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	<title>Life is Worth Blogging &#187; science</title>
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	<description>Some sparks of irresistibly bloggable thoughts</description>
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		<title>Imagination and the Nature of Science</title>
		<link>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2010/03/18/imagination-and-the-nature-of-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagination is both a friend and a foe of science. It is a foe in the sense that it tends to be unrealistic, illogical and anti-scientific. It has a tendency to make something appear appealingly true without evidence. Examples of unbridled imaginations are myths, legends, fictions, and fabrications, among others. What science does is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Life Could Not Have Come Through Random Mutations&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I survey through different blogs and websites and from conversations with certain friends on the topic of evolution, I can almost always encounter an argument that goes something like, &#8220;Life could not have evolved through random mutation&#8221;. This is supposed to be a short and crisp evolutionist stumper. Indeed, how could random mutations produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on a Universe from Nothing</title>
		<link>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2010/01/27/thoughts-on-a-universe-from-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I completed watching a lecture of Dr. Lawrence Kraus on the topic of the universe coming out of nothing. It is indeed a hallmark of success of modern cosmology that all events can be traced back now, from pieces of evidence, at the beginning of the universe up to time zero. It goes beyond common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Paradox of the Human Brain</title>
		<link>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2010/01/24/the-paradox-of-the-human-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the human brain is highly evolved and that the survival of our species critically hinges on a sufficient objective understanding of the natural world, then why is it so susceptible to imaginative and inaccurate models of thinking? Think about how some credulous religious fanatics can kill thousands of people for an anticipation of heaven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional Religion, Science, and the Search for Meaning</title>
		<link>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2009/11/27/traditional-religion-science-and-the-search-for-meaning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2009/11/27/traditional-religion-science-and-the-search-for-meaning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[empiricism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowledge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that humans are hardwired to make some sense of life or to have some meaning. Science and religion both agree on this goal, which is to come up with meaningful models to understand everything. These two spheres of human exploration fulfill our deepest longing to make sense of the world. The only difference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISI data shows lethargic progress of science in the Philippines</title>
		<link>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2009/10/11/isi-data-shows-lethargic-progress-of-science-in-the-philippines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until the mid-seventies, the scientific productivity of the Philippines was comparable to that of Thailand and Malaysia and a little better over Indonesia. More than 40 years later, the overall productivity of Filipino scientists (i.e. those working in the Philippines) has gone far below the remarkable outputs of Thailand and Malaysia. As of the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inhibitors of Bacterial Communication in Green Tea</title>
		<link>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2009/01/06/inhibitors-of-bacterial-communication-in-green-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) - the primary component of Green Tea - was shown to have an ability to block the communication system of a bacterial test strain, Chromobacterium violaceum.

The ability of bacteria to sense their population density is a recently discovered phenomenon. Many studies have shown that this "quorum sensing" ability of bacteria enable them to coordinate their behavior. Individual bacterium does not produce the necessary weapons of host destruction until such time that their population is large enough to cause invasion. Blocking quorum sensing is now considered to be a viable target to control bacterial infections.]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 lessons I learned from my graduate thesis</title>
		<link>http://www.joemartaganna.com/2008/11/17/top-10-lessons-i-learned-from-my-graduate-thesis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joemar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two and a half years of graduate study for my MS degree in microbiology, I can say that I learned a lot of things, not only on academics but also about life in general. I know the deepest struggles of graduate students, especially those who are currently doing their thesis. In addition to logistic and theoretical burdens, internal negative forces like depressions, frustrations and even (maybe) hatred have to be faced and defeated in order to emerge victorious. For those who are about to do their thesis and even for those who are doing it now, I'd like to share the top 10 lessons that I learned from doing my thesis, which I hope can help you to be better equipped. ]]></description>
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