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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, April 26, 2013
Darwin's Doubt: The "Trailer"
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More advertising for the Intelligent Design Creationists' tenth or eleventh attempt to destroy "Darwinism" [ Darwin's Doub...
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Hibiscus schizopetalus
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It's been a while since I've linked to the Botany Photo of the Day even though I read it all the time. Check it out. What is that...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Is It Illegal to Teach Intelligent Design Creationism in American Universities?
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Jerry Coyne has discovered that a course at Ball State University (Indiana) teaches science from a viewpoint that's sympathetic to Intel...
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Sixty Years Ago Today: April 25, 1953
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Sixty years ago on this day, Nature published three back-to-back papers on the structure of DNA. It was a momentous day for science. Here...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Nothing in Biochemistry Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution
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The title of this post is a slight paraphrasing of Theodosius Dobzhansky's famous saying, " Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except i...
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Measuring Teaching Effectiveness
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Having just sat through many talks and read many posters on how to measure what we teach, I'm struck by the overwhelming emphasis on how...
"The Unbelievers" Is Coming!
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Lawrence Krauss says on Facebook ... six days and counting till the World Premiere of The Unbelievers at Hotdocs International Film Festiva...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Better Biochemistry at EB2013
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I've been talking to a lot of people here at EB2013 in Boston. One of the main topics of conversation is education in biochemistry and m...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Judging the Quality of MOOCs
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Another journalist has written about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This one is in The New York Times : Two Cheers for Web U! . Most...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
Biology in Boston
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I arrived in Boston, got settled in my hotel, and registered for Exeperimental Biology 2013. My society is the American Society for Bioch...
Friday, April 19, 2013
Coelacanths Evolve More Slowly?
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I don't have a lot of time today (I leave for Boston tomorrow) but I can't let this pass. The complete draft genome of the African...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
What to Do with Old Conference Name Tags?
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Ryan Gregory asked what he should do with his old conference name tags (on Facebook). You hang them on your office door, of course. What e...
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Ask an Atheist Day
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This National Ask An Atheist Day in the USA. It's sponsored by the Secular Student Alliance and supported by the Center for Inquiry. ...
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Darwin Doubters Want to Have their Cake and Eat it too
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The phrase "to have your cake and eat it too" means that you can't have it both ways or "shouldn't try to have two in...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Educating an Intelligent Design Creationist: Evidence for Junk
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I'm replying to a post by andyjones (More and more) Function, the evolution-free gospel of ENCODE . That was the fourth post in an excha...
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