Topic: Charles Darwin

Scientists Find 'Lost' Darwin Fossils

British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for ...

Galapagos Tortoise May Not Be Gone

A few survivors of a giant Galapagos tortoise species thought to have gone extinct in the 1840s may still exist on a volcanic island in the Pacific ...

Extinct Galapagos turtle may be alive

It may be the ultimate paternity test for a reptile believed lost to history.. . . . US scientists said Monday an iconic tortoise that has been ...

Carl Koch: GOP embraces social Darwinism

letter to the editor. . The religious right rails against Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory that species evolve because only the fittest...

Tourism threat hits Darwin’s islands

IT SEEMS appropriate that staff at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos should share their offices with the local wildlife. These...

Trust in Neurons

BRAINTRUST: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality. Patricia S. Churchland. xii + 273 pp. Princeton University Press, 2011. $24.95.. . Charles...

UNESCO World Heritage Site #154: Galapagos Islands

UNESCO World Heritage Site #154: Galapagos Islands. . From the World Heritage inscription:. . Situated in the Pacific some 1,000 km from the South...

Top 5 Sailing Destinations

If you love the waters and plan to go an adventure trip with your buddies, sailing is an activity which can provide the adrenalin rush and the calm...

Darwin as Economist?

One session at the recent AEA meetings addressed "popular economics," with a panel including Diane Coyle, Robert Frank, Steve Levitt, and Robert...
While you can't visit the Alps, Grand Canyon or Yellowstone Park by cruise ship, many of the world's most intriguing places are best explored by...