Sandwalk

For those (few) of you who are interested in the pathology of IDiots, you have to read Irony of the Day . It's posted on Uncommon Descen...

Several scientists have reviewed Stephen Meyer's latest attack on science [see Slaying Meyer’s Hopeless Monster ]. Don't think the I...

Last week's molecule was 6-phosphogluconate, the second intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway. Nobody got the right answer! [ Mo...

The main goal of Intelligent Design Creationism is to cast doubt on modern science, especially evolutionary biology. Most of the IDiot books...

My son was born in this building 35 years ago. It will look very different when the destruction/construction is complete ( Women's Colle...

From the Onion: Poll: Majority Of Americans Approve Of Sending Congress To Syria WASHINGTON—As President Obama continues to push for a plan...

There are several required steps in constructing phylogenetic trees from sequence data. The first step is to align the sequences so you can ...

David Klinghoffer wonders why I'm not criticizing Stephen Myer's new book Darwin's Doubt [see On Darwin's Doubt, Still Wait...

After two devastating world wars, the nations of the world got together in San Francisco in 1945 to form the United Nations . The goal was t...

The latest issue of Carnival of Evolution is hosted by Adam Benton, an undergraduate at the University of Liverpool. He's studying evol...

This is Orientation Week at the University of Toronto. There are 10,000 beginning first year students who are just leaning what they got the...

Last week's molecule was 6-phosphogluconolactone, the first intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway. The winner was Brian Shewchuc...

We were at a wedding in Orillia (Ontario) on the weekend with my son and his wife. On the way home we took the long route and stopped at the...

Richard Lenski has joined a number of other biologists and blogged about classic "must-read" papers. His first example is Luria an...

Sarah C.P. Williams is a science writer. She published an article in PNAS last February: Epigenetics . Here's the opening paragraphs ......