On 'Darwin Day,' many Americans beg to differ This Thursday, celebrations are under way worldwide to mark Charles Darwin's 200th birthday. From Argentina to Australia, people are gathering for film screenings, quiz contests, and museum exhibits on "Darwin Day" - along with at least one "survival of the fittest" cake-eating contest. Arthur Kornberg, 1959 Nobel DNA winner, dies at 89 Dr. Arthur Kornberg, who won the 1959 Nobel Prize for figuring out how DNA is built, died on Friday of respiratory failure at the age of 89, Stanford University Hospital in California said.
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