Sandwalk

The faculty at most Canadian universities are unionized. Faculty unions are important for negotiating fair salaries and benefits but they pl...

Last week's molecules (above) [ Monday's Molecule #236 ] were the stereoisomers of L-threonine (D-threonine, L-allotheronine, and D-...

A few Intelligent Design Creationists are beginning to learn about evolution. A few days ago, I speculated about what would happen if they r...

I stumbled across an article in Science & Education that caught my eye. The authors discuss the way genetics is taught in introductory ...

Branko Kozulic has asked me to post some additional comments. I'm happy to do so since it reflects a sincere attempt to learn about evol...

Branko Kozulic has asked me to post his reply to Branko Kozulic has questions about fixation . My policy is to post letters like this withou...

This one is from five years ago, reposted today at eggs2 .

There's an interesting phenomenon taking place over on one of the main Intelligent Design Creationist websites. It started when a philos...

Branko Kozulic is trying to understand how so many neutral alleles could be fixed in the human and chimpanzee populations (species) over the...

Vincent Torley was initially very skeptical when I described the differences between human and chimpanzee genomes and explained that those d...

Lawyer Barry Arrington has posted a link to an article that compares scores on standardized tests (LSAT) with undergraduate discipline. It a...

I can understand why the Intelligent Design Creationists want to label me as a Darwinist, but John Wilkins? What's his motive? He writ...

Theme Mutation -definition -mutation types -mutation rates -phylogeny -controversies The Intelligent Design Creationists are remark...

There is no universally agreed upon definition of "Darwinism" but many of us think it refers to a view of evolution that emphasize...

The Intelligent Design Creationists tell us repeatedly that they have a valid scientific theory of design. The reality is that 99.9% of ever...