On Christmas Day 1833, the crew of HMS Beagle held their own ’Olympic Games’ at Port Desire in Patagonia.
Month: July 2012
Loads-a-Darwins!!
Some Darwin tenners earlier today.
Pulling the birds
For many years now, I have had a pet hunch that Darwinian Sexual Selection might be a far more important driver in the creation of new species than it is generally given credit for.
In which we embrace Intelligent Design
Notes on the new-look Friends of Charles Darwin website, including some URL changes.
Book review: ‘What Mr Darwin Saw’ by Mick Manning & Brita Granström
What Charles Darwin saw on his massive, amazing journey!
Book review: ‘The Curious Mind of Young Darwin’ by Sarah Bellis, Caroline Cook & Jenni Taylor
A Darwin-themed activity book for children.
Film review: ‘Creation: the true story of Charles Darwin’
An entertaining film (if you ignore the paranormal nonsense).
Documentary review: ‘Galápagos: the Islands that Changed the World’
Totally awesome three-part series about some rather special islands.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Thanks to Charles Darwin, we now have an answer to this hoary old chestnut…
Was Darwin a believer in homeopathy?
As always, don’t believe a word homeopaths tell you…
Doesn’t Evolution break the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
It would be in big trouble if it did…
Didn't Darwin admit that the eye was too complex to have evolved?
Don’t believe the quote-miners…