Monday, July 9, 2012

Visit of Randal Keynes part two

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Following on from the previous post , Randal has now sent me the speech he gave while receiving his honorary doctorate. Here it is: Deput...
Saturday, July 7, 2012

Visit of Randal Keynes to University of Birmingham

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On July 4th 2012, it was my pleasure to host a visit by honorary graduand Randal Keynes , with his wife Zelfa and mother Anne, to the Univer...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Interesting video and paper from Nature

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From the Nature video feed: A few million years ago, our ancestors stopped climbing trees and started walking upright, on two feet. To work ...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

The ‘Annie Hypothesis’: Did the Death of His Daughter Cause Darwin to ‘Give up Christianity’?

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The paper that I wrote with John van Wyhe on what we call "the Annie Hypothesis" is now out here: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Rap Guide to Evolution: new "I'm a African" video

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Back in the run-up to the Darwin bicentenary year, I persuaded Canadian Lit-Hop artist Baba Brinkman (creator of the Rap Canterbury Tales )...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Evolutionary Chemistry: from Darwinism to drugs

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Most therapeutic drugs work by binding to proteins and interfering with their function. A key challenge for chemists working in the pharmace...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Darwin's Pilgrims: The Video

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In February 2009, I hosted 'Darwin's Pilgrims": a visit to England by two Americans with links to the Dover Pennsylvania trial...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Don’t want to believe in evolution?

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Is it possible to be a rationalist (a believer in the laws of logic) but not believe in evolution? Just about! But only just! There are seve...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Bio380 Human Evolution Genes and Genomes Bioinformatics Practical

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I have a bioinformatics practical class tomorrow and rather than hide it away, I thought I might as well share it with the world via this bl...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Darwin and Mendel: The Great What If?

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Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel were contemporaries. One of the great “what ifs” in the history of science is “what if Darwin...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Rough Guide to Darwin

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As part of my attempt to put all my talks, whether for teaching or research online, I have put these two talks I gave yesterday in Oxford on...
Friday, October 7, 2011

Wallace: Darwin’s Rival or Ambassador?

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was born in Llanbadoc , near the Welsh town of Usk and grew up in Hertfordshire. He worked as an apprent...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Open Education and Bio380 lecture on Neanderthals

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This academic year I have set myself the goal of making all my lecture available for all, in the public domain, via YouTube and maybe also S...

Great Read at Birmingham: Captain Kirkup and Chris Stringer

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AV material associated with this week's Great Read at Birmingham events. Captain Kirkup on Evolution and Game Theory Video of the talk a...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Live tweets from Great Read at Birmingham opening event

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Here are the live tweets from Great Read at Birmingham opening event, sorted from earliest to latest 66. mjpallen : @mjpallen @greatreadatb...