Sandwalk

Last summer we took a short drive through the San Fernando Valley on our way from Thousand Oaks to Griffith Park. I happened to mention ...

Last year we took a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon [ The Magic Canyon Ride ]. None of us converted to Christianity or any other religio...

"Die, selfish gene, die!" is the provocative title of an article by science writer David Dobbs [ Die, selfish gene die! ]. Dobbs...

I've published a few papers on the regulation of transcription of a mouse gene and students in my lab have done the standard promoter-ba...

Jason Rosenhouse read Chris Mooney's article on 7 Reasons Why It's Easier for Humans to Believe in God Than Evolution and liked it....

While I was researching the previous article on the safety of GM foods, I came across the website of Magda Havas. Here's how she describ...

I recently had a discussion about the safety of food derived from genetically modified organisms. My opponent, whose identity I will conceal...

The US Food and Drug Administration has asked 23andMe to stop marketing their genetic test product. The company will test your DNA for the ...

Lenski's long-term evolution experiment has resulted in dozens of publications in high quality journals. It has led to significant insig...

Richard Lenski set up twelve flasks of E. coli B back in 1988. They were allowed to grow overnight in minimal medium containing 139μM gluco...

I just love the IDiots. They never cease to amaze, and amuse, me. Here's the latest from David Klinghofer at: Intelligent Design as an O...

Back in the nineteenth century (i.e. more than one hundred years ago) there was a biologist named Louis Agassiz who didn't like Darwin...

Last week's molecule was EF-Tu (elongation factor-thermo unstable). EF-Tu binds to all tRNA molecules in the cell and helps position the...

This month's Carnival of Evolution is hosted by none other than John Wilkins. He's a philosopher but don't let that put you off...

Elizabeth Pennisi has written about the long-term evolution experiment of Richard Lenski [ The Man Who Bottled Evolution ]. The experiment i...