Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Iraqis say they were better off under rule of Saddam Hussein
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Iraq Centre for Research and Strategic Studies/Gulf Research Center conducted face-to-face interviews with 2,000 Iraqi adults living in ma...
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Prostaglandin Synthesis
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Eicosanoids are a class of compounds that mediate a variety of cellular responses. One group of eicosanoids is called prostaglandins. These ...
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How Painkillers Work
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One way to reduce pain and fever is to inhibit prostaglandin synthesis. The ancient Greeks did this by chewing on the bark of willow trees. ...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007
A Confused Philosopher
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Darwinism and Its Discontents, by Michael Ruse, Cambridge University Press (2006) Ruse defines Darwinism as the idea that natural selectio...
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Happy Perihelion Day!
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Today's the day we are closest to the sun. It's the warmest day of the year. Read about it on Bad Astronomy [ Approaching the Sun ].
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You're On Notice
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From The Stephen Colbert "On Notice Board" Generator . (Bears should also be on the list but I didn't have room.)
A Prayer for Appeasers
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Greg Laden posted a A Boxing Day Prayer for all those who are afraid to speak out aganst supersition. I reproduce it below the fold but you...
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Nobel Laureates: Bergström, Samuelsson, and Vane
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982. "for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substa...
Why You Need Linoleate
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are long chain fatty acids with multiple double bonds. Monday's molecule was linoleate or cis, cis ...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Shelley Batts in Toronto on New Years Eve
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Shelley Batts of Restrospectacle describes her Toronto New Years and a Sad Rose Bowl . Apparently it went pretty good except that she couldn...
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Edge Question for 2007
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John Brockman runs an interesting "blog" called the Edge. He has assembled a cadre of intellectuals, and people who aspire to be i...
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Why European Countries Don't Have the Death Penalty
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The recent discussion of capital punishment in another thread prompted me to look for opinion polls to see what kind of support for the deat...
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Monday, January 01, 2007
Brits Losing After American Invasion
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According to recent reports red squirrels in Britain are facing extinction . There may be only 30,000 left in England, 10,000 in Wales, 10,0...
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Monday's Molecule #7
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Name this molecule. The common name will do but there will be bonus points for finding the correct scientific name. This compound is essenti...
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Appeaser Ed Brayton Asks Dawkins to Back Off
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There's been a bit of trouble over the fact that Richard Dawkins signed a petition he shouldn't have signed. Ed Brayton attacked Daw...
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