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by Dan on July 18, 2008
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Here’s a list of blog posts worth passing along from the past couple of weeks, in the order I bookmarked them.

What the Critics of Neo-Creationists get Wrong: A Reply to Gordy Slack - Evolution and the origin of life aren’t the same thing, but creationists and even some science fans continue to misunderstand the interface of the two.

The Costs and Benefits of the Latest, Greatest Cancer Drugs - What happens when the search for expensive cures crashes into fiscal reality?, and other musings.

PLoS in Nature: The Big Picture - A record of news and opinion pieces in Nature on PLoS from 2001 to the present.

Generation of Diversity, Phage Style - Simply amazing how protein diversity can be achieved.

How Bacteria Recognize Kin - Brief comment on an interesting Science paper on bacterial recognition factors.

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Dan Rhoads

Dan is an American working in industry in a small Mediterranean country. He has a BSc in Molecular Biology and a PhD in Cancer Pharmacology and Biochemistry.

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