Biologists' discovery may force revision of biology textbooks

University of California - San Diego ^ | August 18, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

Chromatic aberration ping.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Discoveries tend to have that effect on textbooks.

[WayneS]

Well, it IS sometimes necessary to revise text books when new information is discovered. Particularly when that information relates to the field covered by said text books.

What a strange headline...

[cashless]

So when do we get the new textbooks acknowledging that AGW or man caused climate change is a farce and a money grab?

[cashless]

So when do we get the new textbooks acknowledging that AGW or man caused climate change is a farce and a money grab?

[GourmetDan]

I’m telling you, it’s turtles all the way down...

[adorno]

Nucleosomes would the the material that conservatives are made of.

Pre-nucleosomes would be the material that liberals and progressives are made of.

Liberals and progressives haven’t fully developed or matured into right thinking individuals. Liberals/progressives are the missing link that biologists and researchers have been looking for.

Conservatives might have some pre-nucleosomes in their makeup, but, that’s why we still say that “nobody’s perfect”.

[NativeSon]

Douglas Adams fan?

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Liberals/progressives are the missing link

ROFL!

[muir_redwoods]

Believe that is a Steven Hawking reference.

[NativeSon]

ah, thanks - I confuse those two quite often...

[GourmetDan]

•”If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (Jackie “Moms” Mabley)

[SunkenCiv]

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[decimon]

A surprising number of hits...

Maybe they'll be a chromatin forum.

[Oceander]

I dunno; watching some of the shenanigans that go on with textbook committees, I always assumed that textbooks were only ever revised for political changes, and the facts themselves be damned.

[decimon]

I dunno; watching some of the shenanigans that go on with textbook committees, I always assumed that textbooks were only ever revised for political changes, and the facts themselves be damned.

The more common claim is that they keep revising the textbooks for the $$$$$.

[Oceander]

The facts still end up taking the back seat, though.

[Immerito]

Anything but that! Oh the humanity!

[gleeaikin]

Gee wiz, could we have a bit of intelligent discussion here. For instance, I am wondering if this has anything to do with epigenetics? Or would this perhaps explain recent studies wherein the health and nutrition of grandparents seems to have an impact on the grandchildren even if the parents seem healthy, and if I recall correctly the effects are more pronounced on males?