Darwin residents capture stunning photos of the year’s first full moon

Darwinites got a front-row seat to the first full moon of the year, also known as the Wolf Moon, as it created a sky ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the Doodles Darwin’s Children Made in His “On the Origin of Species” Manuscript

A painting by one of Darwin's children, found on the back of one of the manuscript pages of "On the Origin of Species." Photo: Cambridge University Library Charles Darwin was not the only artistic, ...
New Atlas

150-year-old conflict between Darwin and Wallace is resolved – by a machine

In the 1800s, a conflict between the founding fathers of evolution divided the community. Charles Darwin believed sexual selection drove the variation in butterfly colors and patterns of males, while ...
Cal Alumni Association

Darwin’s Touch: Survival of the Kindest

Two hundred years ago today, Adam Gopnik writes in Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life, two pebbles — Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln — were dropped into the sea of ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Why is Darwin dominated by air-conditioned, concrete bunker-type houses with small backyards?

When you think of old Darwin, what sort of architecture springs to mind? More often than not, it's an elevated house with walls of louvres, fans spinning in the humid air, surrounded by a thicket of ...
Supercars

AS IT HAPPENED: Follow the Supercars action in Darwin

International race fans can stream every session of the betr Darwin Triple Crown on SuperView. For existing SuperView ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Why do people move to Darwin, and why do they choose to stay?

Why do you call your city home? What drew you there and why did you choose to stay? Recognised as "the last frontier" and the land of opportunity, Darwin has always occupied a special fascination for ...
People

Kirk Cameron Stands Behind Controversial Darwin Statements

But the Growing Pains star says he'd be okay if his kids believed in evolution He’s used to getting love letters and high-fives as a former teen heartthrob, but onetime Growing Pains actor Kirk ...
Mental Floss

Charles Darwin

When Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, came out in 1859, it completely changed the way people view life itself. For some, it was enlightening; for others, it was blasphemous. And now, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What Darwin Didn’t Know

"Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history," Darwin (c.1880) said of a future in which his hard-won findings would be tested. Bettmann / Corbis Charles Darwin was just 28 years old ...
Time

On Evolution Day, Remember That Darwin Knew He’d Meet Resistance

Correction appended, Nov. 24, 2014, 5:49 p.m. Time was, “Darwin” was just a guy’s name. It was not a noun (Darwinism) or an adjective (Darwinian). And it certainly wasn’t a flash point for debate ...