Evolver Zone

Evolutionary imagery: illustrating (and distorting) the history of life — T. Ryan Gregory

TR Gregory — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:06 +0000

T. Ryan Gregory discusses the use and misuse of iconic imagery to depict evolution.

Eugenie Scott — Getting evolution right: tips for writers

TR Gregory — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:37:56 +0000

Dr. Eugenie Scott of the NCSE gives writers some tips on how to convey evolutionary concepts accurately.

Videos from Darwin Conference 2009 at the University of Chicago

TR Gregory — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:59:02 +0000

Seminars presented by an all-star list of speakers at the 2009 Darwin conference at the University of Chicago.

Street art “Big Bang, Big Boom”

TR Gregory — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:16:34 +0000

Street artist Blu uses stop-motion paint animation to create "an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end".

Darwin movie spoof starring Dana Carvey.

TR Gregory — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:31:42 +0000

What if the producers of the recent blockbuster Sherlock Holmes made a movie about Darwin? Dana Carvey, of Saturday Night Live fame, answers this question with a spoof movie trailer. Dana Carvey is “DARWIN” – watch more funny videos

Darwin’s Brave New World (CBC)

TR Gregory — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:12:30 +0000

A three-part series on the life and work of Charles Darwin on the CBC program The Nature of Things.

The Evolution of Charles Darwin (CBC Radio)

TR Gregory — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:03:52 +0000

CBC Radio's program Ideas pays tribute to Charles Darwin in this four-part series.

*Special issue of Journal of Effective Teaching — Evolution education

TR Gregory — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:37:06 +0000

A special issue of the Journal of Effective Teaching on evolution education.

Evolutionary Genealogy

TR Gregory — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:53:46 +0000

A website that seeks to promote the teaching and acceptance of the biological theory of evolution by emphasizing one of its great lessons: that life on Earth is one big extended family.

*Special issue of Science — Ardipithecus ramidus

TR Gregory — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:08:46 +0000

A special issue devoted to the early hominid species Ardipithecus ramidus.

EvoS — Evolutionary Studies Consortium

TR Gregory — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:21:46 +0000

Tools and a community space for evolutionary training in institutions of higher education.

Dialogues With Darwin — American Philosophical Society Museum

TR Gregory — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:13:04 +0000

An online companion to the Dialogues With Darwin exhibit at the American Philosophical Society Museum.

Unweaving the Rainbow (Frameshift)

TR Gregory — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:32:35 +0000

An album by progressive rock band Frameshift inspired by Richard Dawkins's writings.

Origin of Species in Dub

TR Gregory — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:15:08 +0000

A musical interpretation of On the Origin of Species in Jamaican dub style.

The Rap Guide to Evolution (Baba Brinkman)

TR Gregory — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:47:56 +0000

Canadian performance artist Baba Brinkman presents a hip-hop exploration of modern evolutionary biology.

On the Origin of Species: The Preservation of Favoured Traces (Ben Fry)

TR Gregory — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:04:51 +0000

Ben Fry presents an online tool that tracks the changes between editions of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

*Special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B — The evolution of phototransduction and eyes

TR Gregory — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:58:44 +0000

A special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B about the evolution of eyes.

Zimmer — The Tangled Bank

TR Gregory — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:21:48 +0000

A textbook on evolution for the general reader by science writer Carl Zimmer.

Richard Dawkins – The Greatest Show on Earth

TR Gregory — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:03:40 +0000

Richard Dawkins gives an introduction to his new book, The Greatest Show on Earth.

I Am a Paleontologist by They Might Be Giants

TR Gregory — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:39:51 +0000

An amusing song entitled "I Am a Paleontologist" by They Might Be Giants.