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Sandra Porter of Discovering Biology in a Digital World has recently attended a talk by Chris Mason of Cornell University. According to San...

  When it comes to comparing DNA sequences of individual genes, the human and chimp versions are almost identical in sequence. They differ b...

  Conor Cunningham 1 has just published a defense of Christianity against the attack of Darwinism. I've ordered his book, Darwin's ...

  I don't have much time for blogging these days 'cause I'm in the middle of writing a textbook—trying to be as accurate as poss...

  Denyse O'Leary doesn't think Theodosius Dobzhansky was a true Christian. She's angry at all those so-called "Christians...

  Are you a Canadian researcher who cares about the dismal CIHR funding situation? Sign the petition at: The CIHR Individual Grants Program...

  Jerry Coyne is an expert on speciation. That's why it's always informative to read his latest thoughts on the problem. In spite of...

  Kim Tinkham died of cancer today. Orac wants you to Let Oprah know that Kim Tinkham died of cancer . I've already sent my message to O...

Most of you know that DNA strands have a sugar-phosphate background. The bases in each strand are covalently linked to each other by phospho...

  John Lennon died on Dec. 8, 1980 when he was shot four times in the back by Mark David Chapman. His ashes were scattered by Yoko Ono in C...

Many people have questioned the significance of blogs and bloggers. Some think that science blogs have no useful purpose and that they are u...

The blogosphere is not happy with the recent announcement by NASA of bacteria that are able to "thrive and reproduce using the toxic ch...

  The 30th version of Carnival of Evolution has been posted on The Scientific Life (Bob O'Hara).

  I've just discovered a new blog called Canadian Girl Postdoc in America . Check it out. You can start by recommending your favorite sc...

  I teach in a second year course on "Scientific Misconceptions and Controversies." In my part of the course we discuss creationi...