Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, June 26, 2015
Junk DNA is so last century!
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My copy of John Parrington's new book, The Deeper Genome: Why there is more to the human genome than meets the eye , is due to arrive in...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
UK bans teaching of creationism
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The British Humanist Association is gloating over a recent decision by the government of the United Kingdom to ban the teaching of creationi...
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WHY IS IN OUR DNA
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I posted this photo on Facebook yesterday. It shows a large sign on the side of Princess Margaret Hospital (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) saying...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
The ugly face of Intelligent Design Creationism
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Intelligent Design Creationists like to pretend that their particular version of creationism is scientific. They claim they have evidence of...
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Jerry Coyne on Lewontin and methodological naturalism
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I'm working my way through Jerry Coyne's new book. There's lots of good stuff in there but I was particularly interested in his ...
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Café Scientifique
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Last night was my first visit to the Café Scientifique in Streetsville (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada). I had a great time discussing " ...
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Friday, June 19, 2015
The science behind Intelligent Design Creationism
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I do not agree with those who dismiss Intelligent Design Creationism because it is not science. I prefer to think of it as an approach that ...
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Sunday, June 18, 1815
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Today is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo . The diagram on the right shows the initial disposition of the Anglo-Dutch army...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Creationists discover that human and chimp genomes are only about 70% similar!!!
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Watch Jeffrey Tomkins of The Institute for Creation Science teach us about the very latest (not!) research in genomics. I haven't bothe...
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Saturday, June 17, 1815
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After the defeat at Ligny, the Prussians retreated in good order to Wavre and by Saturday, June 17th a large part of the Prussian army had r...
Evolutionary algorithms are really adaptation algorithms
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A recent article in Nature reminded me of the importance of definitions. The article discusses evolution and evolutionary algorithms in a s...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The Discovery Institute's myths and misconceptions about evolution
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If students are going to learn critical thinking about evolution, they need to be exposed to controversial views and challenges concerning e...
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Friday, June 16, 1815
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Napoleon's Army of the North had crossed the Belgian frontier and was advancing toward Brussels. Napoleon had surprised the allied armie...
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Monday, June 15, 2015
The meaning of "irreducible complexity"
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Michael Behe first proposed the idea of "irreducible complexity" in Darwin's Black Box back in 1996. He defines it as ... By...
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Thursday, June 15, 1815
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It was 200 years ago today that Napoleon's army crossed the Belgian border at Charleroi and advanced on Quatre-Bras in order to split th...
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