What Would Darwin Discover Today?
Eduardo Sampaio is certain that Charles Darwin would have been ecstatic if he had the opportunity to explore the underwater world of the Cape Verde…
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Why Do Plants Grow Towards Light?
An international team is now one step closer to explaining a central observation. Charles Darwin has had a greater influence on science than most. Though…
Darwin’s “Mystery of Mysteries” and the Microbiome
Vanderbilt researchers are reimagining Charles Darwin’s work by communicating how the origin of species might depend largely on the microbiome—the totality of bacteria, viruses, fungi…
Darwin’s Descent of Man Foreshadowed Modern Scientific Theories
When Charles Darwin published Descent of Man 150 years ago, he launched scientific investigations on human origins and evolution. Last week, three leading scientists in…
160 Years Later, Study Shows Charles Darwin Was Right About Why Insects Are Losing the Ability to Fly
Most insects can fly. Yet scores of species have lost that extraordinary ability, particularly on islands. On the small islands that lie halfway between Antarctica and…
Cambridge Researcher Finally Proves One of Darwin’s Evolution Theories
Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution for the first time — nearly 140 years after his death. Laura van Holstein, a…
Human Evolution Still Tied to Darwinian Selection
As it turns out, even with all our medical technology and health education, we can’t outrun the findings of Charles Darwin. A study conducted by…
Hundreds of Lost Fossils From the Darwin Collection Rediscovered by the British Geological Survey
The fossils, which had been ‘lost’ for 165 years, were rediscovered by chance by the British Geological Survey. Some of these were collected by Charles…
