of the components of the polysaccharide in bacterial cell walls [ Monday'...

It's Ray Comfort and he's going to destroy Richard Dawkins. Bet you can hardly wait to see this movie. PZ Myers is in it. Read what ...

I am one of those scientists who think that the discipline of "philosophy of science" is catering to some pretty stupid philosophe...

Dan Graur is fed up with journalists who don't know the difference between the "genetic code" and the sequence of a genome. He...