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Human evolution, genetics, genomics and their interstices
Category: Genetics
When Mendelism reemerged in the early 20th century to become what we term genetics no doubt the early practitioners of the nascent field would have been surprised to see where it went. The centrality of of DNA as the substrate...
Posted by Razib Khan at 3:48 AM • 6 Comments •
Category: Biology
Pamela Ronald of Tommorow's Table, author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food. Additionally, David Sloan Wilson, has moved his blog to ScienceBlogs. It's called Evolution for Everyone, after the book of the same name. You...
Posted by Razib Khan at 6:00 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Biology
The story about the giant rat discovered in an isolated crater in Papua New Guinea is fascinating. It's kind of atypical in these days, but if you read through really old copies of National Geographic from the early 20th century...
Posted by Razib Khan at 12:33 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Biology
Alcohol's Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It: For some scientists, the question will not go away. No study, these critics say, has ever proved a causal relationship between moderate drinking and lower risk of death -- only that the...
Posted by Razib Khan at 9:03 AM • 10 Comments •
Category: Biology
When I found out a while back that Jonah Lehrer's next book was titled How We Decide, I knew I was going to check it out. It's no coincidence that I recently reviewed Predictably Irrational, I blog because I'm...
Posted by Razib Khan at 9:33 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: Culture
Low Vitamin D Causes Problems For Acutely Ill Patients: Dr Paul Lee, Professor John Eisman and Associate Professor Jackie Center, researchers at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, examined a cohort of 42 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. Forty-five percent...
Posted by Razib Khan at 1:19 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Biology
I blogged about this a few months ago, but Dan MacArthur reports that the firm which was going to roll it out first claims that it doesn't really work as advertised....
Posted by Razib Khan at 2:57 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Biology
I'm in the mood for a "feel good" story with the past week's fixation in swine flu. Half A Glass Of Wine A Day May Boost Life Expectancy By Five Years: The Dutch authors base their findings on a total...
Posted by Razib Khan at 8:11 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: Biology
Carl Zimmer points out that Marianne Williamson is making some real strange suggestions in regards to the swine flue in The Huffington Post: l) Pray it away. Just pray it away, asking God as you understand Him, the Divine Physician,...
Posted by Razib Khan at 10:17 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Biology
Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica. See ScienceDaily. Anecdote: my own asthma has gotten much better since I started Vitamin D supplementation. Not only have I had many fewer bouts of bronchitis...
Posted by Razib Khan at 10:28 AM • 5 Comments •
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