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  Eva Amsen was reading a book in a student study lounge when she was asked to participate in a survey [ Spent - Review ]. The question was ...

  You've probably noticed already that today's "molecule" isn't exactly a molecule. That's OK, you can still try t...

  Today's the day we get to see the global event of the century, or is it millennium?. Sometime this evening there will be a TV show on ...

 

  Liberty University has shut down the students Democrats club. You can read all about it on Pharyngula [ “Liberty” University really ought...

  In an article published last November in Trends in Ecology & Evolution , Bruce MacFadden urges that natural history museums explore th...

  The Darwinius Affair is getting messier. Not only did some scientists commit a serious breach of scientific ethics by exaggerating their ...

The course is over, the exam has been written, the marking is done, and the grades have been submitted. There's a short lag while the ma...

  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis" Charles Robert Richet (1850 - 1935) ...

  This video is an embarrassment. At a time when we are trying to convince the public that science is credible, along comes a trashy exploit...

  Join us on Friday night for a discussion about Freedom of Speech and the Atheist Bus Campaign . Modeled on the highly popular Cafe Scienti...

  Read Lord! What Fools Those Atheists Be! in Report Magazine . ( Report Magazine is published in Edmonton, Texas Alberta. It bills itsel...

  UPDATE: The molecule is epinephrine or adrenaline. IUPAC name = (R)-4- (1-hydroxy-2- (methylamino)ethyl)benzene-1,2-diol. The Nobel Laur...

  Today's issue of The Toronto Star has an article on Andras Nagy, a colleague who works at one of the hospital research institutes her...

  Today's molecule is a drug as well as a biological molecule that's found in some species. You need to supply the common name and ...