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...crowd booed newcomer Danny Darwin in his Fenway debut. Darwin, who signed for $11.8 million as a free agent, gave up six runs in the first two innings...
When Charles Darwin declared that variants within a species compete for survival, scientists did not immediately link this discovery to the development of the embryo...
...Ants is not only another milestone in a remarkable career but also a high point in crossover publishing. For the specialist, Holldobler and Wilson bring elegance and order to a complex subject. For the curious layman, there is a glimpse into the workings of evolution. Charles Darwin called it the tangled bank, a bucolic metaphor suited to his time and place. Today researchers see deeper into the diversity. "Mammals join societies as a means of furthering individual survival and reproduction," says Wilson. "Ants have arranged their social life so that the unit of survival is the colony...
Sociobiology may not come close to clearing away all the mysteries of human behavior, but the discipline is a view from Darwin's shoulders, offering invaluable insights into the genetic roots of behavior. Unfortunately, many of these insights may never be gained. As Homo sapiens multiplies and forages like army ants, Wilson has grown alarmed about the millions of plant and animal species that are disappearing in civilization's path. Thirty years ago, he witnessed the beginnings of mass deforestation in the Amazon. Ten years ago, he became an active conservationist, with a touch of the ecological poet. Destroying rain...
...first three finishers in the current race will be sent to Australia in November, at GM's expense, to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge, a repeat of the 1987 Darwin-to-Adelaide contest. But for hundreds of youthful participants, racing by day and swapping notes -- and solar cells -- by night, Sunrayce is one of those competitions in which just getting to the starting line may be as important as finishing first...