Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, August 17, 2015
Do Canadians "believe" in evolution?
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A recent post by some anonymous blogger named "Darwin Quixote" made the following claim [see comment in: Be Careful, Evolution is ...
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Summer Reading
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These are the books I've read, or finished reading, this summer beginning in June. This is the book that I'm re-reading ver...
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Friday, August 14, 2015
Teaching evolution in Ontario Schools
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In Ontario (Canada) there is a province-wide curriculum that all public schools must follow. This includes the Roman Catholic separate schoo...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
What is "PeerWise"?
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I came across an interesting article about " PeerWise ." Hardy, J., Bates, S.P., Casey, M.M., Galloway, K.D., Galloway, R.K., K...
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The value of critique in science education
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One of the most difficult concepts to get across to science educators (e.g. professors in a biochemistry department ) is the idea that stude...
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David M. Raup (1933-2015)
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David Raup died last month. He was 82 years old. Raup was a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, where he studied the big picture o...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
More calls to extend the defunct Modern Synthesis
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Once again, a group of scientists want to extend and revise the Modern Synthesis version of evolutionary theory in order to bring their pet ...
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Four things that Francis Collins learned from sequencing the human genome
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I've been doing a bit of research on the human genome in preparation for a book. This led me to an article published in 2003 by Francis ...
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Insulators, junk DNA, and more hype and misconceptions
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The folks at Evolution News & Views (sic) can serve a very useful purpose. They are constantly scanning the scientific literature for a...
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Friday, August 07, 2015
Here's why you can ignore Günther Witzany
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Günther Witzany is one of those people who think the Modern Synthesis needs to be overthrown but he missed the real revolution that took pla...
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How to write about RNA
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I find it very frustrating to read reports about RNA these days because the writers almost always misrepresent the history of the field and ...
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
On this day in 1945
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At 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan. Approximately 78,000 civilians were killed on that day. Six...
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WIlliam Provine doesn't like random genetic drift
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William ("Will") Provine is an emeritus professor of history and of evolution at Cornell University (Ithaca, New YOrk, USA). He i...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Orac responds to my post on teaching the controvery
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Orac didn't like part of my post On teaching alternative medicine at the University of Toronto . Here's what I said a few days ago ....
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Sunday, August 02, 2015
On teaching alternative medicine at the University of Toronto
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There's been a recent kerfluffle about a course called "Alternative Health: Practive and Theory" taught as part of a program i...
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