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
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?
June 14, 2023 6:27 pm
Removing theory of evolution from science textbooks will hamper development of critical faculties
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
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
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.
May 08, 2022 10:23 am
Here are this week's interesting reads!
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.
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.
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