Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Dr. Greg Wells Writes about Athletes and Telomeres
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Dr. Greg Wells is a professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. He's the author of Supe...
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Casey Luskin Wants Us to Categorize Evolution Critics
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Casey Luskin has posted an email message that he recently sent to someone who inquired about Intelligent Design Creationism. It describes hi...
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Understanding Phylogenetic Trees
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A few months ago I posted an exam question from my course on evolution [ Exam Question #1 ]. It was designed to test student's understan...
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Saturday, August 04, 2012
Muscles and the Lactic Acid Myth
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If you've been watching the Olympics, you've heard the story many times from coaches, athletes, and even team doctors. They all tell...
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Friday, August 03, 2012
The Paradox of Stasis?
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The word "stasis" entered our consciousness when Gould and Eldredge promoted the concept of punctuated equilibria (see Darwin on G...
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On the Evolution of New Enzymes: Completely Different Enzymes Can Catalyze Similar Reactions
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It's often quite difficult to imagine how a new enzyme activity could have evolved "from scratch." After all, aren't enzym...
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Advice to New Creationist Students
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We're getting close to the beginning of the semester in the northern hemisphere. That means a lot of high school students will be experi...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Our genome is degenerating, but wait, someone is coming to help us
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According to plant geneticist, John Sanford, the human race is degenerating rapidly. It's one of the trade secrets of biology. Every pop...
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Carnival of Evolution #50
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This month marks the 50th edition of Carnival of Evolution . The latest version is hosted on Teaching Biology . Read it at: Carnival of Evol...
Why Should an Atheist Care About the Problem of Evil?
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I am an atheist. What does that mean? It means that I have never seen any evidence that supernatural beings exist. I don't think the dev...
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They Like Me, They Really Like Me!
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Well, maybe not all the IDiots really like me but David Klinghoffer is sure a big fan [ You Go, Larry Moran! ] Just think. Imagine you'...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Carbon Dioxide Fixation in the Dark Ocean
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Cells require both a source of energy and a source of building blocks for synthesis of organic (carbon-containing) molecules. Some of the mo...
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Oscar Miller (1925 - 2012)
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Oscar Miller died last January. Steven McKnight, Ann Beyer, and Joseph Gall (2012) wrote up a nice tribute to their former mentor. Those of...
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Monday's Molecule #179
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Last week we discovered two chemically similar reactions that were catalyzed by related enzymes of the same gene family [ Monday's Molec...
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Stephen Fry and the Two Cultures Problem (Brits vs Americans)
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I can't believe it was almost five years ago that I posted a quotation from Stephen Fry on the differences between dinner conversations...
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