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

07/07/09 • 13 min

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

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

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

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.