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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Talk.origins Is Back
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The newsgroup talkorigins is back online. It's been down since last Friday but I wasn't aware of the problem until Sunday. I coul...
Ohmygod! Not that "Framing" Thing again?
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Yes, it's the old framing argument rearing its ugly head. I know, I know, we've probably said just about everything that could be sa...
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We're Really, Really Sorry
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This is an old video from This Hour Has 22 Minutes . I'm sorry to be posting it now but GrrlScientist put it up on her blog and I jus...
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Epigenetics in
New Scientist
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As a general rule, the magazine New Scientist does an acceptable job of covering the issues that I'm familiar with. Sure, from time t...
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Epigenetics Revisited
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I'm still struggling with the concept of epigenetics [see Epigenetics ]. Most of the modern definitions are so broad that they become m...
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What Breed of Liberal Are You?
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[Hat Tip: Mike Dunford (Social Justice Crusader)]
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday's Molecule #82
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Today's molecule isn't exactly a molecule. Your task is to figure out what's going on in the photograph. Be as specific as pos...
Postmodernism and the Two Cultures
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John Wilkins at Evolving Thoughts has some comments about the "two cultures" debate [see Cocktail Parties and the Two Cultures ]....
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Cocktail Parties and the Two Cultures
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I can't tell you how many times I've been in the company of "intellectuals" who can discuss at great length their operatic...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Good Science Writers: Stephen Jay Gould
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Stephen Jay Gould is far too good a writer to have been ignored by Richard Dawkins in his book: The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing ...
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Tangled Bank #110
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The latest issue of Tangled Bank was supposed to appear on Blue Collar Scientist but circumstances intervened 1 and PZ Myers has kindly...
Friday, July 25, 2008
Good Science Writers: Douglas J. Futuyma
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Douglas J. Futuyma is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Bro...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
WikiPathways
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Find a website with a correct citric acid cycle and win $1,000,000 or equivalent! NatureNews has an article on the growth of biological Wik...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Epigenetics
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Epigenetics is one of those words that means entirely different things to different people. P.Z. Myers has put up a nice description of the ...
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Climbing Mount Improbable as Metaphor
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One of my postings, Good Science Writers: Richard Dawkins , has been re-posted on RichardDawkins.net . This doesn't happen very often—...
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