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  The Illustrated Origin of Species
• Darwin Speaks: "How faithlessness stalked me"
  An "interview" with Charles Darwin in which he describes how he became a student of nature, his initiation into the theory of evolution, and his religious scruples. It seemed he knew the trouble he was getting into

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  Matt Collins
• A Skeptic's Take on the Public Misunderstanding of Darwin
  On the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday two myths persist about evolution and natural selection, says Michael Shermer

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• Darwin on a Godless Creation: "It's like confessing to a murder"
  200 years after the birth of Charles Darwin, his theory of evolution still clashes with the creationist beliefs of some organized religions. For him personally, it meant the end of his belief in creation by God

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• Charles Darwin and Associates, Ghostbusters
  When the scientific establishment put a spiritualist on trial, the co-discoverers of natural selection took opposing sides

 

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60-Second Science Blog
Portrait of Darwin as a young (flatulent) scientist
Natural selection serves as the theme of an incoherent reality show

Features
Six Things in Expelled That Ben Stein Doesn't Want You to Know...
...about intelligent design and evolution

60-Second Science Blog
Better late than never?
Clergyman says church owes Darwin an apology

60-Second Science
Galapagos Invaders Actually Native Species
Fossil remains show that some plant species believed to have invaded the Galapagos islands about 500 years ago are in fact natives. Ecologists can examine fossil remains to determine what really belongs in a given habitat

Features
Individual versus Group in Natural Selection
Does natural selection drive evolution at levels higher than selfish genes and fertile individuals?

Science Talk
The Evolution of Evolution
Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie discusses the special January issue of the magazine, which focuses on evolution--2009 being the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. Subjects in the issue include the importance of natural selection, the sources of genetic variability, human evolution's past and future, pop evolutionary psychology, everyday applications of evolutionary theory, the science of the game Spore, and the ongoing threat to science education posed by creationist activists

Scientific American Magazine
Dynamic Darwinism: Evolution Theory Thrives Today
The naturalist would approve of how evolutionary science continues to improve

Science Talk
Darwin: Ghostbuster, Muse and Magistrate
Darwin historian Richard Milner shares some of the lesser known aspects of Darwin's life. And Scientific American columnist Michael Shermer talks about the stock market, religion and other belief systems. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.darwinlive.com; www.michaelshermer.com

Scientific American Magazine
Putting Evolution to Use in the Everyday World
Understanding of evolution is fostering powerful technologies for health care, law enforcement, ecology, and all manner of optimization and design problems

Scientific American Magazine
The Human Pedigree: A Timeline of Hominid Evolution
Some 180 years after unearthing the first human fossil, paleontologists have amassed a formidable record of our forebears

60-Second Science Blog
Darwin 200 years later
Evolution by selection of quotations