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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Exposing Undergraduates to the Scientific Literature
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In most biochemistry and molecular biology departments it has become almost an article of faith that part of a good undergraduate educatio...
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Junk DNA and the Scientific Literature
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A discussion about junk DNA has broken out in the comments to Monday's Molecule #128: Winners . Charlie Wagner, an old talk.origins fa...
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04:05:06 07/08/09
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Shortly after 4 AM this morning you could write the exact time and date as 04:05:06 07/08/09. But only in America—and a few other countrie...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Monday's Molecule #128: Winners
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The molecule was progesterone and the official complete IUPAC name is 8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-acetyl-10,13-dimethyl-1,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,...
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategic Plan
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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) provides most of the funding for health-related research, including most of the basic re...
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Monday, July 06, 2009
Monday's Molecule #128
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Name this molecule. Include the IUPAC name and a brief description of its function. One Nobel Laureate got the prize for contributions to ...
Are Creationists Rational?
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I don't think that creationism is a rational choice, especially Young Earth Creationism. John Wilkins isn't so sure [ Are Creation...
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
IDiot Contest Question
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Denyse O'Leary continues to look for ways to give away a few copies of the Expelled DVD. In order to win you have to write a 400 word...
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Quacks in the ER
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Here's what the emergency room would look like if homeopathy and naturopathy became real medicine instead of alternative medicine. [Ha...
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Friday, July 03, 2009
Nobel Laureate: Leopold Ruzicka
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939. "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" Leopold Ruzicka (1887 - 1976) won the N...
Nobel Laureate: Hans Spemann
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1935 "for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development" Hans Spemann...
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Canadian Cynic Is Coming to Town
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Don't forget that Canadian Cynic is giving a talk tomorrow night at CFI Toronto [ Creationism, ID and the Douchebaggery of Really Bad...
Monday's Molecule #127: Winner
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The molecule is muscone or [R]-3-methyl-cyclopenta-decanone. This is one of the main ingredients in the musk odor used in perfumes. The or...
Genes, Phylogeny, and Orangutans: A Correction
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In a recent posting I described how New Scientist devoted several pages to the idea that orangutans could be our closest relatives [ Gene...
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Does Teaching Science Lead to Atheism?
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Does science lead to atheism? My short answer is "no" just like the answer given by John Wilkins and Matt Young . Their emphasi...
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