Part II of The New Genetics. I feel bad for the gene. Why? Well first, just take a look at his face. Why is Gene so sad? I think it’s because we’re always talking about him behind his back, saying things like “it’s genetic” and, “so-and-so has the gene for _____.” Because we decided who …
My overall review of Art De Vany’s The New Evolution Diet probably came across pretty negatively, but there’s a lot of stuff I like about the book that’s worth summarizing. Unfortunately, many of the poorer ideas in the book shine forth with a brighter light simply because these good ideas have been discussed in many other …
My review of Art De Vany’s new book, The New Evolution Diet is now posted: How Evolutionary Is the New Evolution Diet? If you feel so inspired, come back and leave comments here!
From XKCD I’m sure many of you feel that it is disappointingly easy to become embarrassed for humanity whenever reading a discussion of correlations. In academia’s greatest charade, every Stats 101 class or Epidemiology 101 class or heck even a Psych 101 class will emphatically declare that correlation does not imply causation. Then most people …
No donut will ever be a health food, but the following doughnut recipe rocks. I invented it a number of years ago, and it’s a great idea for a once-in-a-blue-moon treat. These are fermented whole grain donuts, but in my experience you can give them to the uninitiated without telling them and they’ll have no …
Among the cells of our immune system, the B cells make our antibodies. Each B cell makes a different antibody. We make an estimated one trillion different antibodies, giving us the capacity to respond to virtually any pathogen. Even more remarkably, each of these antibodies reacts with a variety of different antigens (an antigen is …