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Darwin's Edinburgh by Aubrey Manning - audio
A public lecture by Aubrey Manning and a distinguished panel which explored the relationship between Darwin and Edinburgh. Audio only version.
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Darwin Across Disciplines - Deadly Companions by Prof Dorothy Crawford
Professor Crawford traces our history from hunter gatherer to farmer to city dweller and shows how microbes have co-evolved with us, benefiting from our changing life styles, often to our detriment.
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Darwin Across Disciplines - Does music evolve? by Dr Martin Parker
This talk explores how sound design and compositional
practice might incorporate Darwin's ideas and asks whether
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Darwin Across Disciplines - Genome-wide homozygosity by Dr Jim Wilson
Homozygosity means inheriting the same "gene" of a particular trait
from both parents. Dr Wilson shows how technological advances have
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Darwin Across Disciplines - Is there anybody out there? by Prof Graeme Ackland
Astrobiology is a new science seeking for life on other planets. Prof Ackland reviews the evidence for existence of planets orbiting other stars and what these planets might be like.
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Darwin Across Disciplines - Language Evolution: the hardest problem in science? by Prof April McMahon & Dr Simon Kirby
What reason do we have for calling language evolution "the hardest problem in science", and how do we propose to solve it?