Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Where Are the Best University Teachers?
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Much to my embarrassment, the University of Toronto is promoting online courses, or MOOCs [ Online courses for anyone, anywhere ]. These cou...
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University Tuitions in Canada and the United States
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The University of Toronto is the largest university in North America (70,000 students) and one of the top 20 universities in the world 1 [ ...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Stress and Telomere Length—Do You Believe this Study?
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Healthy skepticism is an important part of science. One of the biggest differences between scientists and intelligent design creationists, f...
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Questions for Genetics Students
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Rosie Redfield has published a (deliberately) provocative article on teaching genetics in the 21st century (Redfield, 2012). I disagree stro...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Evolution
Is
Purposeless and Unguided—Deal with It!
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Many prominent scientists get it right when they say that evolution is purposeless and unguided. The same is true for plate tectonics, super...
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Eschaton 2012
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Most of you missed the exciting Evolution Ottawa 2012 meeting earlier this month but, cheer up, you have another chance to visit Ottawa form...
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Vote for Jesus for President (of the United States)
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PZ Myers approves of this plan to cast a vote for Jesus [ An excellent suggestion for the Bible-believing Christians ]. Isn't there a ...
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Monday's Molecule #177
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This is a very important molecule. It's found in (almost?) all living species where it serves a very important function. What is the com...
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Atheist Retention Rates
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We live in an era where almost 50% of the citizens in some Western European countries don't believe in God and a solid majority of those...
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Jeffrey Shallit on the Sandwalk
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Jeffry Shallit of Recursivity is in London, England where he recently took a train from Victoria Station to Bromley South, then a bus to Do...
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Trinity, July 16, 1945
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The first atomic bomb was detonated on this day in 1945 [ Trinity ]. The second detonation of an atomic bomb took place over Hiroshima , Jap...
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What Does a Secular Society Look Like?
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Lots of people don't understand what we mean by a secular society. If you're one of them, watch this video by QualiaSoup . He uses a...
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
The Top Ten Problems with Darwinism
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It was only a few months ago that lawyer Casey Luskin presented us with The Top Three Flaws in Evolutionary Theory . Now he's back with ...
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Slip Slidin' Along - How DNA Binding Proteins Find Their Target
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Many proteins bind to double-stranded DNA and most of them bind specifically to a particular target site. The lac repressor, for example, b...
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The Science Behind CSI
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The Faculty of Medicine at my university runs a Youth Summer Program (Medicine) for high school students. There are four one-week modules: ...
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