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Developing Geneticist: January 2010
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010. This blog post is intended to distract you from the fact that I haven't updated my blog in ages. Including the accompanying comments) is what all blog posts should be like. Links to this post. Wednesday, January 20, 2010. Extraordinary Embryo of the Week. This is a mouse embryo, and you can tell that it has been stained for the expression of a gene. But this is not just any gene! The DNA they amplified was from a region that controls the expression of a gene called Col2A1.
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Developing Geneticist: Lab coats - again
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Lab coats - again. Has done it again:. Hey Jorge, that's nothing like a real lab! So I present to you a real life. Oh um ok, you were right. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Transplanted to the USA from New Zealand. I study genetics and embryonic development at Harvard University. View my complete profile. Lab coats - again. Extraordinary Embryo of the Week. Friendly Atheist by @hemantmehta. 08/10/16 PHD comic: 'In School'. Senseless – Conflict Deaths Per Hour. A longtime...
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Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience. Date: 9 May, 2013. I’ve been noticing the occasional product on the daily deal site I frequent that is, how to put this delicately, BS. Today I saw one that I just had to have some fun with and hopefully give people some idea of what the product is really about at the same time. You can see the discussion at:. Http:/ www.grabonestore.co.nz/energy-calcium-activation-cup/discuss. Or archived at http:/ www.webcitation.org/6GTWgpSot. Blast It sound...
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Elves Stop Construction – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Date: 24 December, 2013. A couple of years ago I wrote a post about Taniwha. And whether their alleged presence should constitute a stop sign for construction projects. At the time I was responding to an article which proposed just that on the grounds that the Taniwha claims could represent indigenous knowledge of the area relevant to construction. Icelanders also have mythical creatures. That interrupt engineering projects – via human intermediaries of course. Perhaps but it seems...
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Scepticon – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. The Importance of Not Being a Dick. 2 December, 2014. Mdash; 4 Comments. The Anti-Vax Group Formerly Known as AVN. 11 March, 2014. Mdash; 0 Comments. 24 December, 2013. Mdash; 5 Comments. 29 July, 2013. Mdash; 6 Comments. It’s Not Robots, It’s You! 13 June, 2013. Mdash; 4 Comments. Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience. 9 May, 2013. Mdash; 8 Comments. The Scientific Method On TV. 29 April, 2013. Mdash; 0 Comments. Amber Teething Beads: A Few Points to Consider. First, Do No Harm.
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Why Do People Use Alternative Medicine? – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Why Do People Use Alternative Medicine? Date: 26 March, 2012. I often read that the reason people are turning to complementary/alternative/integrative(take your pick) medicine is because they are dissatisfied with the care received from mainstream/conventional/”western”* medicine. This may be true for a small segment of the population, those with a chronic illness or with terminal cancer spring to mind. But is this generally true of altmed users? 3 Philosophical congruence: Alterna...
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Scepticon – Page 2 – Just the Biased Facts
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Just the Biased Facts. Some Statistics On the Science Literacy Test. 24 January, 2013. Mdash; 0 Comments. Science Literacy Test Initial Follow-up. 23 January, 2013. Mdash; 8 Comments. Test your Science Literacy Skills. 22 January, 2013. Mdash; 24 Comments. Anti-Vaccine Charity, No More. 7 November, 2012. Mdash; 5 Comments. Battle for the iPhone Might Make You Like it More. 1 October, 2012. Mdash; 2 Comments. Energy Mirages and the False Hope of “Water Powered Cars”. 6 August, 2012. Mdash; 0 Comments.
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Disgust or Anger? – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Date: 21 October, 2009. The ability to recognise the emotional states of those around us is a very useful tool which allows us to act appropriately in social situations. If this ability is impaired then it could lead to inappropriate reactions when dealing with others, this in turn could land us in hot water. An impairment like this has been suggested to explain the behaviour of delinquents, though it is unlikely to be a sole cause of antisocial behaviour. The emotions covered were...
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Science Literacy Test Initial Follow-up – Scepticon
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Just the Biased Facts. Science Literacy Test Initial Follow-up. Date: 23 January, 2013. About the Science Literacy test. Has gotten some good responses. Thought I’d put up a couple of initial thoughts/feed-back on the testing:. First off it’s becoming clear that some of the questions are ambiguously worded. This is especially obvious in the results for questions 12 and 14. The first question “Which of the following is a valid scientific argument? 8221; has a 100% responder correctness score. As does ...
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Galloway Gardener: July 2011
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Developing my green fingers one blog post at a time. Monday, 25 July 2011. Stings, wings and hairy things - Bee by Rose-Lynn Fisher. Do bees really have knees? New book BEE, they do. Using a scanning electron microscope, Fisher has taken 60 photographs of bee anatomy – at magnifications of up to 5000 times and I have just received my copy of the book! Sting in the tail 650x. Elliptical dome of bee eye 190x. Antenna pollen 1100×. A foraging honeybee gets dusted with pollen as she travels from flower to fl...
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