November 30, 2007

Katz  permlink

Category: Blog

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Posted by Razib at 12:56 PM • 2 Comments

November 26, 2007

Mixed-race but homogeneous appearance?  permlink

Category: Genetics

Several years ago Oprah Winfrey asked Tiger Woods what he would say to people who say that when they look him they see a black man. The issue was that some African Americans objected to Woods' contention that he was...

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Posted by Razib at 8:19 AM • 39 Comments

The Islamic race  permlink

Category: Culture

Ali Eteraz has an article titled Mistaken identity in The Guardian which is a long rambling reflection on Islamic identity, and specifically his Islamic identity. He is somewhat confused by the conflation of Islam with a quasi-ethnic identity....

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Posted by Razib at 5:10 AM • 6 Comments

This is faith!  permlink

Category: Creationism

Rock of Ages, Ages of Rock: . To the young-earth creationists, this is both unscientific and dubiously religious. "We don't subscribe to this idea of the 'God of gaps,' meaning if you can't explain something, then blame God," Whitmore told...

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Posted by Razib at 3:42 AM • 3 Comments

November 25, 2007

Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters  permlink

Category: Evolution

Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters is an expansive new book authored by vertebrate paleontologist Donald Prothero and lushly illustrated by Carl Buell. The quality of the plates and illustrations, the binding as well as the texture...

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Posted by Razib at 11:10 PM • 2 Comments

November 24, 2007

Kindling the future  permlink

Category: Culture

The Future of Reading: All these ideas are anathema to traditionalists. In May 2006, novelist John Updike, appalled at reading Kelly's article ("a pretty grisly scenario"), decided to speak for them. Addressing a convention of booksellers, he cited "the printed,...

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Posted by Razib at 2:43 AM • 11 Comments

November 23, 2007

Katz  permlink

Category: Blog

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Posted by Razib at 11:17 PM • 2 Comments

Firefox 3.0 beta  permlink

Category: Blog

I downloaded and installed Firefox 3.0 beta. It might have some bugs, but it resolved all the problems I'd been having earlier with Firefox crashing in gmail....

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Posted by Razib at 12:45 AM • 7 Comments

November 22, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!  permlink

Category: Blog

Just wishing readers who live in the USA a good holiday....

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Posted by Razib at 5:26 AM • 3 Comments

November 21, 2007

More genes please!  permlink

Category: Genetics

Targeted discovery of novel human exons by comparative genomics: Here we describe a genome-wide effort, carried out as part of the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) project, to identify human genes not yet in the gene catalogs. Our approach was to...

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Posted by Razib at 4:00 AM • 0 Comments

November 20, 2007

Brown out!  permlink

Category: Genetics

The most common emails I receive are about hair and eye color, and of these the most frequent source seems to be from individuals in interracial relationships. Quite often they are curious as to the possible outcome of their offspring's...

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Posted by Razib at 4:37 AM • 17 Comments

November 19, 2007

The genomic future is almost here?  permlink

Category: Genetics

Technology dramatically speeds gene mapping. A short little piece which repeats the standard mantras; faster, cheaper and better. The Human Genome Project was proof of principle. Right now, with all the stuff that is starting to bubble up around personal...

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Posted by Razib at 1:35 AM • 3 Comments

Sidr hearsay blogging  permlink

Category: Culture

Just talked to my mother today and she phoned relatives in Dhaka. Everything is OK, electricity is coming back online. She seemed dismissive of the idea when I asked if it was all well in the rural areas where some...

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Posted by Razib at 12:27 AM • 0 Comments

November 18, 2007

Glimpse of the future?  permlink

Category: Genetics

My Genome, Myself: Seeking Clues in DNA: For as little as $1,000 and a saliva sample, customers will be able to learn what is known so far about how the billions of bits in their biological code shape who they...

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Posted by Razib at 3:01 AM • 1 Comments

Sidr update  permlink

Category: Culture

Update: OK, not to be morbid, but the confirmed death tolls is now greater than 3,000, and there is a tentative projected death toll on the order of 10,000. That's in line with my comments below. End Update The death...

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Posted by Razib at 2:05 AM • 1 Comments

Questioning the breastfeeding & IQ link  permlink

Category: Genetics

A few weeks ago I reported some research that seemed to show a relationship between a gain in IQ due to breastfeeding and a particular genetic variant. Looks like I spoke too soon. p-ter has the goods: The fact that...

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Posted by Razib at 12:39 AM • 4 Comments