Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Saturday, September 08, 2012
The Top American Science Questions: 2012
›
I'm really interested in science education and I'd love to see improvements so that we can begin to create a scientifically literate...
50 comments:
Friday, September 07, 2012
Zoë Goes to School
›
Sometimes you just have to post pictures of your granddaughter. Here's Zoƫ going off to her first day of "school" in Los Angel...
3 comments:
At Least He Doesn't Call them IDiots!
›
I don't agree with everyhting Richard Dawkins says in this video but he's got the important parts right. Notice that he doesn't ...
15 comments:
Oh Dear. Another Non-Scientist Gets the Wrong Message from Ed Yong
›
David Ropeik identifies himself as an "international consultant in risk perception and risk communication, and an Instructor in the Env...
33 comments:
At Last, Some Journalists Are Paying Attention!
›
From the Forbes website: Reports of Junk DNA's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by John Farrell. Of course it's even more im...
2 comments:
THIS Is What Michael Eisen Is Thinking!!!
›
Here's an excellent example of what's wrong with the way the ENCODE Consortium is interpreting their data. Congratulations to Michae...
11 comments:
More Expert Opinion on Junk DNA from Scientists
›
The Nature issue containing the latest ENCODE Consortium papers also has a New & Views article called "Genomics: ENCODE explained...
11 comments:
Endogenous Retroviruses and Junk DNA
›
The latest version of the Carnival of Evolution pointed to an article by Steven Quistad on Small Things Considered . The article reviewed a...
9 comments:
Carnival of Evolution #51: Darwin's Restaurant
›
This month's Carnival of Evolution is hosted by The Stochastic Scientist , Kathy Orlinsky. Read it at: Carnival of Evolution 51: Darwin...
Eschaton 2012 Is Nigh!
›
CFI is sponsoring a conference in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) on "Celebrating Reason at the End of the World." The title of the confe...
Thursday, September 06, 2012
You Just Knew This Was Coming, Didn't You?
›
Jonathan McLatchie must have hardly been able to contain himself when he wrote: Latest ENCODE Research Validates ID Predictions On Non-Codin...
39 comments:
The Smithsonian Jumps on the Anti-Junk DNA Bandwagon
›
The Smithsonian Museums are highly respected but that doesn't mean their website is scientifically accurate [ Junk DNA Isn’t Junk, and T...
The ENCODE Data Dump and the Responsibility of Scientists
›
A few hours ago I criticized science journalists for getting suckered by the hype surrounding the publication of 30 papers from the ENCODE C...
22 comments:
What in the World Is Michael Eisen Talking About?
›
I've been trying to keep up with the ENCODE PR fiasco so I immediately click on a link to Michael Eisen's blog with the provocative ...
23 comments:
The ENCODE Data Dump and the Responsibility of Science Journalists
›
ENCODE ( EN cyclopedia O f D NA E lements) is a massive consortium of scientists dedicated to finding out what's in the human genome. ...
34 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version