Edinburgh Celebrates Darwin (audio) Podcast
1) 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.
2) 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.
3) Darwin Across Disciplines - Synthetic biology, evolution and nature by Dr Jane Calvert
Synthetic biology is an emerging field which aims to construct novel biological parts and systems. It could have interesting implications for evolution.
4) 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 helped us access the patterns of homozygosity across the entire g...Show More
5) 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?
6) 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.
Darwin Across Disciplines - Is there anybody out there? by Prof Graeme Ackland
0:00 | Aug 14th, 2009
7) 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 evolution is a helpful musical concept.
8) Darwin Across Disciplines - Tracing the origins of AIDS by Prof Paul Sharp
Over the last 20 years, the mystery of the origin of HIV-1 has unravelled and we can now paint a remarkably detailed picture of the prehistory of AIDS.