Finding Q 16 Apr 2009 Elio Schaechter has a nice piece up on the recent success at growing a pure line of Coxellia pathogens, the cause of Q Fever. I have been told that fewer than 10% of all microbes are able to be grown in cell-free media, so perhaps this will be the start of a new set of methodologies. Doing this means that pathogens and other microbes will be able to be sequenced and studied in vitro. Ecology and Biodiversity Evolution General Science
Evolution New ape fossil 22 Aug 2007 The National Geographic and the news services are touting a new ape fossil found in Ethiopia as “forcing a rethink on human evolution”. As usual, the headlines are hyperbolic. This ape is fragmentary, and so far only teeth and a jaw bone have been found, and the teeth are similar… Read More
Australian stuff Australian scientists resign from Murray-Darling Water commission due to a lack of heed 21 May 2011 I don’t usually post these announcements, but GetUp are reliable and on target. Today it was revealed that key scientists have walked away from the government’s Murray Darling Basin Authority process in protest. Right now the Murray Darling Basin Authority is in the final stages of recommending how to deal… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Dembski can’t weasel out of this one 19 Mar 2009 Ian Musgrave has a brilliant post showing that Dembski’s revisiting of the old creationist canard that Dawkins’ 1984 Weasel program, designed to show that random variation and selective retention can “evolve” a target phrase, in this case Shakespeare’s “Methinks it is a weasel” (oops; I nearly had my own mutation… Read More
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser