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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Nobel Laureate: Peter D. Mitchell
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978 "for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of...
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The IDiots Understand the War in Iraq
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DaveScot didn't like the short speech by Senator Jim Webb. Apparently Webb just doesn't get it about Iraq. According to DaveScot, ...
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What Is a Species? John Wilkins Knows
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As part of the ongoing basic concepts posts, John Wilkins has described Species . John is one of the world's leading authorities on th...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
How to Fix NIH and NSF
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I recently commented on the funding crisis in Canada. Less than 20% of grants will be funded in the latest CIHR competition. Canadian scie...
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Ubiquinone and the Proton Pump
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Yesterday's molecule was ubiquinone, also known as coenzyme Q or just plain "Q." Ubiquinone is a lipid soluble cofactor that a...
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Teaching Ethics in Science: Science v Technology
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Janet Stemwedel of Adventures in Ethics and Science has posted a response to my questions about teaching "ethics" in science cours...
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Religion Is Losing, According to Ken Ham
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Okay, so Ken Ham isn't a very reliable source of information. He's about as kooky as you can get when it comes to science and reli...
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What Is "Systems Biology?"
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It's an interesting question. One of our departments here at the University of Toronto just renamed itself Cell and Systems Biology so ...
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More Comet McNaught
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Phill Plait of Bad Astronomy has another photo of comet McNaught [ Incredible Comet McNaught photo ] This is one of those (few) times when...
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Monday's Molecule #10
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Name this molecule. You must be specific. We need the correct common name. This is an easy one for everyone who has ever taken biochemistr...
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Mendel's Garden #10
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Mendel's Garden is a blog carnival devoted to genetics. The latest version (#10) has been posted on Neurotopia 2.0 [ Mendel's Gar...
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Denny Doherty Dies
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Dennis Doherty (Denny) of The Mamas & The Papas is dead [ Doherty from Mamas and Papas dies ]. Denny was born in Halifax, Nova Scoti...
Saturday, January 20, 2007
In Defense of Sam Harris
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Jason Rosenhouse comments on the criticism of Sam Harris and on Josh Rosenau's take on the issue [ Rosenau on Harris ]. Here's a q...
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Teaching Science
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I'm at a session on Teaching Science hosted by Adnaan Wasey of The Online NewsHour(PBS). There's a lot of provocative stuff. I'...
Janet D. Stemwedel
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I'm sitting in a lecture theater at the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Right now Janet Stemwedel of Adventures in Et...
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