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Ten properties ideal for a weekend away

The locations would be ideal for a mini-moon or romantic getaway, as well as a last-minute break

Wales Online

Here's how we proved that tropical birds are more colourful – and why colour helps them survive

For many of us, the tropics conjure up thoughts of lush vegetation teaming with vibrant and strikingly colourful birds, insects and other creatures.

The Conversation

Charles Darwin's notebooks missing for 20 years returned to Cambridge

Naturalist Charles Darwin was best known for his theory of evolution. Two of his notebooks, which included his original sketches and remarks, worth millions of pounds went missing in 2001. And now, after 20 years the notebooks have been returned to Cambridge University’s library!

The Times of India

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2 Darwin notebooks missing for 20 years returned to UK library

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'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks mysteriously return to library 22 years later

The books, valued at £10million by a world famous art crime investigator, were returned to Cambridge University in a pink bag with a 'Happy Easter' message 22 years after they were last seen

Daily Mirror

Charles Darwin 'tree of life' notebooks returned to library 20 years after disappearing

The notebooks were written in 1837 and disappeared from Cambridge University library in 2000 after being taken out for a photo shoot. Now, they have been mysteriously returned

Daily Mirror

Missing Charles Darwin notebooks returned to Cambridge University Library 22 years after disappearing

Two notebooks that contain the origins of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University's library, more than 20 years after they were reported missing.

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Darwin notebooks missing for 20 years returned to Cambridge

Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University have been returned, two decades after they disappeared

The Independent UK

First Thing: Zelenskiy warns of worse atrocities yet to be uncovered in Ukraine

Ukraine’s president prepares to address UN security council but casts doubt on meeting Putin. Plus, why it’s over for fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

The rare Darwin specimen at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh shown on Antiques Roadshow

The episode also features a stunning set of traditional Highland dress that was once worn by a Highland chieftain

Edinburgh Live

163 years later, new research challenges Darwin's most famous theory about sex

Do Charles Darwin’s ideas on sexual selection hold up today? The biologist was very much of his time, which meant it may have shaped his understanding of evolutionary biology.

Inverse

'It has to be it!': Solving a long-running local art mystery

Knowing this column's penchant for a good mystery, Frank Bergersen invited me to accompany him on a mission to solve a long-standing local art conundrum

The Canberra Times

147 years after Darwin, flesh-eating plants still have scientists stumped

Carnivorous plants fascinate as much now as when their gruesome diet was first discovered. Molecular biology is helping botanists trace the origins of their predatory ways.

Inverse

150 years ago, Charles Darwin wrote about how expressions evolved – pre-empting modern psychology by a century

Was Charles Darwin a one-hit wonder? According to scientists who take a gene’s-eye view of evolution, the 19th-century English naturalist contributed one crucial idea to understanding how species change: natural selection, or “design without a designer”.

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Fig wasp sex ratios show that not all of nature is by design

In his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, British naturalist Charles Darwin put forward his theory of natural selection. This, he argued, was the mechanism of biological evolution: like an animal or plant breeder selects for certain characteristics, individuals with better survival ability leave more offspring. In this way…

The Independent UK

Did Victorian sexism influence Darwin’s theory of evolution?

A new paper suggests Charles Darwin’s patriarchal worldview led him to dismiss female agency and mate choice in humans. Do his ideas, Matthew Wills asks, still hold up today?

The Conversation

Evolution: how Victorian sexism influenced Darwin's theories – new research

Sex is an expensive business, biologically speaking. Finding a suitable mate takes time and energy. Offspring are also a huge investment of resources. But sex does offer a rewarding possibility: children who are fitter than their parents thanks to new and “better” combinations of genes. Darwin realised that many animal…

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