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Charles Darwin:

Image of Charles Darwin Appears on Wall in Tennessee.... Thousands Flock

A steady stream of devoted evolutionists continued to gather in this small Tennessee town today to witness what many believe is an image of Charles Darwin--author of The Origin Of Species and founder of the modern evolutionary movement--made manifest on a concrete wall in downtown...

The Abington Park Museum of Northhampton, UK, Requires Your Assistance ...

... in regards to its exhibit on Darwin. A creationist visiting the museum objected to phrases regarding evolution on the Darwin Exhibit (Hat Tip: Pharyngula). This led the museum to cover up the offending language. Clearly, the government unit that runs this museum, and the...

Charles Darwin by Michael Ruse

I am currently reading Charles Darwin (Blackwell Great Minds), and so far I mainly like it. Ruse, as you may know, is a philosopher, something of a science historian, and a science writer who has criticized what he calls "strident" atheism for being too fundamentalist....

Darwin Literature Podcast

Check out this podcast from the Institute for Humanist Studies. In this month's audio podcast we are dedicating the entire program to one story. During the 1970s, P. Thomas Carroll read and transcribed hundreds of Charles Darwin's personal correspondences for research purposes. Carroll shares his...

Darwin and Wallace 1858

Darwin and Wallace, chillin' Let's talk about Darwin and Wallace's joint presentation on Natural Selection in 1858. It is not usually the case that I write a blog post for a carnival. I usually just write for the blog, then now and then sit...

Happy Birthday Natural Selection. You had mondo relative fitness as an idea!

Natural Selection was proposed jointly by Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin on this day 150 years ago. Darwin discovered the principle of Natural Selection, and worked it out, over several decades prior. Meanwhile A.R. Wallace also came up with Natural Selection as the mechanism...

Ken Hubert, Hero of Life Science Teaching

Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference ... Yet another item from the first day of the conference, the pre-conference teachers day sponsored by Evolution 2008 and the Minnesota Citizens for Science Education (MnCSE) ... The Minnesota Citizens for Science Education presented Ken...

Biology Never Was The Same: Mark Borrello

Continuing with our discussion of the Evolution 2008 conference, I'd like to relate at least the essence, as I saw it, of an excellent talk by Mark Borrello. I've seen Mark speak at least three times including yesterday, and soon after his talk we continued...

Atheist Talk Radio with Mark Decker!!!

Minnesota Atheists' "Atheists Talk" radio show Sunday, June 1, 2008, 9-10 a.m. Central Time The first half hour will feature an interview with Mark Decker, co-author of "More than Darwin." Mark is a great guy, this should be a fun show. I'm out of radio...

A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy Across Academic Disciplines

The Hofstra University Library, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Hofstra Cultural Center present a conference: Darwin's Reach examines the impact of Darwin and Darwinian evolution on science and society in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert...

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