Sandwalk

  Some species make this molecule for a very special reason. Identify the molecule using the common name and the IUPAC name. You must also ...

  Here's a panoramic view of what it's like to be on the Sandwalk behind Down House (Darwin's Home). This is the stretch along t...

  This is from Rick Mercer, a Canadian comedian [ The Rick Mercer Report ]. [Hat Tip: Craig Smibert ]

  Is it part of our role as university educators to challenge the beliefs of our students? You're damn right it is! That's what uni...

Maarten Boudry, Stefaan Blancke, and Johan Braeckman have an article coming out in Science & Education on " Grist to the Mill of A...

  Yesterday I was talking to one of my colleagues and she asked me if I'd heard the latest news about the Burgess Shale. I confessed ig...

  Until a few minutes ago I had never heard of "redshirting" although I was familiar with the concept. Some parents want to hold t...

  This month's Carnival of Evolution (45th version) is hosted by Adrian, a Canadian from Edmonton, Alberta who blogs at Splendor Awaits...

Helena Curtis was an amazing writer. She's famous for her introductory biology textbook published by Worth beginning in 1968 [ Good Scie...

  I saw this portrait in the Huntington Library in San Marino (near Pasedena) California, USA. This man was the friend of a kite flyer, a ...

  This is a very important molecule for some species. It's important to me, for example, because I worked with it in an undergraduate r...

  Way to go Rosie! We'll soon turn you into a biochemist! I love it when you say the textbooks are still right.

  The Centre for Inquiry (Toronto) is trying to get back on track after CFI fired two National Executive Directors and the director of CFI ...

This is a question that's come up many times in the blogosphere. My own answer is "yes," humans races/populations/demes/subspe...

  Davey Jones of the Monkees died yesterday. He was 66 yeas old. Here he is singing Daydream Believer , a song that hit #1 in the USA in De...