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Another year, another "Science" Fair. The winners of the Google Science Fair 2014 have just been announced. Congratulations to al...

Paradigm shifts are happening all over the place (NOT!). If you look closely you can watch them happening because, as we all know, it's ...

At many (most?) universities in North America the selection of a new President is a very secret affair. Students and faculty are not consult...

This is a video produced by TEDed. The "lesson" is by Alex Gendler. I don't know who he is and what his background is. What co...

I love it when new things are discovered, especially if they concern biochemistry. I'm always on the lookout for exciting discoveries th...

Biology News Net has become a joke. It's rare to see a paper that it hasn't mangled or a press release that it hasn't fallen fo...

Many genes encode proteins and many other genes specify functional RNAs that do not encode proteins. The "RNA genes" include the c...

The students in my third year lab course are about to test various food products to see if they contain any DNA from genetically modified or...

Barry Arrington is a lawyer from Colorado [ Encyclopedia of American Loons ]. Here's an example of the logic of lawyers posted on Uncomm...

Maud Menten is best known for the Michaelis-Menten equation and her work on enzyme kinetics. She was born in Port Lambton, Ontario and she ...

Most people don't understand the consequences of genetic testing. You may think that you can handle all of the data and information but ...

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Do Intelligent Design Creationists (IDiots) understand evolution? ... of course not. It's been really frustrating over the past 25 yea...

I'm usually a big fan of Jesus and Mo but today's cartoon is a bit disappointing. It is "resurrected" from 2009 [ nerve2 ...

Today's the day that clubs strut their stuff and try to get new students to sign up. It's an important part of campus life and an im...