Sunday, March 29, 2009

So who is guilty of suppressing freedom of speech at New Scientist...?

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Have just come across this posting on the blog Afarensis : http://scienceblogs.com/afarensis/2009/03/15/this_is_n_example_of_why_i_sto/ whic...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Baba Brinkman confronts Canadian science minister

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Forget Kansas, all eyes are on Canada now as the laughing stock of the developed world for the bizarre and non-committal attitude of its sci...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Darwin's Pilgrims in Cambridge: the Movie

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Here is the next installment in the Darwin's Pilgrims movies, our trip to Cambridge.  Link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5139...
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Saturday, March 14, 2009

The Tangled Bank: speculative fiction exploring Darwin's legacy

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Have just received notice of this interesting bicentenary project: T he Tangled Bank: an e-anthology of speculative fiction, artwork, and po...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Darwin's Pilgrims in Malvern: the Movie

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I am trying to create a movie of the Darwin's Pilgrims tour, where I hosted a tour of Darwinian sites and series of shows from Lauri Leb...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009

A double dose of Darwniniana on BBC2 tonight

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BBC 2 is screening the first episodes of two new Darwin-related series tonight: Jimmy Doherty in Darwin's Garden 8pm In three one-hour ...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The fickle news media

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What with all these comparisons between Jade Goody and Gail Trimble in the UK new media, plus this ongoing obsession with University Challe...
Monday, March 2, 2009

Wow, we actually made it into Science magazine!

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Further to my recent posting , where I pointed out that The Rap Guide to Evolution made it on to a Science magazine blog, I have just disc...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Thylacine mitochondrial genome

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Just stumbled across this interesting paper in Genome Research , which documents the mitochondrial genome sequence of the extinct marsupial ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

While we are on the subject of University Challenge...

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This may be a little off-topic for this blog, but while the British media are in a feeding frenzy over Gail Trimble and her team on Univers...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Please help Darwin's medical students URGENTLY!

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This week for the first time I have been supervising a student-selected activity entitled "The Darwins, Evolution and Medicine". T...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Guest Blog from Lauri Lebo: Darwin's Pilgrims 4

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On our last full day in England (Friday 13th February), I visited Darwin's birthplace in Shrewsbury. It was the day after Darwin Day and...
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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Baba Brinkman on Radio Shropshire talking about the Rap Guide to Evolution

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGc1GNxGqg4
Friday, February 13, 2009

Obama name-drops Darwin

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OK, he is mainly celebrating the Lincoln bicentennial, but listen out for Darwin and support for science at around 6 minutes 20 seconds. Vis...

Guest Blog from Lauri Lebo: Darwin's Pilgrims 3

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February 12th 2009 Happy Darwin Day! Disclaimer: I've been drinking red wine to Darwin's amazing contribution to science tonight. Fo...