Recent Posts Tagged With 'history'

• A History of Christmas

  Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 10:41 in christianity, video, history, christmas

  From The History Channel, part 1 of 5: ...

• The Royal Society Opens the Archive

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 07:15 in science, history, archive, royal society

  The Royal Society is celebrating three and a half centuries of science in 2010: The dissemination of scientific research has been a core activity for the Royal Society since it was granted a Royal Charter to publish in 1662. Three and a half centurie...

• Evolution of Evolution from the National Science Foundation

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 11:00 in education, science, website, Evolution, history, biology

  The National Science Foundation has a new interactive web page about the evolution of evolution. From the press release: Going wide and deep, Evolution of Evolution: 150 Years of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" provides a uniquely sweeping, at-a-...

• Darwin's Darkest Hour on Nova

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 11:05 in video, Evolution, history, darwin, darwin special

  Nova, PBS and National Geographic and will be presenting Darwin's Darkest Hour: In 1858 Charles Darwin received a letter from naturalist Alfred Wallace, explaining his own theory of evolution. This was the trigger event that led to the publication o...

• Larry Moran Discusses Science Before and After Darwin

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 08:33 in science, history, darwin, moran, cfi

  Larry Moran discusses science before and after Darwin. 12 videos presented by CFI Ontario: Larry Moran is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto and he runs the blog Sandwalk....

• Wilhelm Hofmeister--Unsung Giant of Biology

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 09:08 in birthday, history, bird, Botany, generations, lifecycle, botanist, alternation

  From Today in Science History:Wilhelm (Friedrich Benedikt) Hofmeister. Born 18 May 1824; died 12 Jan 1877. He was a German botanist whose investigations of plant structure made him a pioneer in the science of comparative plant morphology. He discover...

• The Infamous Voyages of the Beagles

  Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 07:00 in science, Evolution, history, natural history museum, beagle voyage, darwin special

  An invited lecture by NHM scientist, Beagle Project director of science and Beagle blogger Karen James at a Natural History Museum members' event on the evening of 19th March, 2009.Voyages of the Beagles from The Beagle Project Blog....

• Video--Darwin's Shrewsbury

  Posted on Wednesday April 15th, 2009 at 02:36 in video, history, biography, darwin, shrewsbury

  Hat-tip to Darwin's Shrewsbury!...

• A "Giant Slinky" for Darwin

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 08:06 in art, garden, history, darwin, shrewsbury, darwin special

  The Shropshire Star is reporting that a giant piece of artwork and a geo-garden are being built in Shrewsbury to commemorate Darwin's bicentennary. Called the Quantum Leap Project, the news article states that the £350 000 project will begin today....

• Evolution: Education and Outreach - Online First™

  Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 23:39 in education, history, biology, teachers, tree of life, natural selection, transitional fossil

  Ten early releases from Volume 2, No. 2:Introduction Donald Ross Prothero A Question of Individuality: Charles Darwin, George Gaylord Simpson and Transitional Fossils Niles Eldredge The Fish–Tetrapod Transition: New Fossils and Inter...

• My Sunday Best - 22 March, 2009.

  Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 07:42 in history, bird, Behaviour, Bees, insect, natural history, spider, ants, naturalist, unity of life

  This was a tough choice, with many great blog posts to select from. As before, series posts are considered as one and the choices are listed in no particular order. The Top Ten for the Week - 1.The Dispersal of Darwin    BOOK REVIEW: Ji...