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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Does Science Need Religion?
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That's the question asked by Scott Hatfield on Monkey Trials . He discusses a recent statement by Malcolm Brown who is Director of Mis...
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Fideism
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"Fideism" is a new word for me. It cropped up on Friendly Atheist in one of the comment threads [ Impromptu Religious Debate on R...
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Is There a Difference Between Being Angry About Right-wing Politics and Being Angry About Religious Superstitions?
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This is an interesting show where Andrew Sullivan argues strongly that the left should attack Sarah Palin but then he turns on Bill Maher ...
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Jed Bartlet Advises Barack Obama
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The West Wing was one of my favorite TV shows during its time. Maureen Dowd thinks so too 'cause she asked its creator, Aaron Sorkin,...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
How Should Scientists Talk to a Politician?
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Janet Stemwedel refers us to a video on how scientists should talk to politicians [ Retired congresscritter offers communication tips to s...
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Friday, September 19, 2008
An Example of Faulty Logic from Cold Spring Harbor
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A press release from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory promotes the work of Michael Zhang and Adrian Krainer who work with splicing factors. In ...
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The Altenberg 16 Make It into
Nature
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Nature News has an article on the recent conference in Altenberg, Austria that brought together 16 biologists who want to change evolutio...
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NCSE on the Michael Reiss Affair
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The National Center for Science Education has issued a press release on the recent resignation of Michael Reiss from his role as Director ...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Alex Palazzo Is in Toronto
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Alex has temporarily suspended blogging on The Daily Transcript because he is Off to Toronto . We hope he will consider moving here perma...
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Join the Center for Inquiry
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Center for Inquiry, Ontario Center for Inquiry, Amherst, N.Y. (headquarters) Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles Center for Inquiry, New York...
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Richard Dawkins on the Michael Reiss Affair
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Here's a letter that Richard Dawkins sent to New Scientist [ Letter: Richard Dawkins on the Royal Society row The Reverend Michael Re...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tangled Bank #114
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The latest issue of Tangled Bank has been published on Sciene Made Cool [ The Tangled Bank #114 ]. Welcome to the #114th edition of the ...
Nobel Laureate: Otto Warburg
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1931. "for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme" O...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
How RNA Polymerase Binds to DNA
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Most cells contain two forms of RNA polymerase. The "core" polymerase is the part that carries out transcription of a gene where t...
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Genetics and Race
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John Hawks has some interesting things to say about genetics and race based on a New York Times article about David Goldstein. The artic...
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