150 years from The Origin of Species

Today is the 150th anniverary of the first time On The Origin Of Species was published, in London, 1859.

If you feel like celebrating by reading it either in English or Spanish, you can find PDF versions here. You may also feel like going through The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, or perhaps visit the modern art collective exhibition Darwin and Art, on its last day today at Galeria Montcada. Or just have a toast to good old Charles Darwin!

In any case, don't forget to jot down in your calendars the scientific cafe on Rare Diseases this Friday!

PRBB OPEN DAY'09

October 3rd, PRBB Open Day: Are you going to miss it?

The PRBB Open Day, organized by Science Meets Society with the support of the PRBB and the institutions within it, is above all a great big party that allows people from the general public to talk directly with young researchers. Many of you were here last year, but for those who haven't experienced the atmosphere yet, make sure you come on Saturday and bring along your family, friends, neighbours... anyone who might be interested in seeing where you work, finding out about research at the PRBB, watching the short plays by PRBB members, or just feel like fiddling with little experiments they can do at the workshops!

To get an idea of what it will be like, see the images from last year

If you want to be part of the team of volunteers, put your name down here

Si quieres formar parte del equipo de voluntarios, apúntate en esta lista

3 de Octubre, Jornada de Puertas Abiertas del PRBB: ¿Te lo vas a perder?

La Jornada de Puertas Abiertas del PRBB, organizada por Science Meets Society con el apoyo del PRBB y las instituciones en él alojadas, es ante todo una gran fiesta donde los ciudadanos de la calle pueden conocer y hablar con jóvenes investigadores. Muchos de vosotros estuvisteis el año pasado, pero si te lo perdiste entonces asegúrate de venir este sábado con tu familia, amigos, vecinos... cualquiera a quien le interesaría ver dónde trabajas, enterarse de qué investigamos en el PRBB o simplemente quiera liarse a hacer experimentos sencillos en los talleres y casetas.

Viendo las imágenes de arriba, de la jornada de puertas abiertas del año pasado, os podéis hacer una idea del ambiente que hubo ;-)

Only 3 days to go!

Have you suddenly realised you are free on Saturday and you would love to show kids how to make little fossils out of pasta, explain how to play computer games related to evolution, act as a fantastic guide for the tours round the labs and building or simply take a shift at the information point?

No problem, you won't be left out! Just sign in at our doodle with your name, email and choices in shifts and activities!

We have loads of volunteers already signed up, but we're still looking for people to help at the Open Day, specially for the experiments and guided tours! -the more volunteers, the lighter the shifts shall be ;-)

See you all on Saturday!

Only one week to go! PRBB Open Day '09

We are almost ready for the Open Day.

Since the Volunteer's Happy Hour, we have recruited quite a few new volunteers -why not give us a hand? it's fun, it's promoting Science, it gives you good karma!

If you haven't joined yet, you can still do so,
choosing shifts and activities at this Doodle chart.

If you're already with us, why not tell your friends to come along? the more they help, the less hours you my need to ;-) We'd love to get loads of people doing shortish shifts, and possibly moving from one activity to another during the day so as not to get bored with one single dedication all day long. It would also be nice to get enough shifts so we can enjoy the proper lunch we seem to have ahead of us this year, not just sandwiches!

Open Day Poster

Also, please tell your friends and family, advertise the open Day on your facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Blogs... you name it! You can use the banner on this page, embed the PDFs of the poster above and the flyer below and linnk to the Open Day website!

Open Day Flyer

Happy hour for Open Day volunteers today!

Open Day '09 is really close, it seems it can be really fantastic, with last year's experience ansd some extra cash for the Darwin eshibition, etc. All we need is to know who is willing, dying to come and help on October 3rd! We've got a Doodle where you can jot down your name, surname and e-mail, and choose the activities and shifts you would like to do. Or you could come along today, September 17th at 5:30 pm, and meet some of the organization members at the first floor terrace, and then decide on your favourite activity!

Come along to the Open day Volunteers Happy Hour today, at 5:30 pm, and you shall hear about the different things we need help with so you may find a shift and activity you'd love to volunteer for!


El Open Day '09 ya está muy cerca, y parece que puede salir algo fantástico con la experiencia del año pasado y algún dinerillo extra para la exposición Darwin, etc. Ahora sólo nos falta saber quién estaría encantado, quién se muere de ganas por echar una mano el 3 de octubre! Hay un Doodle donde apuntarte con tu nombre y apellido, e-mail y actividad + horario en que te gustaría colaborar. O te puedes pasar hoy, 17 de Septiembre a las 5:30 de la tarde, charlas con algunos de los organizadores en la terraza del auditorio, y entonces decidir cuál es tu actividad favorita!

Pásate por la Happy Hour para voluntarios hoy, a las cinco y media, y te contaremos todas las actividades previstas y qué necesitamos de los nuevos voluntarios, y probablemente encuentres un turno y actividad que te encanten ;-)

Open Day with a Darwin flavour

There will soon be more news around, but jot this day down on your calendar!

UPDATE!
It seems we shall have to change the date, due to the works taking place this summer at the Darwin Square.
The new date is yet to be set, but we shall communicate it as soon as it's decided!

UPDATE 2:
New date set, October 3rd!

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Happy Darwin Day!

Today is Darwin Day!!

And yes, we all know by now this is Darwin Year as we shall celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, his most famous and influential work.

Picture from Wikipedia

Some of the SmS members started working last year on the possibility of celebrating a darwin Day, with an exhibition on the man himself, his famous voyage on the HMS Beagle, and his theories. Eventually this has become a joint celebration together with the Open Day, so it seems we shall have a great Open Day this summer with a strong Darwin flavour.

So far, we are still working on the specific areas of the Darwin Exhibition and how to give a Darwin coat to the rest of activities. Roni and her team are thinking of evolution-oriented experiments, there shall be Evolution-related projections, there probably be a play based on Darwin and the cafe Cientifico shall also be related to Darwinism and/or evolution... but we are still working on it all, so any ideas shall be welcome!

By the way, if you still haven't read The Origin of Species, it's available online here (1st edition on PDF format) and here (6th edition, project Gutenberg) among other websites. And if you want to go through all his works, they are available online at The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. And if you're affraid you won't have time to read it all in one go, why not suscribe to an e-mail per day with the book divided into 205 installments from Daily Lit?

And to explore a bit more on this topic, here's the list of websites we are collecting to refer to, or just as a matter of interest, as they are related to darwin year and evolution.

Darwin Day Links

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