Darwin's Inheritance at Wellcome Collection
Just a quick reminder that Wellcome Collection's Darwin Inheritance event is on tomorrow afternoon.Event starts at 3pm. No need to book, but turn up a bit early to guarantee your place.
View ArticleGood news everyone! Evolution set for UK primary schools
Some positive news this week: the UK government is set to approve the teaching of evolution in the primary school curriculum for the first time.According to the Guardian, UK Minister for Schools Diana...
View ArticleDarwin at the movies
No, not just Creation, but Jurassic Park, 2001: A Space Odyssey and, er, Alien.A curious selection of films, but all part of Darwin, Evolution and the Movies, a film festival celebrating Darwin200...
View ArticleFrom the International Conference on Evolution and Society
Academic speakers from over 30 countries gathered in Alexandria, Egypt, this week for an International Conference on Evolution and Society, debating cutting edge research in evolutionary science, and...
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In the Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Evolution
In a special guest post, artist Franziska Schenk explains the inspiration for her exhibition ‘In the Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Evolution’, which opened at the BIAD School of Art in Birmingham...
View ArticleThe forgotten Wallace, Darwin photography and other exhibitions
A few Wellcome Trust-supported exhibitions that may be of interest to Tree of Life blog readers.The first, for a change, does not focus on Charles Darwin. A R Wallace – The Forgotten Evolutionist is...
View ArticleCelebrating 150 years of On the Origin of Species
Today marks the 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking book On the Origin of Species.It brings to an end a year of celebrations of Charles Darwin and his work, which began...
View ArticleNew Scientist interviews Darwin
Happy On Origin Day everyone! If you haven't already seen it, New Scientist is celebrating with an interview with Charles Darwin. Unfortunately, they have neither travelled through time or cloned...
View ArticleThe Darwin/evolution round up
With the passing of the On the Origin of the Species anniversary last week, Darwin year is coming to a close.Sadly, this means that the Tree of Life Blog itself will shortly be put into a cryogenic...
View ArticleWinter for the Tree of Life…
Sadly, the time has come to suspend the Tree of Life blog. As noted last week, the end of 2009 brings to an end a year of Darwin200 celebrations and our blog along with it.We’ve had the pleasure of...
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