Yesterday was Darwin Day, the 150th anniversary of “On The Origin of Species.” I had grand plans that were completely scuttled by vast steaming heaps of work. So here’s a collection of links for belated celebration.
- The Guardian has a huge feature.
- Shifting Baselines on Darwin’s contributions to marine science
- Rick MacPherson goes into more detail on Darwin’s work on coral reefs
- And Emmett Duffy on Darwin’s beloved barnacles
And check out the Beagle Project. They’re going to build a replica of the HMS Beagle and retrace Darwin’s voyage. They’re heading out next year in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth.
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would it kill ya to put an “a” in the “MacPherson”?
hey, thanks for the link-love!
Done. Sorry ’bout that.
Hey thanks for the link to the NP. Wow, the Guardian site is amazing — good to know about that. Striking how much better engaged the Brits are in science. Can you imagine a major American newspaper having a Darwin-fest of this sort? Of course, Charles is their homie, so probably there’s some nationalistic pride going on.
Sorry to deprive you of your “A”, Rick!
Emmett- the religious right seems to equate poor Darwin with Evil Atheism (which he would surely find very sad) so I don’t think we’d ever see such an extensive feature here. Also, I really, really want a T-shirt that says “Charles Darwin is my homie.”
Thank you Eric and Miriam for bringing Darwin Day to my attention. To recognize it, I decided to put a nice shine on my car’s Darwin fish
Inspired by Emmett’s comment and Miriam’s reply to it, I read up on the Scopes trial. I never knew that Scopes lost that trial or that the trial itself was presided by a judge who unjustly banned most of the defense’s evidence.
Pretty interesting…
Thank you Miriam, just added you to the Beagle Project’s blogroll.
Innnterrresting! How big are they? Mr Darwin must have had high testosterone to have such a receidng hairline at 31! I guess he was also adventurous which reveals the same origins- but I’m adventurous ??? Yoiks!