January 31, 2006
Fuller full of himself permlink
Category: Creationism
The Guardian has a piece titled Steve Fuller: Designer trouble, in reference to testimony that the aforementioned professor gave to the Dover court. After reading the article I have to say that I'm not surprised that he testified, he seems...
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Evolution bites on the web permlink
Category: Evolution
When I use terms not in regular circulation like linkage disequilibrium, or those which I suspect aren't as well understood as I think they should be, like random genetic drift, I usually make reference to the companion website to Mark...
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Transhumanist delusions about the first derivative? permlink
Category: Transhumanism
In response to a skeptical response to my post below from RPM I have posted an entry on my other weblog asking whether I am deluding myself in thinking that our generation is at an axial pivot in the progression...
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January 30, 2006
Blogs of the Union permlink
Category: Blog
Radio Open Source is calling for Blogs of the Union (BOTU)posts. So here I go.... Ten years ago the internet was a new and innovative technology that was going to change our lives as it entered into mass culture. Today...
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Posted by Razib at 10:30 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Wet or dry ear wax? permlink
Category: Genetics
Life can be really funny. When I was in college I was incorrigibly curious and I asked a Korean American friend if his ear wax was dry (I'd read that East Asians had dry ear wax once) and his response...
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Posted by Razib at 2:20 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2006
Finding out who your "ancestors" were via DNA permlink
Category: Genetics
Newsweek has an entertaining story which highlights the recent penetration of science into the venerable enterprise of genealogy. The good: ...Adopted at birth, Royer knew nothing about her biological parents. But certain physical traits-wide nose, dark skin-led people to guess...
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Posted by Razib at 10:54 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 28, 2006
Every ratio 3:1!!! permlink
Category: Genetics
Science isn't perfect, it often misses obvious truths. Consider the 2005 Nobel in medicine, awarded for the work of Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren in establishing the connection between Helicobacter pylori and ulcers. After the fact you hear many...
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Posted by Razib at 4:11 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 26, 2006
But it does move.... permlink
Category: Creationism
All of the other science bloggers are talking about the finding that the British might be more Creation-friendly than we'd have thought. My first thought is that we need to be careful about the survey. But my second thought is...
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Posted by Razib at 2:43 PM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Feather development in 3-D permlink
Category: Development
Over the past 5 years Matthew Harris has been doing some interesting research into feather morphogenesis, and he has produced some must watch videos. His work on quantitative modeling of development via the activator-inhibitor system is, I believe, a necessary...
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Posted by Razib at 11:16 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2006
Earth like planet detected? permlink
Category: Space
Since Chad Orzel hasn't posted on it, I figured I'd link to this story about a Nature letter which announces the discovery of a planet 5.5 times as massive as our own! This is pretty cool, I was a big...
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