Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, June 22, 2009
Taxonomic Inflation
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The number of new species discovered is growing every year, although we often hear more about threatened extinctions. In many cases this i...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Signature in the Cell
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Denyse O'Leary can hardly contain herself 'cause Stephen Meyer's book is about to go on sale. In case you can't wait, the...
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Education and Science vs. Religion
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As far as I'm concerned, the proper teaching of science involves explaining that it is a legitimate and powerful way of knowing based ...
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Common Sense, Rationalism, and other Points of Views
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Steven Pinker is an evolutionary psychologist. In this debate he defends that point of view. The other participants in the debate don'...
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Bora Zivkovic Writes About Journalism
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Bora Zivkovic of A Blog Around the Clock has long been interested in the role of journalists—especially science journalists—in our societ...
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Would You Get a Baccalauréat if You Were a Student in France?
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French high school students must obtain the baccalauréat if they are to have any chance of getting into university. Almost all teenagers h...
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Deciphering Michael Ruse
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To put it mildly, I'm not a big fan of Michael Ruse. I don't think he understands evolution very well in spite of the fact that h...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The Logic (and Intelligence) of Believers
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PZ Myers discovered a wonderful website that proves, once again, that the correlation between believers and idiots is very strong and the ...
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On Faith and Science
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Peter Hess is Faith Project Director at National Center for Science Education (NCSE). (I don't know if they have another director for ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Preparing for Professor Palazzo
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Alex Palazzo ( The Daily Transcript ) is coming to Toronto. In two weeks he will be joining my Department as a Professor (Assistant variet...
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Nicholas Wade on the Origin of Life
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Nicholas Wade is a science journalist who writes for the New York Times . His particular area of expertise is evolution and molecular biolo...
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Nobel Laureate: Robert Koch
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis" Robert Koch ...
Monday's Molecule #126: Winner
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The molecules are: BMPR = Bone morphogenic bone receptor; BMP4 = Bone morphogenetic protein 4, CHD = Chordin, TGS = twisted gastrulation. ...
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Creationism, ID and the Douchebaggery of Really Bad Arguments: An Evening with the Canadian Cynic
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Join us at the Centre for Inquiry (Toronto) for Creationism, ID and the Douchebaggery of Really Bad Arguments: An Evening with the Canadia...
Gene Evolution Process Discovered
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This press release heralds a major breakthrough in evolution: Gene Evolution Process Discovered . One of the mechanisms governing how our ...
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