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It is 185 years since Charles Darwin left Australia. What he saw reshaped the worlds view of history MonMonday 15 updated MonMonday 15 HMS Beagle in the Galapagos painted by John Chancellor. ( Print text only Cancel "Farewell Australia, I leave … without sorrow or regret," Charles Darwin wrote in his diary as he sailed away from the continent nearly two centuries years ago. Key points: This year marks 185 years since his visit to Australia His discoveries during this voyage would contribute t...

Everyone has heard of Louis Pasteur - most people know that pasteurization is a process of sterilizing food to make it safer. (1) And today is Darwin Day, when Charles Darwin is fêted for his work on evolution and natural selection. Fewer people have heard of Robert Koch, though he is responsible for keeping billions of people alive in much the same way Pasteur is. Prior to the 1800s, religion and science had comfortably maintained their non-overlapping magisteria, just as they had long done a...