News articles tagged with 'Darwin'
Darwin's theory of gradual evolution not supported by geological history
— 10 Nov 2010 15:10 | Geology and palaeontologyCharles Darwin's theory of gradual evolution is not supported by geological history, New York University Geologist Michael Rampino concludes in an essay in the journal Historical Biology.…
Darwin's family tree rediscovered
— 24 Aug 2010 16:18 | BiologyA poster of the Galton-Darwin-Wedgwood pedigree was prepared by Harry Hamilton Laughlin, Director of the Eugenics Record Office of the Carnegie Institute, and exhibited at the Third…
How Darwin's little-known work impacts current schizophrenia and autism treatment
— 5 May 2010 10:48 | HealthHistorical research by Peter J. Snyder, PhD, reveals more of Charles Darwin's thinking when he completed what may be the first example of a prospective 'single-blind' study of human…
Inbreeding may have caused Darwin family ills
— 4 May 2010 15:44 | HealthCharles Darwin's worries about possible adverse effects of inbreeding in his family seem to have been justified, according to a study described in the May 2010 issue of BioScience.…
Simple math explains dramatic beak shape variation in Darwin's finches
— 23 Feb 2010 10:37 | BiologyFrom how massive humpbacks glide through the sea with ease to the efficient way fungal spores fly, applied mathematicians at Harvard have excavated the equations behind a variety of…
Ants are friendly to some trees, but not others
— 8 Nov 2009 12:48 | BiologyTree-dwelling ants generally live in harmony with their arboreal hosts. But new research suggests that when they run out of space in their trees of choice, the ants can get destructive…
Charles Darwin really did have advanced ideas about the origin of life
— 28 Oct 2009 13:34 | BiologyWhen Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species 150 years ago, he deliberately avoided the subject of the origin of life. This, coupled with the mention of the 'Creator' in the…
The tools behind Darwin's green fingers revealed to the public
— 30 Jun 2009 11:29 | BiologyAn unusual and touchingly domestic glimpse into the life of the world's most famous naturalist, Charles Darwin, will be made public today at the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition…
What do Charles Darwin and the rock band Kasabian have in common?
— 29 Jun 2009 12:48 | HealthKasabian's latest album 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' finds an eerie echo in letters Charles Darwin exchanged in the 1860s and 70s with James Crichton-Browne, the young superintendent…
Darwin in a test tube
— 30 Apr 2009 11:46 | BiologyAs described in an article published this week in an advance, online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the work demonstrates some of the…