A cat among the pigeons

Could Charles Darwin really have been a moggy murderer?

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Nothing For any Purpose

Explanation of why the phrase 'Nothing For any Purpose' appears on the bottom of the Red Notebook blog's sidebar.

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Testing Darwin Online

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

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The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online went live this morning.

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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.