Our big questions, at least.
And the winners are...
- How would we recognise evolution on other substrates? How would we detect life on another planet?
- Are there genetic grammars common to all of life?
- What do we need to know about law in biology to explore questions in astrobiology?
- Can we conceive of evolution beginning with an excess of complexity? Evolution by reduction?
- How to build a minimal living thing?
...and we breakout into working groups, and get to work.
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Hofstra University solicits submissions for an interdisciplinary conference titled "Darwin’s Reach: A Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy across Academic Disciplines," to be held March 12-14, 2009.
Today is Darwin Day. But, more than that, it is a very special Darwin Day in that it is the 200th anniversary of the birth of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.
Over at the Raving Atheist's forum, contributors have compiled a list of 50 evolution myths. It's actually at 51 right now—I could have told them there are a lot more than 50—but it's entertaining.