darwin

Most bloggers using the tag Darwin are referring in one way or another to the Victorian scientist Charles Darwin, who laid the foundation for the theory of evolution with his On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

In the year 2009 it was a particularly popular topic, marking the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.

Bloggers may be sharing Darwin's words, reviewing exhibitions or books about him, or discussing his theories.

Bloggers might also be using the tag to refer to the northern Australian city of Darwin, known for its Darwin stubbie.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “darwin”

• in Lifestyle
  Imago Dei. " In The Image Of God". Always Problematic at Xmas Season.
  To believe or not to believe.
  by leovou / on Dec 21, 2011
• in Travel
  Stand Back Sydney, Make Way Melbourne, Darwin’s Got The X-Factor
  Lonely Planet votes Darwin among London, Stockholm and Santiago in its world top ten must see cities in 2012.
  by traceycroke / on Nov 13, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “darwin”

 

• Time To Go Dowsing For A New Well Of Sympathy…

  
  Ambush Predator — Authority: 498
  The family of a 17-year-old girl killed by a dangerous driver have branded his prison sentence "a joke" . Another tale of a family mourning the loss of an innocent party, wiped out by a careless driver? Well. Not quite. Banned Zahoor Hussain was driving his dads Mini Cooper at 50mph on a 30mph road when he ...
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• January 30, 1862 (a Thursday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 113
  On this date, in a letter to J.D. Hooker, Charles Darwin made a prediction that was not confirmed until very recently. Darwin had recently received many orchids from James Bateman, including one very intriguing species called the star-of-Bethlehem or comet … Continue reading →
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• January 30, 1868 (a Thursday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 113
  On this date, the first edition of The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin was published. It is probably the second in importance of all his works. This was a follow-up work, written in response to … Continue reading →
  22 hours ago

• The emergence of ‘Offshore Asia’ as a security concept

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 537
  Author: Geoff Wade, ISEAS, Singapore That US engagement with East Asia has grown in recent years is news to none. But as the dust settles following President Obama’s announcement of the imminent stationing of US marine forces in northern Australia , it is perhaps time to assess what this development might ...
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• In search of Life at Lady Mitchell Hall

  
  Cambridge University Research — Authority: 480
  Darwin College continues the popular Darwin College lecture series this week on 27 January with Life in Ruins. The annual eight week series held at Lady Mitchell Hall is free to the public and is renowned for its famous speakers and thought-provoking discussions.
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• Extracting museum specimen codes from text

  
  iPhylo — Authority: 95
  Quick note about a tool Ive cobbled together as part of the phyloinformatics course , which addresses a long standing need I and others have to extract specimen codes from text. Ive had this code kicking around for a while (as part of various never-finished data mining projects), but never got around to releasing it, ...
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• The hunt for the missing link

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 524
  The search for human origins is a fascinating story – from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth’s antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures. Central to the story is the part played by fossils – first, in establishing ...
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• January 25, 1900 (a Thursday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 113
  On this date, the noted geneticist Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky was born in Ukraine (then part of Imperial Russia). He emigrated to the United States in 1927. Dobzhansky was a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work … Continue reading →
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• Kon-Tiki: Peru’s Polynesian Links

  
  Rachel in Peru! — Authority: 95
  In 1947 Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl made an incredible expedition across the Pacific Ocean to prove his theory that the Polynesian isles were originally settled by South Americans. Sixty five years after Heyerdahl’s famous expedition, a film dramatizing the Norwegian’s adventures is set to be released. Heyerdahl’s ...
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• January 22, 1831 (a Saturday)

  
  Professor Olsen @ Large — Authority: 113
  On this date, Charles Darwin took the exam for his Bachelor of Arts degree.  
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• Hunky Space Harrier

  
  The Gay Gamer — Authority: 111
  I dont know if any of you noticed, but buried within this post about Darwin Yamamotos recent trip to Tokyos retro-games shop, Super Potato was a brief note about the New Yorker being a designer and illustrator. Well, a good example of Yamamotos abilities as an illustrator can be seen in his recent--and rather ...
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• UPDATE in psychology for 18 January 2012

  
  Lauras Psychology Blog — Authority: 100
  A nice home made Biscotti makes the afternoon perfect! Here is what I am reading today: repair your brain with microchips? “Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease patients may benefit from a controversial experiment that implanted microchips into lab rats. Scientists say the tests produced effective results ...
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• Darwin’s lost specimens collection found in UK

  
  NVO News — Authority: 571
  In what is a virtual treasure trove, UK scientists have stumbled upon a range of fossils collected by none other than Charles Darwin. The discovery was made by Dr Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London. He just happened to stumble upon the collection which was tucked in cabinet ...
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• Property Of Charles Darwin Fossils Found

  
  GoBlogLog The First Delivery Hot Report On The Net — Authority: 105
  World News Today – British scientists discovered dozens of fossils of a collection owned by Charles Darwin, originator of the theory of evolution. Howard Falcon-Lang, a palaentolog Royal Holloway University of London, found it by accident when stumbling upon a wooden box containing the glass sample preparations that ...
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• Maree Townend Earns Membership With Stanford Who’s Who

  
  IBWIRE — Authority: 138
  DARWIN, NT, AUSTRALIA,   January 18, 2011 / Stanford Who’s Who / — Maree Townend has been accepted into the prestigious ranks of Stanford Who’s Who. Throughout her professional career, Maree has consistently displayed the passion, vision and dedication necessary to be considered among the best. For the past 5 ...
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• Product News Brief #12118

  
  EDD Update — Authority: 111
  This weeks Product News Briefs includes two EDD listings: • Nextpoint has launched customization features for its document coding and review tools. • Symantec Buys LiveOffice for $115M and is expected to use the softwarea to put EDD applications in the cloud.
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• Confidence tricks: can crowdsourcing keep our feet on the ground?

  
  Microtask — Authority: 94
  Charles Darwin once wrote that “ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” Despite how far society has progressed since this was written, it seems as relevant now as it ever was. Whether it’s refusing to stop and ask for directions because we’re sure we know the right way (only to ...
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• Ecuador begins destroying WW II bombs

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Quito, Jan 18 (IANS/EFE) Ecuador has begun destroying 11 US bombs of World War II vintage that were found in 2010 by fishermen in the Galapagos Islands, the defense minister said.The defense ministry delegate for the destruction of the Galapagos bombs, Xavier Drouet, told EFE that Monday they “successfully” blew ...
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• Man fights croc with guitar in Darwin

  
  Ozzie News — Authority: 118
  A Darwin dad armed himself with his guitar to fend off a crocodile that walked into his family’s lounge room. The plump, smooth-scaled saltie was a suspected escapee from the nearby Darwin Crocodile Farm. The croc wandered into the Bees Creek Road home in the early hours of Saturday morning. Neighbours say ...
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• Hundreds of Lost Fossils from the Darwin Collection Rediscovered by the British Geological Survey

  
  memoirs on a rainy day — Authority: 126
  The fossils, which had been ‘lost’ for 165 years, were rediscovered by chance by the British Geological Survey . Some of these were collected by Charles Darwin himself. They form a remarkable discovery, since they were simply in a drawer marked “unregistered fossil plants.” Read more @ SciTechDaily Filed ...
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