Generally, ecosystems take millions of years to evolve. The interactions that govern a habitat, such as for example the food web that develops within, take time to adjust themselves. But the process can apparently be sped up, as a 200-year-old experiment shows. The test was set up by a young Charles Darwin, who was n... |
11 April 2011
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After studying the color patterns of pygmy grasshopper thoroughly, an expert was able to conclude that they were significantly influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. While this should be of no surprise to anyone, the catch is that these changes took place at a rate that far exceeds the one currently be... |
22 March 2010
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On February 27, a very powerful earthquake struck Chile, killing at least 700 people, and causing important damages to a host of cities. The tectonic event triggered a modest-sized tsunami, which spread throughout the Pacific Ocean. Tsunami warnings were given in 53 countries, but damages were not very significant wh... |
1 March 2010
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The Evolution Weekend is an activity organized and conducted by the Clergy Letter Project organization, which is dedicated to rejecting creationism as the source of everything. Rather, the group is collecting signatures from US clergy of various denominations to support some views that were set forth by intelligent d... |
11 February 2010
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Evolutionary biologists have recently proposed that, in the case of some species, evolution may actually be taking place in sudden “bursts,” rather than through the continuous accumulation of small differences. The latter approach was held to be the norm among all living things until recently. It was beli... |
10 December 2009
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Working in the Galapagos Archipelago, where Charles Darwin himself studied the behavior of finches more than 150 years ago, scientists have recently announced that they have managed to capture an elusive moment in the history of a group of birds – the creation of a new species from a new strain. The investigato... |
17 November 2009
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Intelligent Design proponents will need a lot of tinkering with logic and reason to get past the new finds made by an international team of researchers, including scientists from the Monash University. The new paper makes a hole right in the middle of ID arguments, which hold that molecular machines inside living cel... |
15 September 2009
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If you're looking for a magic item that really goes beyond the usual gimmick-ish spirit of most gadgets and you feel like you're ready for a deeply moving experience, you could give the H.M.S. Beagle Stormglass a try. Sounds at least exciting, doesn't it? Having "storm" – a brutal and forceful na... |
13 November 2008
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The same way Vatican did for Galileo Galilei in 1992, Church of England decided it was time to separate itself conceptually from its fundamentalist sisters into religion and apologize to Charles Darwin, the very one who issued the much-disputed theory of evolution. Both Galilei and Darwin shaped the modern scie... |
16 September 2008
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If Charles Darwin heard this, he'd have given up trying to understand how nature selects the fittest and all that. While reading the thread below, keep in mind that this is no joke. The guy in question really did this to his PS3. My only question is, how does he expect to get a new one from Sony, having sent thi... |
3 July 2007
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