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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith

What has evolution got to do with us? Bringing some of the world's top minds to Cambridge, the Darwin Festival celebrates the enduring influence of Darwin's ideas 150 years after the publication of The Origin of Species, the book that rewrote the way we see the world.

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.10 - The Daily Darwin - Friday - From The Naked Scientists

Darwin Festival 09.07.10 - The Daily Darwin - Friday - From The Naked Scientists

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/10/09 • 14 min

We tie up the Darwin Festival with predictions on global warming and the future of the human species. Plus, we find out about cultural selection and how tricky it is putting together an exhibition on science and fine art!

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.08.24 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sandra Herbert

Darwin Festival 09.08.24 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sandra Herbert

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

08/24/09 • 6 min

This week historian Sandra Herbert tells how she retraced Darwin's footsteps to the Galapagos in search of rock samples to prove his volcanic theories were right...

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.08.04 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Brian Rosen

Darwin Festival 09.08.04 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Brian Rosen

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

08/04/09 • 8 min

Darwin's first book was on coral reefs. Brian Rosen, from the Natural History Museum in London,takes up the story...

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.28 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sir John Sulston

Darwin Festival 09.07.28 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sir John Sulston

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/28/09 • 10 min

This week we're in conversation with Nobel laureate Sir John Sulston, the man behind the human genome project. He tells how he went from chemist to biologist to work on a tiny worm, C. elegans, that laid the foundations for the sequencing of the human genome.

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.21 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Ruth Padel

Darwin Festival 09.07.21 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Ruth Padel

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/21/09 • 12 min

Poet and Darwin-descendent Ruth Padel talks about how the history books led her to write "Darwin, a life in poems", an anthology of fifteen poems charting the major events of Darwin's life.

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.16 - The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop

Darwin Festival 09.07.16 - The Rap Guide to Evolution - Darwinian Hip Hop

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/16/09 • 59 min

Award winning Canadian hip hop artist Baba Brinkman brings us his Rap Guide to Evolution, an hour of clever, witty and scientifically accurate rhymes that will have you seeing Darwin from a whole new perspective. Baba explores the history and current understanding of Darwin's theory, combining hilarious remixes of popular rap songs with clever lyrical storytelling that covers Natural Selection, Artificial Selection, Sexual Selection, Group Selection, Unity of Common Descent, and Evolutionary Psychology.

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.09 - The Daily Darwin - Thursday - From The Naked Scientists

Darwin Festival 09.07.09 - The Daily Darwin - Thursday - From The Naked Scientists

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/09/09 • 14 min

The fourth day brings together geologists and an exploration of Darwin's early scientific forays. We also find out how we have the power to solve climate change in a generation, why we should make friends with yeast and how the Obama government will promote science research.

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.08 - The Daily Darwin - Wednesday - From The Naked Scientists

Darwin Festival 09.07.08 - The Daily Darwin - Wednesday - From The Naked Scientists

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/07/09 • 14 min

Day three of the festival and if you've ever wondered what a Darwin rap sounds like, this show is for you. We also explore Darwin's foibles, nice scientists, first cousin marriages and evolutionary poetry.

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.07 - The Daily Darwin - Tuesday - From The Naked Scientists

Darwin Festival 09.07.07 - The Daily Darwin - Tuesday - From The Naked Scientists

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/07/09 • 13 min

We catch up with festival attendees and speakers on the second day of the Darwin Festival at Cambridge. Today we search for the origins of religion, meet the man who got the Human Genome Project going and speak to Terry Pratchett about shaved cats...

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- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists - Darwin Festival 09.07.06 - The Daily Darwin - Monday - From the Naked Scientists

Darwin Festival 09.07.06 - The Daily Darwin - Monday - From the Naked Scientists

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

07/06/09 • 14 min

This week sees Cambridge University celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Each day our team will bring you highlights from the events and exhibitions that make up the Darwin Festival. Today Richard Dawkins explains why scientists can't practise religion, we hear how butterflies imitate each other to survive and discover the genes that separate us from chimps!

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How many episodes does - Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists have?

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists currently has 11 episodes available.

What topics does - Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists cover?

The podcast is about Natural Sciences, Courses, Podcasts, Education and Science.

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The episode title 'Darwin Festival 09.08.24 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sandra Herbert' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on - Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists is 16 minutes.

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Episodes of - Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists are typically released every 5 days, 22 hours.

When was the first episode of - Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists?

The first episode of - Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists was released on Jul 6, 2009.

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