SciPodEM – East Midlands Science Podcasts

From September 27 to October 20, 1833 Darwin travelled by horseback from Buenos Aires to Santa Fé, sailed back to Buenos Aires and got involved in a revolution. For more details of the trip see the About Darwin web site where you will also find this and other maps.   Click here to listen or […]

 Darwin hired a Gaucho and rode on horseback from BAHIA BLANCA TO BUENOS AYRES between SEPTEMBER 8-20 1833. Contents. Set out for Buenos Ayres. Rio Sauce. Sierra Ventana. Third Posta. Driving Horses. Bolas. Partridges and Foxes. Features of the Country. Long-legged Plover. Teru-tero. Hail-storm. Natural Enclosures in the Sierra Tapalguen. Flesh of Puma. Meat Diet. […]

The Beagle left the Rio Negro on 1 September 1833 and headed north to survey near the Plate River. Darwin received permission to stay behind and explore on yet another inland trek, this time to Buenos Aires. This chapter contains the following Bahia Blanca. Geology. Numerous gigantic extinct Quadrupeds. Recent Extinction. Longevity of Species. Large […]

Chapter 4 takes Darwin from July 24, 1833 to August 6, 1836. Contents. Rio Negro. Estancias attacked by the Indians. Salt Lakes. Flamingoes. R. Negro to R. Colorado. Sacred Tree. Patagonian Hare. Indian Families. General Rosas. Proceed to Bahia Blanca. Sand Dunes. Negro Lieutenant. Bahia Blanca. Saline Incrustations. Punta Alta. Zorillo. For details see the […]

Chapter 3 covers the year starting July 1832 during which the Beagle’s crew were busy surveying the extreme southern and eastern coasts of America, south of the Plata and Darwin was observing the natural world. The contents are:   Monte Video. Maldonado. Excursion to R. Polanco. Lazo and Bolas. Partridges. Absence of Trees. Deer. Capybara, or River […]

This Chapter sees Charles Darwin and the rest of the Beagle crew in Brazil, from Rio April 4 to July 4 1832. The contents are: Rio de Janeiro. Excursion north of Cape Frio. Great Evaporation. Slavery. Botofogo Bay. Terrestrial Planariae. Clouds on the Corcovado. Heavy Rain. Musical Frogs. Phosphorescent Insects. Elater, springing powers of. Blue Haze. Noise […]

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth we are producing a podcast of the The Voyage Of The Beagle. We  will produce one chapter of this classic each week for the next 21 weeks. This week the Author’s Preface and Chapter 1. For more information about Darwin see the special year-long features in Science […]

On 4 June 2008, Randall Hardy of Creation Research UK and Philip Brown of the British Association for the Advancement of Science met in the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby to talk about the question: Has science done away with God? Creation Research is an international ministry dedicated to making the gospel of […]