Nature's Debate: "Are We Still Evolving?"

I'm working on putting together a ~1 hour event for staff and faculty at the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach and the Vanderbilt School for Science and Math for next Friday, February 20, and in the course of that I explored some fun science sites today. Stay tuned, because I'll soon share out "Scott's Excellent Science Sites in Second Life." While doing so, I was 'splorin', I got a message about an upcoming event, hosted by the publishers of Nature magazine a very prestigious group. That piqued my interest so much that I pursued the teleport to the event. I'm glad I did. It was most interesting!

Participants, as detailed on Nature's website announcement of the debate, were Henry Gee, palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist & Senior Editor, Nature; Susan Blackmore, psychologist, writer and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth; and Andrew Pomiankowski, Professor of Genetics, University College London. The event in London was hosted by Oliver Morton, Chief News and Features Editor, Nature. That's a pretty heady lineup. And the conversation was no less heady. I was moved by the sense of humor, the candor, and the passion of the speakers on the topic, as I hope that you will be by the little snippet I snagged with Fraps and herein will share, just as soon as I have it uploaded:


I'll also share a few more screengrabs I scarfed from Second Life. Click on the pics for larger and more detailed versions, assuming Blogger cooperates as much as everyone involved in this event did!!!