Darwin's Armada
By Iain McCalman: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world.
Media releases
Media releases on scientific advances, discoveries, awards, competitions and more.
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Darwin’s birthday today
Celebrations recognise the impact of Darwin’s theory of evolution on society today Today is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and birthday celebrations are taking place across Australia.
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Chris Darwin on Charles Darwin
Australia’s only direct descendant speaks out about living in Charles Darwin’s shadow Blue Mountains resident Chris Darwin is a great great grandson of Charles Darwin. He’s available to talk today (from early morning) about evolution, Darwin and life in his shadow.
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True Green Kids wins US science prize
Our colleague Kim McKay in Sydney has won a prize from the US AAAS for her children’s book on ‘100 things you can do to save the planet’.
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Australia will rule
Tasmania is remarkable But I do not like Sydney society That was Charles Darwin’s view of Australia according to Emeritus Professor Frank Nicholas speaking on the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. Darwin’s 200th birthday is tomorrow, Thursday 12 February. It will be celebrated by scientists around the world, recognising the role that Darwin’s theory of…
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Big Bang to Big Bust!
The evolution of the Universe The evolution of life The end of human evolution Climate and an evolving planet These are some of the big topics that will be explored Sunday evening at a free public forum discussing evolution and its implications.
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The evolution of faith?
A church service is probably the last thing you would expect to kick off a year-long celebration of evolution-but that’s exactly what’s happening at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne at 2 pm on Sunday 8 February.
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Eat your way through 4 billion years of evolution
Melbourne will host a unique dinner to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday on 12 February at Melbourne Museum. Guests will eat their way through the evolutionary tree – from primordial soup, to the first life on Earth, to the mammals.
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Media alert: a year of stars and 400,000 galaxies
The Australian Launch of the International Year of Astronomy at Questacon in Canberra Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Penny Sackett launched the 2009 International of Astronomy on 28 January at Questacon in Canberra.
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From menace to Mexico, physics education gets real and revealing crystal structures
Australian technology that saves the ozone layer and reduces greenhouse gases 3 December 2008 Three medals will be presented to leading scientists in Adelaide tonight. Three CSIRO scientists will be awarded the Walsh Medal in Adelaide tonight for their work to destroy CFCs. Their approach – using a plasma reactor working at 20,000 degrees –…