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Why Charles Darwin was sick seeing a feather in a peacock's tail

April 09, 2025 8:14 am

While it head-butted his theory of natural selection, Darwin emerged with the theory of sexual selection as a way to emphasise that, perhaps, females kept their eyes on beauty in selecting their mates

Experts Explain | Darwin Day: How theories of evolution helped our knowledge of life on Earth

February 12, 2024 1:19 pm

This process of evolution by divergence has been operating for nearly 3.5 billion years across the Earth, resulting in the spectacular biodiversity that we see – both in fossil records (such as of dinosaurs) and in today’s living world. How has this knowledge helped us and what might we learn from it?

Why every Indian must learn about evolution

June 14, 2023 6:27 pm

Removing theory of evolution from science textbooks will hamper development of critical faculties

Dumping Darwin from syllabuses

May 02, 2023 1:07 pm

Our education system seems to be running in reverse gear, disowning scientific theories and events that serve as an introduction to the world around us

Evolution teaches children that change is an opportunity, erasing it from NCERT textbooks is huge disservice

April 25, 2023 8:58 am

To deprive students of learning evolution is to deprive them of a powerful concept that brings great order and coherence to our understanding of life

Red squirrels that gamble have an edge in the game of evolution: Study

January 21, 2023 2:41 pm

In a new study, researchers have found that female squirrels who "gamble" during the game of reproduction are likely to gain an edge over their counterparts who don't.

Charles Darwin notebooks missing for 20 years returned to Cambridge

April 05, 2022 6:00 pm

The university said Tuesday that the manuscripts were left in the library inside a pink gift bag, along with a note wishing the librarian a Happy Easter.

How Victorian sexism influenced Darwin's theories: New research

January 21, 2022 6:20 pm

Darwin's world view was shaped by the culture of his time, and his personal writings make it difficult to mount a particularly robust defence.

Darwin family microscope to be sold at auction

October 17, 2021 7:38 pm

The instrument was designed by Charles Gould for the firm Cary around 1825, and is one of six surviving microscopes associated with the British naturalist, according to auction house Christie's

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