Darwin’s Life on the Big Screen, Running Barefoot, Trance Music

This week: A movied called Creation has just opened in theaters across the U.S. It’s based on a biography of Charles Darwin written by his great great grandson, Randal Keynes. You’ll hear an interview with Keynes about the movie, and you’ll have a chance to ask Keynes your own questions in this week’s Science Forum. Also in today’s show – the difference between running with shoes and running barefoot. And another researcher describes his musical favorites for doing science.

Creation: The movie tells the story of Charles Darwin’s personal struggles when he was working on his world-changing treatise On the Origin of Species. I spoke with Randal Keynes, who wrote the book that is the basis of the movie. Keynes is also a direct descendant of Darwin. I asked Keynes about the process of turning his book into a film. Keynes will be taking questions from you on this week’s Science Forum. Come join the conversation about Darwin’s life and his work. See link below.
Guest: Randal Keynes.
The official movie site for Creation.
Join the discussion with Randal Keynes in The World Science Forum.

Running Barefoot: A new study finds that people who run barefoot move very differently from people who run in modern athletic shoes. The research, conducted in the U.S. and Kenya, found that shoeless runners land on the front or middle of the foot, whereas shod runners land on the heel. The researchers say running in shoes — as most Americans do — causes the body to strike the ground with more force and may increase the odds of athletic injuries.
Report: By Keith Seinfeld of station KPLU.

Music in Science: Kevin Feldheim is an evolutionary biologist at the Field Museum in Chicago. He’s working on the genetic diversity of lemon sharks. On most days he can be found in the lab sequencing shark DNA while listening to trance music.
Produced by: The World’s Marina Giovanelli
Kevin Feldheim’s bio.

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