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September 27th, 2010 | Category: scienceToday’s science link is The Human Genre Project.
When it comes to science communication, sometimes a good way to get a general audience interested in science is to mix it in with other things that they respond positively to. Mythbusters mixes physics and chemistry with cool explosions and behind-the-scenes special effects knowledge, David Attenborough’s nature documentaries mix biology with stunning cinematography and the soothing voice of an elderly British man, and The Human Genre Project mixes genetics with literature and poetry.
Science inspiring artistic and expressive [...]
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April 1st, 2010 | Category: intelligent designSure, a vast majority of the posts at Evolution News & Views and Uncommon Descent are full of scientific and philosophical errors, but you have to admit that they at least make some superficial sense, even if that surface layer of sense-making is brushed away by even the slightest touch. Well, Denyse O’Leary, a “good friend” of mine, noticed that trend and clearly sought to even things out a little – you know, put the concept of intelligent design in an intellectual environment that [...]
» Continue reading “O’Leary – Argh, my brain! You’ve melted my brain!”
February 24th, 2010 | Category: biologyIt’s currently O-Week (Orientation Week) at my university, and I start classes on Monday. I’ve been doing a lot of timetable planning these past couple of days, removing clashes and making sure I know what prac groups I’m in – and this has lead naturally to me planning my, er, entire Bachelor of Science out. Yeah, technically you’re not supposed to do that yet, but I thought, “What the hell, I know what I want to do – why not structure my course completely now on paper so I don’t [...]
» Continue reading “My Science Degree: A Preliminary Plan”
January 1st, 2010 | Category: tabletop transitionals
xkcd is always right about everything. Everything. And if it’s right about everything, then surely it’s right about science montages.
But you don’t have to take just xkcd‘s excellent word for it: take it for me that you can’t wait around for five minutes for a paternity test like in the Will Farrell movie Elf – using PCR (polymerase chain reaction), an integral part of paternity testing, takes at least a couple of hours. [...]
» Continue reading “Tabletop Transitional – “Movie” vs. “Actual” Science Montages”
November 8th, 2009 | Category: tabletop transitionals
The following poem was sent to me by Dr. Rachael Dunlop (of Skeptic Zone fame) via Twitter. It was published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics in 2003, and here, I share it with you:
The Genome Poem
Our genome is known from A to T, With filling in by G and C Amazing how these letters four can color eyes and so much more But what of the rest of the alphabet? Is there more [...]
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October 30th, 2009 | Category: youtubeA new video! Do you understand gene duplication and its role in evolution? If not, watch this video. If so, still watch this video.
This is basically a video version of this post, but a lot more ramble-y. Oh well, that’s what happens when you put me in front of a camera.
A new video! Do you understand gene duplication and its role in evolution? If not, watch this video. If so, still watch this video. This is basically a video version…
August 17th, 2009 | Category: miscellaneousToday contained one of the best surprises I think I’ve ever had thrust upon me. Coming home after band practice, I was ready for a night of homework and Twitter, but when inside my house, I found two things I really wasn’t expecting.
The first was a small cardboard box from CD Baby, containing none other George Hrab’s latest album, Interrobang, complete with its stunning, award-winning case and packaging!
Thank you very much to Kylie Sturgess, author of Podblack Cat, and member of [...]
» Continue reading “I’m not worthy of your fancy gifts, I swear!”
July 17th, 2009 | Category: intelligent design
Rounding out the Early Evolution Predictions on Darwin’s Predictions, we have a prediction about the simple beginnings of life. Well, it’s more a rant about how evolution can’t explain the complexity of living systems, but I’ll describe it in the way that Cornelius describes it. This way I don’t have the “quote-mining” argument twisted at me like I know it inevitably will be.
After yesterday’s PZ Myers fiasco, I think Cornelius really needs to redeem himself. Will he do it with [...]
» Continue reading “Cornelius Hunter’s Darwin Predictions – Simple beginnings”
January 3rd, 2009 | Category: creationism
This Creationist Breakdown comes from a website I haven’t yet had the chance to rebut material from: the True.Origins archive. True.Origins is a creationist response to the pro-evolution website Talk.Origins, and contains many “refutations” of the articles posted there. Today’s source material is one such article, responding to Mark Isaak’s “Five Major Misconceptions”. This is a long, long piece of writing, and as such, I’m going to be splitting this breakdown into five parts, so as to make sure you [...]
» Continue reading “The True.Origin Archive: Five Major Evolutionist Misconceptions about Evolution (Part 1)”
July 16th, 2008 | Category: creationism
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Homologous Legs is the blog of Jack Scanlan, an Australian biology student who has a serious problem with creationists, intelligent design proponents and anyone else who misrepresents evolutionary biology or science in general.
He uses this blog to post news about the intelligent design/evolution "war", science communication in biology and chemistry, and mostly coherent thoughts from his scattered, music-loving brain. Contact
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