After decades of mysterious ailments, and a short, final illness, Charles Darwin died at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of Wednesday 19th April 1882, at Down House, Downe, in Kent. He should be accounted a hero in anyone’s book.
Er, no he wasn’t…
How Charles Darwin spent his 25th birthday.
This article was first published on 04-Nov-2012: William Bernhardt Tegetmeier's 196th birthday. For every giant that strides the scientific world like a colossus, there are many thousands more mini-heroes of science whose contributions are sometimes overlooked or forgotten. One of my particular favourite mini-heroes is William Bernhardt Tegetmeier, whose 196th birthday gives me the perfect…
On Christmas Day 1831, the crew of HMS Beagle held their own ’Olympic Games’ at Port Desire in Patagonia.
Thanks to Charles Darwin, we now have an answer to this hoary old chestnut…
As always, don’t believe a word homeopaths tell you…
It would be in big trouble if it did…
Don’t believe the quote-miners…
A lie that refuses to die…