Digital Darwin answers questions on new app
People have wanted to ask questions of Charles Darwin ever since "On the Origin of Species" was published in 1859.
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Feb 25, 2016
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The five bird species that Darwin couldn't discover in Madeira and the Azores
When Charles Darwin visited the Azores islands in the 19th Century, the birds he observed were familiar to him. However, if he had travelled there 500 years before, he would have found an ornithofauna as particular as that ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2016
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Which species will survive the Earth's sixth mass extinction?
Scientists recently suggested that the Earth's sixth mass extinction has begun. As terrifying as that sounds, surely humans are too smart and too important to get wiped out? Palaeontologists have long tried to shed light ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2015
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The great geologist behind the Origin of Species
After Charles Darwin published the landmark On the Origin of Species in 1859 at the age of 50, he devoted the rest of his professional life to building up evidence to support its central claim – namely that species of plants ...
Evolution
Jun 8, 2015
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HMS Beagle sketchbooks added to Cambridge Digital Library
Tiny sketchbooks that bring to life one of the most famous voyages in history have been digitised and made available online for the first time.
Evolution
Jan 6, 2015
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Darwin note, early Apple computer being auctioned
A letter by Charles Darwin on the sex life of barnacles and a still-working vintage Apple computer—one of only 50 made in Steve Jobs' garage in 1976—are among the unique pieces of science history up for auction this month.
Business
Oct 9, 2014
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Danish museum discovers unique gift from Charles Darwin
The Natural History Museum of Denmark recently discovered a unique gift from one of the greatest-ever scientists. In 1854, Charles Darwin – father of the theory of evolution – sent a gift to his Danish colleague Japetus ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2014
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Historian re-constructs Charles Darwin's Beagle library online
For close to 180 years, Charles Darwin's library aboard the ship HMS Beagle during his landmark expedition around the world in the 1830s remained lost. The library was dispersed at the end of the voyage. Today, the library ...
Evolution
Jul 16, 2014
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Amending the Tree of Life: Article advocates for shift in evolutionary and genomic research
Charles Darwin famously included only one illustration in his book "On the Origin of Species" published in 1859. It was a diagram of how species originate through time in a manner that, on paper, resembles a family tree. ...
Evolution
Aug 29, 2013
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Revolutionising the Fungarium - a genomic treasure trove?
A DNA sequencing breakthrough has used samples from Kew's Fungarium to show that genetic information can be accessed from even very old samples, holding out the promise of significant discoveries which may have profound impacts ...
Biotechnology
Jul 15, 2013
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