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Evolution in action: the polymorphism paradox
Darwin’s theory of evolution underpins all of biology from ... up by a phrase first coined by Herbert Spencer and used by Darwin in later editions of ‘On the Origin of Species’ ... Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 8: 109‐143 Darwin’s theory of evolution underpins all of biology from ...
The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop
... scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new perspective. Baba explores the history and current understanding of Darwin's theory, combining hilarious remixes of popular rap ... scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new perspective. The Rap Guide to ...
Evolution: Past, Present and Future
... for evolution is recorded in the fossil record. Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution has long since ceased to be ... of evolution has changed. It's not entirely clear how Darwin thought of it himself all the time, but one of the ... and the competition play itself out. I don't think Darwin was of that persuasion there. He sometimes wrote ...
Steve Jones - The Selfish Gene at 40
... books really writing about Neo-Darwinism, trying to get Darwin's ideas about natural selection along with genetics ... on that. I'm certainly not putting Dawkins up at the Darwin level. I don't think he would either. He's a ... that's the problem. It's a very old problem. I go back to Darwin again. My favourite quote from Darwin which really ...
Science as an Inspiration
... science into his comedy, quoting from Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin and Richard Feynman among others in his sets. I ... the Wonders of the Solar System and obviously, the Year of Darwin was a great way of getting things out and people are ... science into his comedy, quoting from Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin and Richard Feynman among others in his sets. I asked ...
The Daily Darwin - Tuesday - From The Naked Scientists
... festival attendees and speakers on the second day of the Darwin Festival at Cambridge. Today we search for the origins ... festival attendees and speakers on the second day of the Darwin Festival at Cambridge. Today we search for the origins ... to Sir Terry Pratchett about shaved cats... The Daily Darwin - Tuesday - From The Naked Scientists ...
The Darwin Festival
This week we bring you the highlights from the 2009 Darwin Festival to meet the man behind the Human Genome ... week! This week we bring you the highlights from the 2009 Darwin Festival to meet the man behind the Human Genome ... and brave the tattoo parlour for Question of the week! The Darwin Festival ...
Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sandra Herbert
This week historian Sandra Herbert tells how she retraced Darwin's footsteps to the Galapagos in search of rock samples ... This week historian Sandra Herbert tells how she retraced Darwin's footsteps to the Galapagos in search of rock samples ... his volcanic theories were right... Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sandra Herbert ...
The Daily Darwin - Friday - From The Naked Scientists
We tie up the Darwin Festival with predictions on global warming and the ... an exhibition on science and fine art! We tie up the Darwin Festival with predictions on global warming and the ... together an exhibition on science and fine art! The Daily Darwin - Friday - From The Naked Scientists ...
Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Brian Rosen
Darwin's first book was on coral reefs. Brian Rosen, from the ... Natural History Museum in London,& takes up the story... Darwin's first book was on coral reefs. Brian Rosen takes up the story... Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Brian Rosen ...
The Daily Darwin - Thursday - From The Naked Scientists
... day brings together geologists and an exploration of Darwin's early scientific forays. We also find out how we ... day brings together geologists and an exploration of Darwin's early scientific forays. We also find out how we ... Obama government will promote science research. The Daily Darwin - Thursday - From The Naked Scientists ...
What might aliens look like?
... - But it did sort of pave the way for people like Charles Darwin. And he came along and got really interested in ... the Origin of Species in 1859. Ben - Yeah. That example is Darwin's famous finches. It's a relatively famous concept in ... thing that deserves to live, like some people who twisted Darwin's philosophy would have said. The other thing that's ...
Sponges push back date of first animals
... the week marking the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, scientists have solved a mystery that troubled the ... far back as 635 million years have turned up, vindicating Darwin's initial scepticism, but the trail to the origins of ...
Revealing ocean wonders before underwater photography
... one of the key promoters of Darwinism in Germany. He took Darwin's ideas and popularised them there, but he popularised ... way, it was a way that actually slightly baffled Charles Darwin. He had an idea, I suppose, that all life is guided by ...
How humble are great scientists and artists?
... cited in this programme: Naked Evolution - 150 years since Darwin's theory of Evolution was presented to the Linnean ... in 1871, the publication of The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin Should we reconcile our drive and ambition with a need ...
Why bother with the appendix?
... the greatest evolutionary biologist of all time, Charles Darwin, and dates back about 150 years. And so what Charles Darwin suggested was as we evolved as organisms from ones ...
The bridge that Newton didn't build
... to have their tours begin. But we’re also next to Darwin College just over there. One of the newer colleges on the river, of course named after Charles Darwin. And then to my right hand side we have the old Anchor ...
The Plight of Lonesome George
... in 1971 on a very remote island in the Galapagos. Charles Darwin passed through in 1835. This island was thought to ... they do. I can't say I've tried or would try them. Darwin noted in his writing that the young ones in particular ...
Ivy makes nanoparticles
... or disks, hundreds of micrometres long. And as Charles Darwin first reported in 1876 in his monograph Movements and ... and how it helps ivy to climb, has remained unclear since Darwin's time. Mingjun Zhang of the University of Tennessee ...
Giant tortoises not gone yet
... extinct Floreana Island tortoises are still with us. When Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835 he was inspired ... are thought to have gone extinct within 15 years of Darwin's visit. What Ciccone and her team have discovered is ...
Survival of the least unwell
In 1859 Charles Darwin published “ On the origin of species ”, arguably ... is, essentially, hedging its bets. Five years after Darwin published his magnum opus, Darwin's contemporary, the biologist and evolutionist Herbert ...
Mind Shift: how did our brain come to be?
... the earth is just another planet. It goes around the sun. Darwin showed that we are connected to all of the life forms ... evolved from apes. And I draw inspiration from things that Darwin said. But surprisingly, a thinker who is not often ...
The Natural History of Beer
... I went to the Natural History Museum for one of their Darwin Live events, where the theme of the evening was the ... Meera went to the Natural History Museum for one of their Darwin Live events, where the theme of the evening was the ...
How the Turtle Got its Shell
... best from statins. Also how the turtle got it's shell and Darwin meets hip hop in the rap guide to evolution. Plus we ... best from statins. Also how the turtle got it's shell and Darwin meets hip hop in the rap guide to evolution. Plus we ...
Fat Dinosaurs and the Descent of Man
... and we delve into science history on the anniversary of Darwin's 'Descent of Man'. In this NewsFlash we find out how ... and we delve into science history on the anniversary of Darwin's "Descent of Man". Fat Dinosaurs and the Descent of ...