Blind testing

A interesting new study lends support to Darwin's suggestion that certain facial expressions might be inherited.

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Video and podcast highlights

Some recent videos and podcast episodes I've enjoyed.

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Testing Darwin Online

I've been trying out the new Darwin Online website.

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Now We Are 800

The Friends of Charles Darwin have their 800th member.

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Linked

Friends of Charles Darwin mentioned on Seed Magazine Daily Zeitgeist again.

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Newsletter

Newsletter No. 7: Stirring up the mud

160 years after Darwin ‘stirred up the mud’, the ‘controversy’ over evolution by means of natural selection was settled long ago, as far as the scientific community is concerned.

Newsletter No. 6: Building on a theory

To mark Charles Darwin’s 211th birthday, some thoughts on his 1871 classic, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, an unlikely anecdote about a snail, plus all the usual book reviews and links to Darwin-related news stories.