Evolutionary biology – Science in School

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June 11, 2019 | Issue 47

Ten things that affect our climate

Human activities continue to influence our climate on a global scale, but a number of other interlinked mechanisms also play a role.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Biology, Earth science
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June 7, 2018 | Issue 44

Evolution in action: from genetic change to new species

How do new species – or completely new types of organism – emerge? Time and separation are the key factors.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Biology, Science and society
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June 1, 2016 | Issue 36

Student competition: the search for the strangest species on Earth

Encourage your students to enter our writing competition – and see their work published.

Ages: < 11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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December 7, 2010 | Issue 17

Very Short Introductions to Evolution, Human Evolution and the History of Life, By Brian and Deborah Charlesworth (Evolution), Bernard Wood (Human Evolution) and Michael J Benton (The History of Life)

How short is ‘very short’? Well, pretty short – between 120 and 150 pages. The pages are small, too, 175 mm x 110 mm, but then so is the type. ‘Introduction?’ …well, it depends what’s being introduced.

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Resources
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May 5, 2008 | Issue 8

Dance of the Tiger, By Björn Kurtén

Teachers and many older school students will enjoy Dance of the Tiger, a very unusual fictional story written by a scientist about his own subject.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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December 6, 2007 | Issue 7

Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’, By Janet Browne

This short book describes the development of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species and examines its wider impact.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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December 4, 2007 | Issue 7

Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time and Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads

These two DVD sets, produced by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as part of its Holiday Lectures on Science programme, address two highly interesting subjects which directly or indirectly affect our everyday lives: biological clocks and evolution.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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September 18, 2007 | Issue 6

Counting Buttons: demonstrating the Hardy-Weinberg principle

Pongprapan Pongsophon, Vantipa Roadrangka and Alison Campbell from Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrate how a difficult concept in evolution can be explained with equipment as simple as a box of buttons!

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology
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June 12, 2007 | Issue 5

The Selfish Gene and Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think, By Richard Dawkins

“If you are not interested in how evolution came about, and cannot conceive how anyone could be seriously concerned about anything other than human affairs, then do not read it: it will only make you needlessly angry,” wrote John Maynard Smith about The Selfish Gene.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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August 3, 2006 | Issue 1

Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life, By Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb

In The Origin of Species, published in 1859, Charles Darwin described evolution as a process subject to diverse influences. Natural selection, of course, leads to adaptation in a manner similar to the changes elicited by breeders of pets or livestock.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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