Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Censorship at McGill
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I believe that universities are special places. The primary objective of the university community is to learn and investigate. That goal s...
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Average Annual Global Temperatures and IDiots
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Here's a chart of the average annual global temperature change over the past 150 years. I don't know about you, but to me there se...
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Human Races
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A discussion about human races has broken out in the comments to The Problem of Race .... Again . One of quesitions on that thread has com...
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Friday, October 09, 2009
Shame on Norway!
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The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was announced today by Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. It goes to President Barac...
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The Food Industry Depends on the Fact that Evolution Doesn't Happen!
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Nobody has ever seen life created in peanut butter. This is one of those videos where you don't know whether to laugh, or cry. [Hat Ti...
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I'm Starting an Evolution Revolution
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The University of Toronto is in the process of reorganizing its introductory biology courses. The new proposal is to offer two half course...
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
Columbine and Creationism: A Case Study
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Here's an excellent example of the fallacious argument referred to as " guilt by association ." The idea is that you develop...
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Junk DNA: A Case Study in Scientific Controversy
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I strongly support the concept of junk DNA and I reject the idea that a significant percentage more than 10% of the DNA in our genome has...
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One Nation Under God
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Here's a little quiz. What nation is being referred to here? Right. Boy, you guys are clever. This image is so disgusting on so many l...
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Boring ....
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Chris Mooney, Matt Nisbet, and Josh Rosenau got their knickers in a knot last week for thinking the Richard Dawkins had become an accommod...
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The Problem of Race .... Again
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The current politically correct view of human races is that they don't exist. Surprisingly, this view has been adopted by many scient...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tomorrow's Weather: 40% Chance of Rain
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When you are told that there's a 40% chance of rain tomorrow, what do you think? When you see the hourly forecasts and learn that for ...
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The Ribosome and the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
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The Nobel Prize website usually does an excellent job of explaining the science behind the prizes. The STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE RIBOSOM...
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2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome" This one's not unexpected. Almost everyone knows that there shou...
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Another View of Science
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I received this email message from Arv Edgeworth. It represents a serious point of view held by a large number of people. He gave me permiss...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Monday's Molecule #139
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The molecule is 4-sulfonamide-2',4'-diaminobenzol or "Prontosil," a potent antibiotic. Gerhard Domagk received the Nobel...
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Monday, October 05, 2009
IDiots and Telomeres
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Today's Nobel Prize announcement has prompted the usual stupidity from the creationist crowd. They don't get things right very oft...
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Mondays' Molecule #139
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Name this molecule. The common name will do. Briefly describe what it does. There's a Nobel Prize directly connected to this molecule....
Who's Smarter, Cats or Dogs?
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Watch the Beagle escape. [Hat Tip: Greg Laden ]
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He Gets by with a Little Help from His Friends
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I'm not a big fan of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper but you gotta admire someone who sings a Beatles song with Yo-Yo Ma.
2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak "for the discovery of how...
Richard Dawkins on Tapestry
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Here's a link to an interview of Richard Dawkins. The world's most famous atheist sat down with Tapestry - a programme about reli...
Richard Dawkins on Bill Maher's Show
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Here's Richard Dawkins appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher. Dawkins does a fine job of discussing evolution—it's very entertai...
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Sunday, October 04, 2009
Ardi and Ida
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"Ardi" is the nickname of Ardipithecus ramidus , the recently described hominid fossil. "Ida" is the nickname of Darwi...
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Do Graduate Students Understand Evolution?
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The other day I was discussing how to teach evolution with one of my colleagues and the discussion turned to the presumed distinction betw...
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Denyse O'Leary Making Sense
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Like they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. I'm happy to report that this is one of those days when Denyse O'Leary s...
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Map That Campus Returns
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After a lengthy hiatus, the ever-popular feature on Alex Pallazzo's blog has returned. See Map That Campus XLVII . (Extra bonus points...
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