Old folks tend to repeat themselves, so bear with me if this is redundant. A cursory search of Science Blogs turned up a comment in response to Razib's post in Gene Expression that calls attention to the video of Sean B. Carroll's 2005 HHMI Holiday Lecture on Charles Darwin and the development of the theory of evolution. Carroll is an excellent speaker. He aims the topic toward high school students in this accessible and enjoyable seminar. The video (below the fold) is ~ 1 hour in duration, but well worth the time.
ETA: Thanks to commenter Chris for pointing out that DVDs for a number of the HHMI lectures are available here. I just subscribed to the podcasts myself.
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Yesterday's lab meeting went fine. Afterwards I got a chance to flip through some journals that I've ignored for the past 2-3 weeks.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute has announced a policy to
promote open-access publication of scientific papers. They
are not only supporting it philosophically, but financially as well.
In fact, they are not only supporting it, but requiring
From the HHMI website:
Do you remember that letter in which the editors of The Journal of Cell Biology criticized Howard Hughes Medical Institute for capitulating to Elsevier?
The Enlightening Ramray Bhat: Origin of Body Parts
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00213.htm
Stuart Newman, The New Master of Evolution?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00103.htm
Stuart Newman's "High Tea"
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00460.htm
Theory of Form to Evolution Center Stage
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00380.htm
Altenberg! The Woodstock of Evolution?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00051.htm
The Invite -- "Altenberg 16" Evolution Summit
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00131.htm
Richard Dawkins Renounces Darwinism As Religion
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00270.htm
It's worth pointing out that this (and other) DVDs are available for free from the HHMI.
That one is from the Constant Change and Common Threads video:
http://www.hhmi.org/catalog/main?action=product&itemId=304
Chris, thanks for the nudge. I have edited the entry to include a link to the HHMI Biointeractive site.