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Charles Darwin

Unpacking white supremacy: Gavin Evans explores the dangerous legacy of racial ideologies

Maverick Life

Unpacking white supremacy: Gavin Evans explores the dangerous legacy of racial ideologies

By J Brooks Spector

The debt science owes to a brilliant Greek with insatiable curiosity

Our Burning Planet

The debt science owes to a brilliant Greek with insatiable curiosity

By Don Pinnock

Recounting memories of the remarkable ape named Jenny who blew Charles Darwin’s mind

Maverick Life

Recounting memories of the remarkable ape named Jenny who blew Charles Darwin’s mind

By Don Pinnock

Resistance is futile – South Africa must urgently adapt to the new age of artificial intelligence

Africa

Resistance is futile – South Africa must urgently adapt to the new age of artificial intelligence

By Tshilidzi Marwala

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

Magazine

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

By Matthew Wills

Richard Leakey — a giant among students of human origins

Africa

Richard Leakey — a giant among students of human origins

By J Brooks Spector

Art illuminates the beauty of science – and could inspire the next generation of scientists young and old

Magazine

Art illuminates the beauty of science – and could inspire the next generation of scientists young and old

By Chris Curran

In defence of worms

Magazine

In defence of worms

By Don Pinnock

What kind of world will emerge in the post-Covid-19 era?

South Africa

What kind of world will emerge in the post-Covid-19 era?

By Wayne Borchardt and Gary Kroukamp

Dominion: A master historian claims we’re all products of Christianity

Maverick Life

Dominion: A master historian claims we’re all products of Christianity

By Ed Stoddard

On the Origin of Species’ 150th meets a world that’s rather different

Sci-Tech

On the Origin of Species’ 150th meets a world that’s rather different

By Branko Brkic