Category Archives for Darwin
Avatar is a biologist’s dream?
New York Times Science writer, Carol Kaesuk Yoon, argues in an essay in today’s New York Times Science Times that the blockbuster movie Avatar is a “biologist’s dream.”She says:Mr. Cameron somehow has the audience seeing organisms in the tropical-… Continue reading
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We had a great call last night discussing Chapters 6 & 14 of Origin of Species! Unfortunately, I forgot to start the recording at the beginning, of the chat, so I’ve attached a copy of my notes from the call and the partial recording (we pick up d… Continue reading
Sean Carroll podcast from Darwin150 lecture
As a gift for the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s publication of Origin, we now have the podcast from the wonderful talk Sean Carroll gave this fall as part of the Darwin150 campaign. Download the mp3 audio file here. – right click to download the f… Continue reading
Thankful for Darwin
On this 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s publication of “Origin of Species”, I’m thankful for his multi-decade effort to understand one of the greatest questions of human history: where do we come from?When I asked Stanford biologist Robert S… Continue reading
Happy Origin Anniversary!
Hello Origin readers,Happy Origin Day! I don’t know about you, but I’m really enjoying all the celebration about Darwin, Wallace and Origin of Species. Here are a few newspaper articles I’ve been enjoying this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/… Continue reading
Darwin 2009: Origin Chapters 3 & 4 3 November 2009 Audio recording
We had a great call tonight discussing Chapters 3 & 4 of Origin of Species! Here’s the audio recording for the 3 November conference call -if you were unable to make the conversation (or just want to enjoy it again!) please download the mp3 here: … Continue reading
Help!
Creationists continue to mount attacks on our Darwin150 campaign and we need your help. How can you help? 1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members) Join our Darwin150 group on Facebook and get as many friends, colleagues, faculty, students, chu… Continue reading
Dawkins “Greatest Show on Earth”
New York Academy of Sciences, partner to Darwin150 and the Reading Odyssey, is hosting Richard Dawkins tonight in New York talking about his latest book, “The Greatest Show on Earth.” This book is squarely about evolution – and few write as well a… Continue reading
“Variation” – Darwin150 Lecture 2 by Professor Jonathan Weiner
We had a great lecture tonight live from Columbia University by Professor Jonathan Weiner. His talk – “On Variation” – was the second lecture of our five-part Darwin150 lecture series. Professor Weiner won a Pulitzer Prize for his wonderful book, … Continue reading
Happy 201st birthday, Charles Darwin
Happy 201st birthday, Charles Darwin.About a year ago, the Reading Odyssey started a Facebook group to celebrate Darwin and his great book, “On the Origin of Species.”In that year, we have accomplished many things with our global volunteer communi… Continue reading →
12. February 2010 by Arrian
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