Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, July 12, 2013
Where Am I?
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How many of you recognize this place? Note that the line-up is not (quite) out the door. How cool is that!?
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Monday, July 08, 2013
Monday's Molecule #208
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Last week's molecule was the fatty acid synthase complex [ Monday's Molecule #207 ]. The winner was Matt McFarlane. He should contac...
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Sunday, July 07, 2013
Can You Prove that God(s) Do Not Exist?
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Atheists do not believe in any gods. An atheist does not claim to have proof that gods don't exist, although they do claim that most of ...
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Canada and Ontario Will Celebrate Pope John Paul II Day
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The House of Commons in Canada has passed a bill declaring that Canada will celebrate Pope John Paul II Day on April 2nd every year [ An Act...
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Thursday, July 04, 2013
Five Things You Should Know if You Want to Participate in the Junk DNA Debate
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Here are five things you should know if you want to engage in a legitimate scientific discussion about the amount of junk DNA in a genome. ...
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How to Make a Scientific Argument
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The debate over the amount of junk in our genome is a genuine scientific debate. There are legitimate scientific points of view on both side...
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Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Monday's Molecule #207
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Last week's molecule was N -acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) one of the components of the polysaccharide in bacterial cell walls [ Monday'...
Evolution vs God
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It's Ray Comfort and he's going to destroy Richard Dawkins. Bet you can hardly wait to see this movie. PZ Myers is in it. Read what ...
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A Philosopher Trashes Junk DNA
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I am one of those scientists who think that the discipline of "philosophy of science" is catering to some pretty stupid philosophe...
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On the Misuse of the Term "Genetic Code"
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Dan Graur is fed up with journalists who don't know the difference between the "genetic code" and the sequence of a genome. He...
Will There Be a Junk DNA Debate in Chicago?
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Quite a few people think that there's going to be a serious debate about junk DNA at the SMBE meeting in Chicago next week. One of the s...
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Keep Calm and Ask About Onions
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Nick Matzke is going to the SMBE (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) meeting in Chicago next week. He's created a T-shirt for ...
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Get Science Right in Canada
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Get Science Right
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John Mattick on the Importance of Non-coding RNA
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John Mattick is a Professor and research scientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research at the University of New South Wales (Austra...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
The Best Enzyme
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Theme Better Biochemistry While I was collecting posts on biochemistry, I came across one that I wrote almost five years ago. It was about...
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