Feb 12 2009
Biology has changed a lot over the past 150 years. Scientists have discovered entirely new forms of life, deciphered the molecular code of heredity and observed the machinery of life on the smallest dimensions. And through it all, one scientific theory has stood the test of time.
New discoveries in genomics, medicine, developmental biology, and countless [...]
Feb 11 2009
Put on your party hat. Tomorrow, in universities and public auditoriums, at festivals and museums, people around the world will be celebrating the life and works of one of the most influential scientific minds in history: Charles Darwin. February 12th is Darwin’s 200th birthday, and this year – 2009 – also marks 150 years since [...]
Oct 23 2008
In the year 1831, two very important events happened to 22 year-old biologist Charles Darwin. The first was that he boarded the Beagle, a research vessel upon which he would embark on a five-year journey to Central and South America. There he would collect mountains of data on hundreds of plant and animal species, which [...]
