Darwin Across the Disciplines
At Duke University John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute: Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 4:00 pm In collaboration with the Office of the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and Duke’s...
View ArticleCelebrate Darwin’s 200th birthday
NESCent and SCONC: What: November SCONC-fest When: Thursday November 19th , 6-8pm Where: National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham Please join us to commemorate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday...
View ArticleMuseum lecture traces historic Beagle voyage
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts the final offering of its Charles Darwin Lecture Series on Tuesday, November 24 — the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s landmark publication of “The...
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Recent Science-Related Events in the Triangle
Last couple of weeks months were awfully busy, on many fronts, not least finalizing the ScienceOnline2010 program, herding cats almost 100 moderators/presenters to do various stuff (e.g., respond to my...
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Phlogiston
One of the nice benefits of hosting ScienceOnline conferences is that I sometimes get presents. The one that I find totally fascinating that I got this year is the 2009 issue of Phlogiston, the Journal...
View ArticleCreation: A Conversation with Darwin’s Descendant
This week on PRI/BBC World Science: This month, the movie Creation opened in theaters across the United States. The film chronicles the life and work of Charles Darwin. The movie is directed by Jon...
View ArticleDarwin Day – Sharks!
This afternoon, I’ll be driving down to Raleigh to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences for the special Darwin Day event organized in collaboration with the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. The...
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Megalodon and other sharks at Darwin Day
Last night, braving horrible traffic on the way there, and snow on the way back, I made my way to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences for the Darwin Day shark lecture co-organized by NESCent and the...
View ArticleDrunk History – Nikola Tesla (video)
I wonder how much more (and more accurate) detail this guy would get when sober. And how much less most other people would be able to say when sober….
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Books: ‘The Poisoner’s Handbook’ by Deborah Blum
If you picked up The Poisoner’s Handbook (amazon.com) looking for a fool-proof recipe, I hope you have read the book through and realized at the end that such a thing does not exist: you’ll get busted....
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