This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about the extinction of Australia’s megafauna; regenerating hearts and limbs; the essence of being a sponge; childhood obesity; and more…
evolution
Nanotech changes the world; tall ships bring Darwin to Melbourne; Oppenheimer on Climate Change
Nanotechnology is here.
It’s at the heart of the chips in your computer and in the new hard disk with all your photos and videos on it; it’s the next generation of (plastic) solar cells; there are nano-gold particles finding cancer cells; carbon nanotubes and much much more. [continue reading…]
Darwin’s deep ancestry revealed, the Beagle, nanotech and more
The deep ancestry of Charles Darwin and his great, great grandson will be revealed tomorrow, Thursday 4 February, at a press conference at the Australian Museum in Sydney, 1pm.
Genographic ‘snapshot’ provides insights into Melbourne’s genetic melting pot
Results from Journey of Your Genes Public Swabbing Event Revealed
MELBOURNE (3 Dec, 2009), The Governor of Victoria, His Excellency Prof. David de Kretser, AC, shares the same Y chromosome ‘haplogroup’ with World Vision’s Tim Costello with both men’s Genographic Project DNA test showing they are R1b – migrating out of Africa around 45,000 years ago and eventually living in Europe (70% of men from southern England belong to this group).
Their ‘deep ancestry’ Genographic Project results form part of an interesting ‘snapshot’ looking at Melbourne’s diversity [continue reading…]
Genographic 'snapshot' provides insights into Melbourne's genetic melting pot
Results from Journey of Your Genes Public Swabbing Event Revealed
MELBOURNE (3 Dec, 2009), The Governor of Victoria, His Excellency Prof. David de Kretser, AC, shares the same Y chromosome ‘haplogroup’ with World Vision’s Tim Costello with both men’s Genographic Project DNA test showing they are R1b – migrating out of Africa around 45,000 years ago and eventually living in Europe (70% of men from southern England belong to this group).
Their ‘deep ancestry’ Genographic Project results form part of an interesting ‘snapshot’ looking at Melbourne’s diversity [continue reading…]
Chris Darwin on the 150th anniversary of evolution
One hundred and fifty years ago Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, revealing his theory of evolution. It was a revolutionary idea that underpins all of modern biology.
His great, great grandson Chris Darwin lives in Australia and has the following comments.
Evolution in November—Superhuman, genes and The Origin’s birthday
In this bulletin for the Evolution Festival there are some spectacular activities to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, the book that brought Darwin’s theory of evolution to the public.
Greenfield, Sleek Geeks, Genographic and more – public sessions at Congress
Get inside the worlds of science and television
Join us at three free public forums in Melbourne on 4 December 2009
Evolution: from cheek swabs to rap
This month we report on the very popular Journey of your Genes—over 500 Melburnians took the opportunity to trace their deep ancestry last Sunday. The results will be revealed on Sunday 6 December. [continue reading…]
Evolution: Naming Darwin, Christianity, Your gene journey – celebrating evolution
This month the City of Darwin has its own special celebrations to mark the 170th anniversary of the naming of the city. Elsewhere activity is again building up as the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species approaches in November. [continue reading…]
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