There are two parallel sessions going on here at the Chicago Darwin meetings, so I can only attend half…and I'm focusing on the biology sessions. There's a whole 'nother track of philosophy and history talks that I've been neglecting! Science Life is hitting up those, as is Skip Evans of Wisconsin Citizens for Science.
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