When it comes to our physical world, scientific research indicates that size really does matter. While “big” objects, anything from a grain of sand to a galaxy, abide by one set of rules — classical ...

FATHER of evolutionary theory Charles Darwin gives his name to this groundbreaking thesis. Darwinism expands beyond historic evolution but also refers metaphorically to our society and Darwinian ...

Charles Darwin is widely thought to have developed his natural selection theory of evolution after noting differences among finches in the Galapagos Islands. But it was variation in another species ...

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Feb. 12 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. This double-anniversary is the perfect ...

NCERT recently decided to erase Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution (also known as Darwinism) for the senior secondary classes. Terming it a rationalisation exercise, the premier body has failed to ...

According to David Stipp’s jaunty but learned survey of 21st-century evolutionary research, however, these literary giants ...

Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, clarified in Parliament that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution has not been ...

This is the 11th installment of an abridged version of my book Reef Madness: Alexander Agassiz, Charles Darwin, and the Meaning of Coral. (Earlier installments are listed at bottom.) Here Darwin ...