Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, September 22, 2014
Are lncRNAs really mRNAs in waiting?
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Biology News Net has become a joke. It's rare to see a paper that it hasn't mangled or a press release that it hasn't fallen fo...
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What are lncRNAs?
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Many genes encode proteins and many other genes specify functional RNAs that do not encode proteins. The "RNA genes" include the c...
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Looking for Frankenfood
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The students in my third year lab course are about to test various food products to see if they contain any DNA from genetically modified or...
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Friday, September 12, 2014
The logic of lawyers
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Barry Arrington is a lawyer from Colorado [ Encyclopedia of American Loons ]. Here's an example of the logic of lawyers posted on Uncomm...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
The mystery of Maud Menten
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Maud Menten is best known for the Michaelis-Menten equation and her work on enzyme kinetics. She was born in Port Lambton, Ontario and she ...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The perils of genetic testing
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Most people don't understand the consequences of genetic testing. You may think that you can handle all of the data and information but ...
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The Non-Conference Is Coming
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Do IDiots understand evolutionary theory?
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Do Intelligent Design Creationists (IDiots) understand evolution? ... of course not. It's been really frustrating over the past 25 yea...
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The atheist barmaid's error
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I'm usually a big fan of Jesus and Mo but today's cartoon is a bit disappointing. It is "resurrected" from 2009 [ nerve2 ...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Club Day at the University of Toronto
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Today's the day that clubs strut their stuff and try to get new students to sign up. It's an important part of campus life and an im...
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Harrison Ford vs Ian McKellen
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It's hilarious even when you know it's photoshopped.
Are universities doomed?
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This month's issue of The Atlantic has another one of those boring articles on the imminent death of universities (colleges) [ The Futu...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2014
What are they playing?
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Apparently the Queen's Guards surprised everyone by playing a new song during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace on July 15,...
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The top ten cities in the world
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The Economist has surveyed cities from all over the world to find the ones that are the most livable (i.e. best places to live). Here's...
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IDiots exploring evolution
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Modern evolutionary theory is far more advanced than the simple version that's attacked by Intelligent Design Creationists. Neutral Theo...
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