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Category: Brain and Behavior
A study recently published by Irva Hertz-Picciotto and Lora Delwiche of the M.I.N.D. Institute, UC Davis, addresses the question of an apparent rise in the frequency of diagnosed autism in California. This study is quickly becoming the focus of attention as the various factions with...
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Minnesota Atheists' "Atheists Talk" radio show. Sunday, December 28, 2008, 9-10 a.m. Central Time Exploring Your Inner Zebrafish Listen this Sunday to Geneticist Dr. Perry Hackett and Evo Devo Biologist PZ Myers as they discuss the Top Life Science Stories of 2008. Big genome...
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PZ Myers' appearance on Atheist Talk Radio was positively Orwellian. Host Mike the Madman Haubrich actually asked PZ about developmental biology (evodevo). Fish embryos? What about crackers!!!! I wanted crackers!!!! And I get Zebrafish! The interview was actually very interesting, in which PZ discussed homologous...
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Minnesota Atheists' "Atheists Talk" radio show Sunday, July 27, 2008, 9-10 a.m. Central Time P.Z. Myers discusses "Evo-Devo: What do a mouse's leg and a bat's wing have in common?" Also, atheist blogger C.L. Hanson discusses her book "Ex-Mormon." "Atheists Talk" airs live on AM...
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Quirky Pulsar System Challenges Theories of Binary Formation; Observing Stem Cells at Work; Large scale carbon sequestration...
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Category: Development
Stay tuned, more coming. This episode 8 of the PBS series in six bite sized parts...
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Category: Development
[Thanks, Analiese, The Anthropologist]...
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You know that organisms develop, grow, and function in part because genes code for proteins that form the building blocks of life or that function as working bioactive molecules (like enzymes). You also know that most DNA is junk, only a couple percent actually coding...
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Category: Development
Every year around this time, we start to get a lot of two-faced animal stories. I'm not sure why. [story here] [hat tip: Science Buzz]...
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