Sandwalk

I'm told that the Mark IX irony meter is still being tested. It's been almost two years and those of us with the older Mark VIII met...

The National Science Foundation (USA) selected this year's recipients of the National Medal of Science. President Obama made the announc...

Who are these people? I pride myself on being a generalist so I think I've heard of any important discoveries in biology. I may not alwa...

An accommodationist is an atheist who generally believes that religion and science are compatible but certainly believes that other atheists...

There are many ideas about the origin of life but the only ones that concern me are the scientific ones. The 21st century debate mostly invo...

There used to be a federal law in Germany that forbade charging tuition at German universities. The court decided in 2005 that it was okay t...

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...