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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Westminster Abbey: Darwin vs Newton
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Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882. His friends arranged for him to be buried in Westminster Abbey, an honor befitting the greatest sci...
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Books by Charles Darwin
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Most people don't seem to appreciate the depth and breadth of Darwin's work. Someone posted a comment on a recent Sandwalk thread...
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Monday, February 09, 2009
Who is this man, and why is he smiling?
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Find out in today's Toronto Star [ Darwin still spurs tributes, debates ].
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Evolution of Pine Genomes
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There are about 120 species of pine trees (genus Pinus ). Their genome sizes range from 18,000 Mbp to 40,000 Mbp, which is about 6x - 13x ...
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The Bishop Is Offended
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Donate to The Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign and get those atheist signs on Canada's buses and subways. It's going to happen in To...
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Tour Darwin's House
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Down House, home of Charles Darwin, has been closed for renovations but it reopens this week in time to celebrate Darwin's birthday. Y...
Monday's Molecule #107
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This Monday's "molecule" looks a lot like an electron micrograph of a cell instead of a molecule. That's because it'...
Darwin on Uniformitarianism
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Charles Darwin was a fan of Charles Lyell (1797 - 1875). Lyell's three volume work Principles of Geology did much to convince Darwin ...
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Don't Call It "Darwinism"
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Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch have written an article for the latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach in which they urge ev...
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Darwin: "I am fully convinced that species are not immutable ..."
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One of the most famous passages in Origin of Species can be found at the end of the introduction where Darwin makes it very clear that hi...
Darwin on Variation
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Variation, or what we might call mutation, is the raw material on which natural selection acts. Charles Darwin demonstrated that variation...
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Dawkins on Darwin
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Here's a series of videos from the National Geographic Channel . Richard Dawkins explains ... The Importance of Charles Darwin Fossils...
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Saturday, February 07, 2009
National Geographic: What Darwin Didn't Know
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The main article in the February issue of National Geographic is by science writer Matt Ridley and it's title is Modern Darwins . Her...
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Darwin's Tree of Life
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On reading Origin of Species one can't help but be struck by Darwin's insight and intellect. His description of the tree of life ...
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Friday, February 06, 2009
What Causes Speciation?
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The latest issue or Science magazine contains a number of articles on speciation. The one that most interests me is Schluter (2009), a pa...
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