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  Evolution in Motion: New Species Develops

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:15 PM ET

  it is possible to witness evolutionary change in the time span of human life.Image in the public domain by John Gould, via Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, Galapagos Islands, Science, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  Ship Logs Set to Shore Up Historical Climate Knowledge

  By David Bois | Tue Oct 6, 2009 3:58 PM ET

  and across the open seas. Climate scientists are digitally transcribing these observations -- including logged information from The HMS Beagle of Charles Darwin fame as well as from Captain Cook's HMS Discovery -- with the plan to cross reference the data points with contemporaneou Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Weather, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Science, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Marking the Telescope's 400th Birthday

  By David Bois | Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:23 PM ET

  Its inventor paid a dear price for the knowledge gained through its use, and for the telescope we remain in Galileo Galilei's debt 400 years later. Read More

  More like this in: Space, Rome, Galileo Galilei, Science, Space, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Lonesome George a Father?

  By Jimmy Langman | Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:00 PM ET

  George,” has been a global environmental icon. He's considered the rarest living species.Estimated to be 90 years old, scientists at the Charles Darwin Research Station in Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, began to think that after 36 years in captivity, and no offspring, Lonesome George migh Read More

  More like this in: National Park, Islands, Ecuador, Invasive Species, Madagascar, World, Science, Americas, Environment
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  Did You Turn The Heat Up? Well, Toucan Play at That Game.

  By David Bois | Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:50 AM ET

  says "Meh. Just put it on my bill."And that's precisely what evolutionary adaptation did.Long a source of puzzlement to scientists going back to Charles Darwin and up through those in the field of evolutionary biology that has developed since Darwin, the enormous bill sported by the touca Read More

  More like this in: Canada, South America, Science, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  In Galapagos We Trust

  By David Jenison | Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:58 AM ET

  -- or as Darwin would say, you displayed an act of mankind evolving the right way! Photos by Gogo, Vic Sofras and Williwieberg courtesy of Flickr Read More

  More like this in: Organic, Eco-Friendly, Employment, UNESCO, World Heritage Site, Galapagos Islands, Travel, Destinations, Voluntourism, Eco-travel, Leisure Travel
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  Darwin Exposed: How He Advanced Photography

  By David Bois | Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:30 AM ET

  paying a second visit to Charles Darwin during this, the 200-year anniversary of his birth, to have a peek at his contributions to the then-new field of photography Read More

  More like this in: Photography, Science, Entertainment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Books
• The Brief 5/20: Rich Rendevouz, Fantastic Fossil, Elephant Trial

  By Caroline Walker | Wed May 20, 2009 1:03 PM ET

  Hump Day Brief, at your service! Read More

  More like this in: Health, Health Care
• 200 Candles and Shedding Light: Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!

  By David Bois | Sat Feb 7, 2009 5:00 AM ET

  revealed will require selection for traits suited to different conditions among all life, but certainly among the human species. On February 12, Charles Darwin turns 200, but it is we who receive the gift he has given t Read More

  More like this in: Science, National Geographic, Technology, Science