Darwin 200 News

Susan Blackmore - Humanism

2009-10-24T00:54:00.000-07:00

Creation film with Paul Bettany

2009-10-06T02:46:00.000-07:00

Films Beneath Darwin's earth-shaking discoveries lies the private struggle of the man – his loss of faith after his eldest daughter's death; the implications of his theories of existence; and his wife's deep religious sentiment, an opposition that threatens to tear the loving family apart. In one 'Creation' , Paul Bettany plays Darwin and Jennifer Connelly plays the scientist's wife Emma.

The Oldest known hominin skeleton, Ardipithecus ramidus, reveals the upright origins of humankind

2009-10-05T16:35:00.000-07:00

October 4, 2009 Briefing: The ‘missing link’ The discovery of the remains of an early hominid in northern Ethiopia has forced scientists to reassess how we have evolved over 7m years Helen Brooks OUT OF AFRICA Scientists reveal skeleton 4m years old Scientists last week unveiled a skeleton that is the closest discovery so far to the “missing link”, the presumed common ancestor shared by

The Genius of Charles Darwin by Richard Dawkins

2009-10-04T16:28:00.001-07:00

source: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-genius-of-charles-darwin/4od#2919521 HASSNERS.org highlights 3 part series by Richard Dawkins. View episodes 1 & 2 now. This work by crabsallover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

Dinosaurs had 'earliest feathers' - 10M older than Archaeopteryx

2009-09-26T06:38:00.000-07:00

By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News An artist's impression of how these creatures may have lookedExceptionally well preserved dinosaur fossils uncovered in north-eastern China display the earliest known feathers. The creatures are all more than 150 million years old. The new finds are indisputably older than Archaeopteryx, the "oldest bird" recognised by science. Professor Xu Xing

British Council - Darwin Now

2009-09-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

These activities are designed for teachers and facilitators to help students to look at the world around them and to see how Darwin's legacy lives on today.

Darwin Song Project

2009-08-31T01:13:00.000-07:00

Darwin Song Project http://richarddawkins.net/article,4235,n,n source: http://richarddawkins.net/article,4235,n,n Darwin Song Project (website)by Robin Denselow - guardian.co.ukThanks to Aurelian for the link. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/28/darwin-song-project-cd-review This is an intriguing, impressive album that results from a brave and unlikely collaboration. Back in March,

Human and Chimpanzee genomes are very similar - Richard Dawkins

2009-07-21T23:49:00.000-07:00

Richard Dawkins shows just how similar the Human and Chimpanzee genomes really are, with the help of a great visual from the University of Nebraska Museum. See more RDF TV

'Oldest musical instrument' found

2009-06-26T13:46:00.000-07:00

Scientists in Germany have published details of flutes dating back to the time that modern humans began colonising Europe, 35,000 years ago.The researchers also suggest that not only was music widespread much earlier than previously thought, but so was humanity's creative spirit."The modern humans that came into our area already had a whole range of symbolic artifacts, figurative art, depictions

Dawkins on Darwin, March 2009

2009-06-17T16:48:00.001-07:00

BBC/OU Annual Lecture 2009: Dawkins on Darwin (with Q&A) Professor Richard Dawkins delivered this year's Open University lecture at the Natural History Museum on Tuesday 17th March 2009. Dawkins presented to an invited audience and investigated if Darwin was the most revolutionary scientist ever, and examined the evolutionary theories of his contemporaries. Dawkins suggests that there are four "

Darwin: the movie: the trailer

2009-06-17T16:04:00.001-07:00

Darwin: the movie: the trailerMun-Keat Looi (noreply@blogger.com)Jun 16, 2009 10:14:00 GMT ShareLast week the Telegraph unveiled the trailer for the upcoming film Creation, about Darwin's struggle with his scientific findings and religious background. According to the Telegraph, "It explores the relationship between Darwin and his daughter Annie whose early death deeply affected him and his views

Darwin Correspondance Project

2009-06-02T16:54:00.000-07:00

TUESDAY, 2 JUNE 2009 Darwin, like all men of science at the time, wrote a lot of letters, formulating numerous ideas through correspondence with his scientific peers. The good news for Darwin fans is that all those letters are being made available on the web through an ambitious project. The Darwin Correspondence Project, run by the Cambridge University Library and part-funded by the Wellcome

Darwin Day - Chris Street talks to North Yorkshire Humanists

2009-05-30T04:42:00.000-07:00

Darwin Day Event Listing Other Search Options: Search map directory Browse all current events View event archives North Yorkshire Humanist Group Darwin Bicentenary Talk ( Public ) Date and Time: 2009-02-09 19:30:00 Event Website: http://www.nyhg.org.uk/ Activities: Chris Street, a Biochemist and a committee member of BHA Science Group and Dorset Humanists, will be presenting a talk on "Darwin

Darwin 2009 Anniversary Festival in Cambridge

2009-05-22T00:12:00.000-07:00

Download Cambridge Festival brochure (pdf)Mun-Keat Looi (noreply@blogger.com)May 19, 2009 11:01:00 GMT ShareIf you’re around, or fancy a visit to, Cambridge in July, the University of Cambridge will be running an entire festival dedicated to Darwin and evolution.The Darwin 2009 Anniversary Festival Sunday 5 – Friday 10 July 2009Celebrating the Darwin bicentenary, the 150th anniversary of On the

Primate fossil in virtual reality

2009-05-20T23:47:00.000-07:00

Video (2mins) by David Attenborough The beautifully preserved remains of a 47-million-year-old lemur-like creature have been unveiled in the US. The preservation is so good, it is possible to see the outline of its fur and even traces of its last meal. The fossil, nicknamed Ida, is claimed to be a "missing link" between today's higher primates - monkeys, apes and humans - and more distant

Review: Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman

2009-05-13T17:22:00.000-07:00

Book via Amazon Review: Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalmanMay 08, 2009 23:01:00 GMT ShareSteven Rose enjoys a tale of the anxious strategising behind a great ideaCharles Darwin's bicentenary has generated such an armada of books, conferences and TV programmes that it may be hard to find anything new to say. Nonetheless, Iain McCalman, an Australian cultural historian, has made a brave try.Darwinian

Evolution: the comedy puppet show

2009-05-04T22:02:00.000-07:00

Evolution: the comedy puppet show Anyone with an interest in evolution, puppets and edgy comedy should get down to the Soho Theatre in London in June, where Nina Conti will be explaining evolutionary theory with the help of her foul-mouthed monkey side-kick.Not too sure about the scientific content, but it certainly sounds like a different addition on the Darwin celebrations this year.Here's

Truckling to the Faithful: A Spoonful of Jesus Helps Darwin Go Down

2009-04-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

source: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/truckling-to-the-faithful-a-spoonful-of-jesus-helps-darwin-go-down/April 22, 2009 – 7:10 am For if we ever begin to suppress our search to understand nature, to quench our own intellectual excitement in a misguided effort to present a united front where it does not and should not exist, then we are truly lost.–Stephen Jay

How to star in a film celebrating the genius of Charles Darwin

2009-04-23T12:36:00.000-07:00

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/apr/15/darwin-aloud-video-competition-origin-species via http://richarddawkins.net/article,3772,n,n Take a video camera and a copy of On the Origin of Species to a famous landmark or scene of spectacular natural beauty, clear your throat and start reading out loud ...

Half of Britons sceptical about evolution

2009-04-08T00:55:00.000-07:00

source: http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/Half_of_Britons_sceptical_about_evolution_.aspx?ArticleID=2836&PageID=14&RefPageID=5 Only half of the UK population consistently choose evolution over creationism or Intelligent Design, according to a major report published today by Theos. The report, entitled Rescuing Darwin, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth (

Richard Dawkins interviews Father George Coyne

2009-03-31T23:38:00.000-07:00

source: http://richarddawkins.net/article,3410,Richard-Dawkins-interviews-Father-George-Coyne,Richard-Dawkins-RichardDawkinsnetand checkout all 300+ comments. This is the full uncut interview with Father George Coyne which was omitted from Richard Dawkins' television program "The Genius of Charles Darwin" for Channel 4 in the UK.We will be releasing many more uncut

Jerry Coyne - Why evolution is true

2009-03-30T16:13:00.000-07:00

Listen here - 30 minutes

Creationist PhD interviewed by Michael Shermer

2009-03-29T10:46:00.000-07:00

Creationism in the classroom

2009-03-27T00:04:00.000-07:00

source: http://richarddawkins.net/article,3680,n,n Evolution is a scientific fact – except, perhaps, in Texas, where the school board is trying to cast doubt on

Lords celebrate Darwin

2009-03-24T03:25:00.000-07:00

Lord John Birt, member of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group and former BBC Director-General, spoke in a debate yesterday in the House of Lords, celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin.Lord Birt described Charles Darwin as having ‘ushered in the era of rationalism’, yet he also expressed some dismay about the continuing reliance by some on religion and superstition.He said, ‘If

Suzie exposes the Biblical Creation Story

2009-03-15T14:41:00.000-07:00

Blogging the Origin

2009-03-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

Darwin 200 / by Edit Staff / January 28, 2009 Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, chapter by chapter John Whitfield has a confession. As an evolutionary biologist and science writer, he has frequently documented the role that evolutionary principles play in biology, literary criticism, language, and antiterror policy,

condensing 4.6 billion years of history into a minute

2009-03-15T14:19:00.000-07:00

A video experiment in scale, condensing 4.6 billion years of history into a minute.

Vatican says Evolution does not prove the non-existence of God

2009-03-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

Evolution and the Biblical account of Genesis are "perfectly compatible" claims the Catholic Church If all species were designed, it was hardly by someone intelligent Wednesday, 7 January 2009 PA photo/The Natural History Museum. An undated picture of Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Darwin Day Cards

2009-01-15T04:12:00.000-08:00

Print them off: http://flickr.com/photos/flashmaggie/sets/72157612489407485/detail/

Dara O'Briain and Frankie Boyle on religion and creationism

2009-01-14T13:00:00.001-08:00

just how good is the evidence for evolution?

2009-01-14T12:31:00.000-08:00

Not everyone accepts the theory of evolution. This month, as part of our Darwin forum, Paul Craze invites you to discuss the question "just how good is the evidence for evolution?" Scientific theories stand or fall on their ability to account for the available evidence and to accurately predict the outcome of experiments designed to test them. That is all. No matter who came up with the

The Genius of Evolution - BBC

2009-01-14T12:21:00.001-08:00

Darwinian selection explains seemingly ‘designed’ complexity - biology, economy, technology & the arts

2009-01-14T11:17:00.000-08:00

The Natural Order Of Things by Matt Ridley, Spectator Reposted from:http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/3213246/the-natural-order-of-things.thtmlMatt Ridley says that Darwinian selection explains the appearance of seemingly ‘designed’ complexity throughout the world — not just in biology but in the economy, technology and the artsCharles Darwin, who was

Dear Darwin

2009-01-07T10:41:00.001-08:00

Dear Darwin,Letters from eminent scientists to Charles DarwinCraig VenterJonathan MillerJerry CoynePeter BentleyBaruch BlumbergMore ...

10 Lectures on Darwin's Legacy

2009-01-06T10:25:00.000-08:00

by Stanford University 10 lectures of around two hours each on Darwin's Legacy from the Continuing Studies course (DAR 200) at Stanford University.Introductory lecture. Professor Durham provides an overview of the course; Professor Robert Siegel touches upon "Darwin's Own Evolution;" Professor Durham returns for a talk on "Darwin's Data;" and the lecture concludes with a panel

The Genius of Evolution - BBC

2009-01-05T23:42:00.001-08:00

David Attenborough, Andrew Marr, Armand Leroi and Melyvn Bragg are among the key names who will explore Darwin's extraordinary life and work.

Radio - Beyond Belief : Darwinism and religion

2009-01-05T15:47:00.000-08:00

Beyond Belief iPlayerIn each episode of the Sony Award winning series Beyond Belief, Ernie Rea is joined by three guests who discuss how their particular religious tradition affects their values and way of looking at the world, often revealing hidden and contradictory truths. 05 January 2009Darwinism and religion As part of the Darwin season on Radio 4, Beyond Belief examines religious

Darwin: In Our Time: On the Origins of Charles Darwin by Melvyn Bragg

2009-01-05T11:32:00.000-08:00

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 2009 and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, Melvyn Bragg presents a series about Darwin's life and work.Melvyn tells the story of Darwin's early life in Shropshire and discusses the significance of the three years he spent at Cambridge, where his interests shifted from religion to natural

Craig Venter, one of the men who first successfully mapped the human genome, tells Darwin about his own experiences

2009-01-05T11:28:00.000-08:00

Five leading scientists address letters to Charles Darwin, expressing their thoughts on his work and legacy.Dr Craig Venter, one of the men who first successfully mapped the human genome, tells Darwin about his own experiences as a collector, medic and geneticist. Broadcast on:BBC Radio 4, 3:45pm Monday 5th JanuaryDuration:15 minutesAvailable until: 4:02pm Monday 12th JanuaryCategories:Factual,

Radio - Melvyn Bragg & 'The Darwinian Sistine Chapel'

2009-01-05T02:51:00.000-08:00

Radio From early January 2009 The BBC begins a series of programmes on Darwin. Melvyn Bragg kicks off the season with a four-part documentary asking why Darwin's writings remain so influential.ArtOther offerings include 'The Darwinian Sistine Chapel', which charts artist Tania Kovats's project of decorating the Natural History Museum's ceiling based on Darwinian theories,

Darwin Events: Interactive at British Library

2009-01-05T02:49:00.000-08:00

Interactive British Library, London NW1, to 22 March 2009 (0870 444 1500; www.bl.uk) This innovative exhibition offers insight into how Darwin developed his evolutionary idea by producing a replica of his "sand walk" – a route he trod every day with his terrier. On this, he observed nature and reflected on his experiments and travels on the 'Beagle'; piecing his theory together.

Darwin Events: Cambridge Festival

2009-01-05T02:48:00.000-08:00

Festival Cambridge University, 5–10 July 2009 (www.darwin2009.cam.ac.uk) A predominantly academic event, with the programme including debates on Darwin's impact on human nature and belief, focus sessions on fields influenced by Darwin, such as science ('On the Origin of Species': speciation studies now) and the arts (Darwin in poetry, music and on stage). Other events involve

Darwin Events: Poetry

2009-01-05T02:40:00.000-08:00

The Royal Society of Literature, Royal Society and Somerset House Trust will present 'The Life in the Stone – Charles Darwin, The Geology, The Poetry', with Padel reading from her book 'Darwin – A Life in Poems', with a response by Richard Fortey, on 9 February 2009. Contact the Royal Society of Literature on 020-7845 4676. 'Darwin: My Ancestor', four programmes written and

"Darwin: A Philosophical Naturalist?" by Tim Lewens

2009-01-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

The British Humanist Association Darwin Day Lecture 2008 "Darwin: A Philosophical Naturalist?" by Tim LewensThe BHA's annual Darwin Day Lecture is held each year on or around Darwin Day (12th February) in the Darwin Theatre at University College London.In 2008 the Lecture was again chaired by Richard Dawkins.The Lecture was given by Tim Lewens whose talk was entitled "Darwin: A Philosophical

Evolution MegaLab - you can study the evolution of snails in your garden

2009-01-01T21:37:00.001-08:00

Evolution MegaLab background Scientists have been studying the banded snail for many years and have found that the darker shell types tend to be more common in woodland where the background colour is brown, while in grass the banded snails tend to be lighter-coloured, yellow and more stripy. This camouflage is an example of adaptation. Birds eat banded snails We want your help to find out

Darwin 2009 commemorations

2009-01-01T14:39:00.000-08:00

darwin-online.org.ukNatural History museum

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

2009-01-01T14:19:00.000-08:00

Darwin's complete publications are listed here. http://darwin-online.org.uk/contents.html

Jane Goodall: What separates us from the apes?

2008-12-29T20:08:00.000-08:00

Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real difference between humans and chimps is our sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to change the world.

Britain's leading anthropologist Demond Morris toasts Darwin for identifying adaptability as man's greatest asset

2008-12-27T08:57:00.000-08:00

source: Daily Mail Two centuries on, a salute to Charles Darwin: Hero for our age As the world faces an uncertain future, Britain's leading anthropologist toasts Darwin, born 200 years ago, for identifying adaptability as man's greatest assetBy Desmond Morris Last updated at 9:09 AM on 27th December 2008 Comments (11) Add to My Stories Charles Darwin: His observations undermined

Darwin 200 News

2008-12-26T16:32:00.000-08:00

With the double centenary of Charles Robert Darwin birth on February 12th 2009, Crabsallover will be following the news of events from now until 24th November 2009 - 150 years after 'The Origin of Species'' was first published.