Biology

Darwin’s Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution

This group portrait of the foundational theorists of evolution opens with the funeral of Charles Darwin, who, despite his wishes,…

3 weeks ago

The Evolution of Charles Darwin: John Darnton on the Life and Work of the Father of Evolution

British biologist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about…

3 weeks ago

10 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Darwin

1. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Today, his interest in plant life would have rendered little Charles…

2 months ago

Darwin, Evolution and Economics

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution includes two generative components: mutation and natural selection. Mutation generates genetic variants and hence phenotypes;…

3 months ago

Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian World View

Untangling the cause and effect relationships embedded in historical events can be a complicated endeavor. This is especially true when complex…

6 months ago

Rebel Giants: The Revolutionary Lives of Abraham Lincoln & Charles Darwin

Rebel Giants, David Contosta’s latest book, offers a timely examination of the lives of two men who transformed their world—and…

7 months ago

The Evolution of Charles Darwin: John Darnton on the Life and Work of the Father of Evolution

  Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundations of evolutionary biology through the process of natural selection, which he outlined in…

9 months ago

Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design

Many of the ideas brilliantly and compellingly explored in Why Darwin Matters made a showing in certain chapters of three…

11 months ago

Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

Life Ascending, by the author of Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World and Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the…

11 months ago

Charles Darwin, Geologist

Many of us know the story of how Charles Darwin (1809–1882) took a five-year voyage aboard The Beagle to the…

1 year ago