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Time In A Bottle: Scientists Watch Evolution Unfold

October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

A 21-year Michigan State University experiment that distills the essence of evolution in laboratory flasks not only demonstrates natural selection at work, but could lead to biotechnology and medical research advances, researchers said. (…)

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Mouse set to be ‘evolution icon’

August 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A tiny pale deer mouse living on a sand dune in Nebraska looks set to become an icon of biology. (…)

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Evolution fine but no apology to Darwin: Vatican

September 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

VATICAN CITY, Sep. (…)

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Charles Darwin to receive apology from the Church of England for rejecting evolution

September 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The Church of England is to apologise to Charles Darwin for its initial rejection of his theories, nearly 150 years after he published his most famous work. (…)

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Prickly fish add genetic heft to Darwin’s theory on its 150th anniversary

September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

VANCOUVER — A tiny, prickly fish is helping B.C. researchers understand how organisms evolve in response to new or changing environments. (…)

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