The Shape of Life 1
Stay tuned, more coming. This episode 8 of the PBS series in six bite sized parts
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Quirky Pulsar System Challenges Theories of Binary Formation; Observing Stem Cells at Work; Large scale carbon sequestration Quirky Pulsar System Challenges Theories of Binary Formation From a Cornell...
View ArticleExploring Your Inner Zebrafish (updated)
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...
View ArticleWhy do women shop and men hunt?
Or, when the hunting season is closed, watch teh game (the guys), or when there are no sales, admire each other’s shoes (the gals)? This is, of course, a parody of the sociobiological, or in modern...
View ArticleWhat is the most important human adaptation?
Human infants require more care than they should, if we form our expectations based on closely related species (apes, and more generally, Old World simian primates). It has been said that humans are...
View ArticleDriving The Patriarchy: Demonic Males, Feminism, and Genetic Determinism
Behaviors are not caused by genes. There is not a gene that causes you to be good, or to be bad, or to be smart, or good at accounting, or to like bananas. There are, however, drives. “Drives” is a...
View ArticleAllen’s Rule, Phenotypic Plasticity, and The Nature of Evolution
Allen’s Rule. One of those things you learn in graduate school along with Bergmann’s Rule and Cope’s Rule. It is all about body size. Cope’s Rule … which is a rule of thumb and not an absolute … says...
View ArticleJanus Faced Cat
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]
View ArticleGenes are only part of the story: ncRNA does stuff
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...
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