“Genome blogging”
Nature profiles Dodecad, the Pickrell Affair, and the emergence of amateur genomicists in a new piece. Interestingly David of BGA is going to try and get something through peer review. In particular, the relationship of Assyrians and Jews. So we have Genomes Unzipped, Dodecad, and BGA. What next? Who next? I hope Dienekes doesn’t mind if […]
Around the Web – December 13th, 2010
Estimating Heritability Using Twins. Luke Jostins lays out the A’s, E’s, and C’s. Very informative. This part was kind of funny though: “Interestingly, the Bioscience Resource Project post cites this paper, which makes their mistake somewhat surprising.” Wonder if Luke is making a reference to the tendency for people not to read papers they cite […]
Open Thread – December 11th, 2010
Weird story about twin brothers contesting paternity, Who’s Your Daddy? Paternity Battle Between Brothers:
“With identical twins, even if you sequenced their whole genome you wouldn’t find difference…they’re clones,” said Dr. Bob Gaensslen, a forensic scientist at Orchid Cellmark labs in Texas. “There are a few things in science that are cut and dried and this […]
Friday Fluff – December 10th, 2010
1. First, a post from the past: Natural selection of a human gene: FUT2.
2. Weird search query of the week: “cognitive miser”.
3.Comment of the week, in response to The history of us all:
1. I take it you think Angus Maddison’s Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD is too technical for […]
Notes & links – December 9th, 2010
Of arsenic and aliens: What the critics said. Carl Zimmer’s correspondence dump is gold.
Linear Population Model: Explores a linear model to examine genetic population admixture results and human prehistory. I read every post on this weblog after I stumbled upon it yesterday. The major focus seems to be to use ADMIXTURE results along with formal […]
Putting off total transparency
How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, and Vanish without a Trace. The author has a website, and here’s some basic tips.
Around the Web – December 6th, 2010
For Those About to Rock…You’ll Need These. Chris Mooney has a round-up of ‘Rock Stars of Science’. I’ve been meaning to talk about this, as Chris gave me a heads up, but I’ve been kind of busy with other things. But better late than never. I have some of the same concerns as the nay-sayers. […]
Open Thread – December 4th, 2010
A few people have asked about me the assertion I made about the decline in violence over time. This doesn’t seem to pass the smell test for many moderns. In particular, I think the objection about the magnitude of modern wars is a valid one…but the main issue to remember is to focus on the […]
Friday Fluff – December 3rd, 2010
1. First, a post from the past: A prayer for the Emperor.
2. Weird search query of the week: “what it means to be a turk”.
3. Comment of the week, in response to Latitudes and continents:
Why are you reviewing Physical Geography for Fourteen Year Olds? Back to the genetics, please.
Sorry, I’ve just realised. You’re […]
Of interest around the web & elsewhere – November 29th, 2010
Goodbye November.
Male Reproductive Problems May Add to Falling Fertility Rates. There’s an implication that there may be epigenetic and developmental reasons for this phenomenon. But check out this quote: “Today, at least one in five 18-25 year old men in Europe have semen quality in the subfertile range.” I’m starting to wonder about genetic load […]
Open Thread – November 27th, 2010
Hope Thanksgiving went well for Americans. I didn’t gain weight at all, 142lbs as of Friday morning!
Out of curiosity, what fiction do you read?
Also, check out Dienekes post on the ability to generate disjoint clusters in the DODECAD sample set. He asserts that one may now be able to generate extreme fine-scale assessments of likely […]
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Friday Fluff – November 26th, 2010
1. First, a post from the past: Innate social aptitudes of man.
2. Weird search query of the week: ‘evolutionary biologist studies porn.’
3. Comment of the week, in response to The cult of Korea:
Razib, as you say they are literate, but not in a free way. Note that I didn’t say North Koreans were illiterate, just […]
Eating, and eating well
Credit: tuchodi
Happy Thanksgiving Day to all the Americans out there. This is a day to loosen the belt a bit, but after the Holidays you probably want to think about slimming back. So, ScienceDaily, Obesity Riddle Finally ‘Solved’, and, Diets with High or Low Protein Content and Glycemic Index for Weight-Loss Maintenance. The upshot seems […]
Of interest around the web & elsewhere – November 22nd, 2010
Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle. Two points to note: 1) modern medicine seems to have strongly resisted the ketogenic diet because of ideology, 2) this treatment works, but they don’t really understand why. It shows the importance of empiricism in medicine, but the reality that even an empirical discipline can be shifted by ideology.
Grumpy Kvetching of […]
Open Thread – November 20th, 2010
A friend pointed me to Mapping the Measure of America. It allows for the creation of maps really quickly without any nerd-grease needed.
To the left is a a map of life expectancy at birth by Congressional District. West Virginia’s 13th Congressional District has the lowest life expectancy in the USA at birth at 73.93 […]
Friday Fluff – November 19th, 2010
1. First, a post from the past: From each according to their nature, to each according to their nature.
2. Weird search query of the week: ‘cloning family values.’
3. Comment of the week, in response to Homozygosity runs in the family (or not):
Dude, when your genes are as good as mine, you want them to be […]
Of interest around the web
I am not doing daily link round ups right now because I’m not reading the web as much, but I certainly have enough material to put up one link round-up/pointer per week.
David Burbridge of GNXP has completed five posts on the Price equation. One more to go (focusing on group selection). Highly recommended.
Vitamin D Deficit […]
Open Thread – November 13th, 2010
Blogs worth checking out: Reaction Norm, A Replicated Typo, and Dodecad. Heather Mac Donald has some expectations for the Tea Party.
Take a look at the Wikio Science Top 20. Same old, same old. I’m always sniffing around for new science blogs, and am struck by how many of the top bloggers I’ve met personally. Eight […]