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New play about Isaac Newton tells story of time he supposedly put a needle in his eye

Arts, Culture & Media

Lucas Hnath’s play about Isaac Newton takes a fresh approach to sorting fact from fiction. While telling the tale of the time Isaac Newton supposedly put a needle into the back of his eye, a narrator helps the audience separate sort out what’s real by writing actual facts on a chalkboard.

Darwin the Abolitionist

Arts, Culture & Media

Einstein, God and the Universe

Lifestyle & Belief

Debate over evolution: Destiny or happenstance?

Environment

Rosalind Franklin and Other Unsung Female Heroes of Science

Podcast: Stephen Hawking on the Future of Humankind

Hawking on the Future of Humankind: To mark his 70th birthday, physicist Stephen Hawking answered a selection of questions from the listeners of BBC Radio 4″²s Today Program.

The World

The Eradication of Rinderpest

Arts, Culture & Media

Rinderpest, which was a devastating plague of cattle and other animals, has been declared eradicated.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about…Charles Darwin’s book, On the Origin of the Species, published 140 years ago and the debates about the teaching of evolution that remain alive today.

The World

Galapagos Under Threat

Reporter Martha Honey takes us to the Galapagos Islands to witness threats to the islands’ fragile ecosystem. Today, commercial fishing, immigration, tourism, and even animal poaching are impacting this once-pristine location made famous by Charles Darwin’s evolution theories.

Almanac/Skullduggery

This week, we have facts about Piltdown Man. Fifty years ago, a skull thought to be the missing link between ape and man was exposed as one of the biggest hoaxes in the history of science.