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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Sunday, April 05, 2009
The End of Christian America?
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The number of Americans who don't identify with a religion has increased from 8% in 1990 to 15% today. This is encouraging but it does...
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Last Week's Scientific Breakthroughs
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This are stories from the past week that would make good topics for discussion. I don't have time so I'll leave it up to you. Scie...
Washington D.C.
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In a few days I'll be on my way to Washington (Bethesda, actually) to attend the Center for Inquiry World Congress 2009 . Let me know ...
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Darwin Rocks
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Watch this video about evolution and see if you can figure out what's going on. You can check your answer here . In the fight to incre...
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Friday, April 03, 2009
Will Universities Survive?
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Believe it or not, there are supposedly intelligent people out there who think the internet will replace universities. 1 It didn't ta...
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Electronic Textbooks
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There's an article in this week's issue of Nature on The textbook of the future . Most of the article is about a Kindle version o...
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James Lunney: Creationist, Chiropractor, Conservative
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Meet Dr. James Lunney a chiropractor and a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni in British Columbia. "Dr.&quo...
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March on Sandwalk
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Bora's doing it and Greg Laden is doing it. They're revisiting their posts from last month. Now I'm doing it too. Last month...
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A field guide to misunderstandings about open access
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Want to find out what Open Access is really all about? Read A field guide to misunderstandings about open access . Do you think that artic...
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
Dynamic Genomes
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There may have been a time in the past when scientists imagined a static genome that only changed slowly over millions of years. However, be...
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Handel's
Messiah
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One year Ms. Sandwalk took the entire family to see a full performance of Handel's Messiah . It was agony, except for one brief part o...
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Monday's Molecule #115: Winners
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UPDATE: The molecule is indigotin or indigo dye [2,2’-Bis(2,3-dihydro-3- oxoindolyliden)]. The Nobel Laureate is Johann Friedrich Wilhel...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Nobel Laureate: Adolf von Baeyer
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1905. "in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry,...
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2,296,911 visits?
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It's April 1st and PZ Myers tells us that Pharyngula had 2,296,911 visits last month [ What are all you people doing here? ]. Problem...
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Nobel Laureate: Michael Behe
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The Nobel Prize in Biochemistry 2009. "for his contributions to understanding complex biological systems" Michael Behe (1952 - )...
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