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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, July 19, 2013
Speaking of Trees
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My friends and colleagues, David Isenman and Jacqueline Segall, used to have a big tree in their back yard. On Monday July 8th it rained ......
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What Is Humanism?
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What the heck is humanism? The short answer is ... I have no idea. If someone tells me they're a humanist then I can guess that they h...
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How to Build a Research Institute
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The Francis Crick Institute is under construction in London (UK). When I first heard about this I thought that it would be a wonderful pla...
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What Should We Teach About the "Tree of Life"?
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As most of you already know, I think the Three Domain Hypothesis is dead. The history of life is better explained as a net with rampant tran...
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
The Largest Prokaryotic Genomes
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Some bacterial genomes are quite large. A few are larger than the smallest eukaryotic genomes. Many species of cyanobacteria are complex, ...
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Contradictory Phylogenies for Cyanobacteria
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The cyanobacteria are interesting for a number of reasons. They have a complex photosynthesis pathway with two separate phostosystems and an...
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The Shortest Distance ....
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I have many pet peeves. One of them concerns the people who build paths and walkways. If you're going to spend a lot of money constructi...
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Evidence for Intelligent Design
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Remember how the IDiots are always trying to tell us that their movement is scientific? It's all about scientific evidence for design. ...
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How the IDiots View Genome Research
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It's safe to say that a majority of knowledgeable scientists now agree that the most of our genome is junk. This is bad news for Intelli...
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Jenny McCarthy Will Be the New Co-Host of
The View
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You all remember Jenny McCarthy, right? She's the person who urges parents not to vaccinate their children, prompting formation of the J...
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Monday's Molecule #209
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Last week's molecule was depicted on a stamp honoring Gerty Cori. It was supposed to be the "Cori ester" (glucose 1-phosphate)...
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Happy Bastille Day!
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On July 14, 1789 a bunch of French citizens stormed the Bastille and liberated a handful of political prisoners [ Bastille Day ]. It marks t...
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People I Met in Chicago at SMBE2013
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I had a great time at SMBE2013 (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) in Chicago. Here are some of the people I met. I apologize for ...
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What Did Dan Graur Say in Chicago?
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Dan Graur gave a fantastic and entertaining talk at SMBE2013 [ Powerpoint ]. He covered a lot of bases, but unfortunately left some out '...
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How Not to Do Science
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Theme Genomes & Junk DNA Many reputable scientists are convinced that most of our genome is junk. However, there are still a few holdo...
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