Archive for January, 2012

Molecules; Paddlefish; Whale Brains; and Dog Paws – the week of Jan 23

Yes, I haven’t posted in a week. Here’s what you missed from Mr Thomas, all in one go. See your doctor if adverse reactions persist.

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WednesdayThursdayFriday

It’s happened again – I’m a good week behind in DpSUs, so it’s a good thing there’s not much to them.

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Speedy Selection

The DpSU for last Tuesday was called Researchers See Fish Adapt in One Generation.

The source is a paper that details an experiment investigating the speed at which fish adapted to breeding in hatcheries. They found that the fish managed to do so in a single generation, but that this came at a cost to their survivability in the wild. Mr Thomas, author of the DpSU, expresses his incredulity at this being the result of natural selection, as was credited.

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Step Canyon

Finally, a That’s a Fact video that’s more creationism than theology. Indeed, it’s about the most famous of creationist canards – namely, that the Grand Canyon. Or rather, something they call the “Little Grand Canyon”

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Superstitious From the Beginning

To return, at last, to the DpSU for Thursday, last week – Oldest Temple Topples Evolutionists’ History of Religion. To give you some background, the relevant Wikipedia article begins:

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IEE: 2011 Rewind

I warned you that this week of posts from Science Essentials would be boring – even despite the introduction of two new posts a week. Why? Because Dr Forlow is just regurgitating her old stuff. Paradoxically, this is quite a long post.

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Antivaxers on the ICR’s Facebook Page

I take a look at the ICR’s facebook page from time-to-time, just to see how much dissent there is among the ranks. You will remember the DpSU from Friday, More Scientific Misconduct, where Andrew Wakefield was listed amongst other cases of scientific fraud. Now, Wakefield has his supporters, has quite a few of them as it happens, so it was inevitable that there would be at least somebody defending him in the comments. With a link to Natural News in one case:

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More Scientific Misconduct

Before I get to Thursday’s DpSU, about origin of religion, I’m going to quickly deal with the latest one, Is Scientific Misconduct on the Rise?

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IEE: Junk

Last week’s Science Essentials posts began with Are You Made of Junk?

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Frozen Mammoth Proteins

Today’s DpSU is more soft tissue stuff: Over 100 Frozen Original Mammoth Proteins Found. The age for this lot is 43,000 years, much younger than usual for a B.T. article on the subject.

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