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Cloned mice created from fully differentiated cells, a milestone in cloning research The research study finds that fully differentiated cells
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It Figures: Elevated Testosterone Kills Nerve Cells
ScienceDaily: Elevated Testosterone Kills Nerve Cells The linked article describes research where cultures of nerve cells show apoptosis – a
Read moreDolphin Tails and Animal Models
This morning, Glenn Branch IM’d me a link to the following blog post: Pure Pedantry : Scientists in FL attempt
Read moreTargetting NASA
Alexander Villacampa decided to go after NASA in an essay, NASA: Exemplary of Government Waste. There’s certainly room for improvement
Read moreClimate Change Roundup
Greenhouse gas bubbling from melting permafrost feeds climate warming A study co-authored by a Florida State University scientist and published
Read moreBicycles are Surprisingly Stable
Think about riding your bicycle… you have one, right? When you have it up to speed, it feels stable. Minor
Read moreTexas Marine Mammal Stranding Network Rummage Sale
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network Rummage Sale For those of you in the Houston region, this news item notes that
Read morePlantinga and Wishful Philosophizing
ID advocate and philosopher Alvin Plantinga has a reputation for operating at a higher level than the mass of ID
Read more‘Frankenstein protein’ defies biology textbooks
‘Frankenstein protein’ defies biology textbooks – life – 07 September 2006 – New Scientist This article relates a research finding
Read moreReef fish lives fast, dies young
News in Science – Reef fish lives fast, dies young – 08/09/2006 Lifespan of the coral reef pygmy goby: 59
Read moreNews in Science – Reef fish lives fast, dies young – 08/09/2006
News in Science – Reef fish lives fast, dies young – 08/09/2006 Lifespan of the coral reef pygmy goby: 59
Read moreAre Dolphins Dimbulbs?
Paul Manger has found a fast-track to academic notoriety: say something controversial about dolphin intelligence. Specifically, Manger contends that dolphin
Read morePluto in the Planetary Doghouse
PLUTO: Underworld Character Kicked Out of Planetary Family — Schilling 313 (5791): 1214 — Science The International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Read moreSteve Irwin and Stingray
Steve Irwin died today in Australia, the apparent victim of a stingray stab to the heart. He was filming another
Read moreThe Pope and Antievolution
The Discovery Institute Fellows are salivating over word about the upcoming confab the Pope is having: Last week, Cardinal Christoph
Read moreTakedown of Wells’s “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design” In Progress
Over on the Panda’s Thumb, the PT Bar Crew is taking down Jonathan Wells’s new propaganda publication, The Politically Incorrect
Read moreExpert Witnessing: Daubert and Behe
In looking at other stuff online related to expert witness rules, I came across a page by Patrick Malone that
Read moreAntievolutionary Objections to Evolutionary Computation
Back in 1999, I started a draft of an article about objections to evolutionary computation. It looks like now would
Read moreMany Ark. Candidates Say Intelligent Design in Schools is OK
Many Ark. Candidates Say Intelligent Design in Schools is OK Remember how Arkansas passed a law similar to Tennessee’s Butler
Read moreBacteria can help predict ocean change
Bacteria can help predict ocean change This study found that particular marine bacteria have well-defined niches, like many metazoan species.
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