Fearless
By OLIVIA JUDSON
Olivia Judson on the influence of science and biology on modern life.
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times Marine iguanas huddled together for warmth on volcanic rock on Tintoreras island in the Galápagos in 2009. Among biologists, the Galápagos Islands — an archipelago of volcanic islands that straddle the equator about 600 miles from the coast of mainland Ecuador — are legendary. For when the young Charles Darwin sailed around the world in the 1830s, he visited these islands, and was struck by
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