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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
LSU is working hard to include hands-on science in Introductory Biology for Non-Majors, while CUNY is making news by eliminating hands-on science.
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
A recent paper from our lab discusses how DNA polymerase from E. coli can discriminate between DNA replication and DNA repair substrates, while the "same" polymerase from Thermus aquaticus sees both types of DNA substrates as equal.
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
It's time to "Dance Your Ph.D." again!
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
The discussion of evolution by the Misses USA is most interesting for several reasons, including how its "mother-post" got reblogitated around the web, despite its relative inaccuracy.
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
A physicist friend of mine recently lent me a copy of Harry Frankfurt's "On Bullshit", which purports to be the only ever philosophical analysis of "bullshit," when it quite clearly seems to be a complete piece of bullshit itself.
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
We're going to attempt to wrap up the mini-series on Heat Capacity in Biology 101: Part 3: How do you know if your reaction has a heat capacity, and how big is it?
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Category: Links to interesting sites and discussion of them
What I've found most interesting about the arsenic-bacteria/DNA story is that there seem to be several parallel and barely intersecting universes in play here: 1) the scientific literature, 2) the traditional media, and 3) the blogosphere.
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Category: Gift Shop & Haberdashery
Although I can't remember where I saw "play with duct tape" on the list of learning objectives, I figured it would be cool to make a paper pinball machine with the kids - it's kind of "educational." (right?). Anyway, this...
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Category: Gift Shop & Haberdashery
Sorry it's been a bit quiet here lately. Things have been busy at the museum, and I've also been writing in other places. In particular, These days I'm a guest blogger at Boing Boing, and on top of that, I'm...
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Category: Gift Shop & Haberdashery
Just a quick note for you Brits out there (and specifically Londoners I guess). Tonight (Sept 24th), the Natural History Museum is hosting a "Science Uncovered" evening, whereby scientists and staff from various departments will be on hand. As...
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