The removal of Darwin and evolution from schools is a backwards step
Michael Dixon
It’s the only evidence-based explanation of life on Earth, yet some countries are turning their backs on it, says Natural History Museum director Michael Dixon
September 2018
So is it nature not nurture after all?
The human league: what separates us from other animals?
August 2018
Natural History Museum evolves into theatre to stage Darwin puppet show
Australian writer persuaded museum to convert gallery for run of acclaimed production
July 2018
Research sheds light on mystery of how spiders 'take flight'
Arachnids may use natural electric fields to help them stay airborne for up to hundreds of miles, scientists say
June 2018
Stephen Hawking's voice to be beamed into space at final sendoff
Message of peace will be broadcast into nearest black hole as physicist is laid to rest
May 2018
Take the kids to …
Down House, home of Charles Darwin: ‘An unstuffy educational day out’ – review
Fourth most published book in English language to go online
April 2018
Darwin's lost fossils – including a sloth the size of a car – to be made public
Fossils collected by Darwin on his global voyages on the Beagle will be digitally scanned and made available online
November 2017
Darwin's annotated copy of On the Origin of Species goes to auction
Christie’s expects volume, which shows the author refining his theory in light of new research, to fetch between £300,000 and £500,000
Across the universe
What Darwin’s theories tell us about the shape alien life will take
All aliens must evolve, says a new study from scientists at the University of Oxford – and that gives us something to look for
Is anybody out there? What Darwin can teach us about how aliens might look
Samuel Levin
Natural selection can help us to understand life on other planets and how much we have in common, writes Samuel Levin, PhD candidate in zoology at Oxford University
September 2017
More balance needed in debate over statues
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker by AN Wilson – review
August 2017
Book of the day
Charles Darwin by AN Wilson review – how wrong can a biography be?
Australian scientists dispute Darwin's theory about whale's teeth
Dogger, Fisher, German Bight: shipping forecast celebrates 150 years
Some still attack Darwin and evolution. How can science fight back?
Jules Howard
July 2017
Heroes and villains of the Victorian imperial era
Growth and Form by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson review – centenary of a Darwin-challenging classic
