Chuck D – Public Enemy Number One

Posted by Paul Raven @ 12-02-2008 in General

No, not the rapper. Happy Darwin Day, creationists everywhere! :)

(Yeah, looks like I forgot again; lucky the science blog crowd are there to remind us mortals about the important annual festivals, eh?)

Many happy returns, Mister Darwin

Posted by Paul Raven @ 12-02-2007 in General

I’m ashamed to say that I’d have forgotten if it weren’t for Jamais Cascio, who is also (I presume) the source of the image:

Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin

The world’s oldest inhabitant

Posted by Paul Raven @ 23-03-2006 in General

This is the oldest living animal (if you don’t bother counting certain invertebrates):

Harriet, pictured above, was brought back from the Galapagos Islands by good old Charles Darwin himself. She’s still alive and kicking (albeit very slowly) in Australia today.

Link collected from The Kircher Society.