Charles Darwin

Our way of life exerts incredible selection pressures on the natural world

Cambridge University Library says notebooks could be worth millions of pounds

Carlow man reached the pinnacle of 19th century science but full recognition eluded him

Network could advise government on viruses, climate change and water supply issues

Michael Viney: Plant intelligence rests in the ways by which they solve their problems

Needs of English and French clubs must be placed second to the international game

In part two of his travelogue, Peter Murtagh tries to finds a way out of southern Chile

William Reville: We have good reason to be proud of our European heritage

Litany of names in shipping forecast soothes some but can irritate others

Unthinkable: Sasha Sagan, daughter of cosmologist Carl Sagan, believes feast days are indispensable

Open your eyes, and kitchen units, to new colour combinations

Ireland’s attacking philosophy is outdated as they fail to evolve from the highs of 2018

Trinity professor Luke O’Neill has written a new book. Now three kids visit the lab to interview him

From cells and DNA to cloning and biochemistry, here are life’s milestones

Certain species can use gossamer threads and planet’s electrical field to take flight

Darwin took it handy, so did Dickens – why 80-hour weeks are unproductive

Certainly, smiling gives wellbeing benefits both to the smiler and the receiver

Life on other planets may not be carbon- and water-based but the familiar principles of natural selection will almost certainly apply

Wakatobi white-eye and Wangi-wangi white-eye found by Irish team in Indonesia

Brexit Britain has gone from the promises of sunny uplands to sounding like Gloria Gaynor – ‘we will survive’

Few plants are as charming as this hardy, spring-blooming, native wildflower

510hp Stelvio Quadrifoglio is the most pointless, but also the most fun, SUV we’ve driven

Austin Stack Park energised as traditional rivals shine in closely fought game

William Reville: Social pressure on parents to go along with genetic enhancement of offspring would be great

Some of loveliest plant species in Irish gardens hail from the tiny Indian state of Sikkim

British physicist’s ashes interred between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin in London

Breda O’Brien: Voting for abortion is voting for despair and overt trust in HSE

Leaders of ruling BJP party reject claims that internet is a modern-day Western invention

Experts give tips on how introverts can cope with the social pressures of today’s office

Home used to be where the hearth was, but it’s an inefficient way to keep warm, as up to 80 per cent of the heat goes up in smoke

Extraordinary Emigrants: John Tyndall’s inventions also led to modern fibre optics, respirators, and fog horns

Scientists criticise Satyapal Singh for saying ‘Darwin’s theory is scientifically wrong’

Sides will have to do it again after West Ham became the latest top flight team to slip up

Wasp species common to Ireland are making much trouble for insects and birds in New Zealand

Descendant of scientist and wife have developed a slow but reliable way to make choices

Forties become the new 20s for physicists as Nobel-winning work takes longer to achieve

The untroubled beauty of the South American archipelago makes for one of the most renowned wildlife-watching destinations in the world - once the tourists behave themselves

International building materials group increases dividend for first time since 2009

When I see people helping others, usually giving out food, I feel better. Then I feel worse again

John Hannigan’s highly readable survey of mankind and the oceans tackles deep-sea mining, superpower rivalries, global warming and popular culture