More than 50 years before Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species, French zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck wrote Les Recherches sur L’Organisation des Corps Vivants, the first book to set out a coherent and well-developed theory of evolution. Where Lamarck differed from Darwin was in his belief that the environment, rather than genetic ...

Are we poisoning our children to the extent that they can't function in the classroom? A new study into the abilities of children in the UK who are failing basic exams known as SATS has discovered that 55 per cent have an undetected learning problem such as dyslexia. If this were extrapolated across the nation, the numbers of British ...