Tag: Neil Shubin
Listen: Biochemist Michael Behe Puts Coronavirus in a Helpful Scientific Perspective
Are we 8 percent virus (when we’re not 98 percent chimpanzee)? Dr. Behe explains that it’s not quite that clear.
Biology Textbooks and the “God-Talk” Problem
A muddle emerges from textbooks’ unprincipled use of theology.
A Beautiful, Wonderful Solution to the Cambrian Puzzle?
It’s so elegantly simple, why didn’t anyone think of this before? Animals evolved because they evolved.
Did Fish as Flotsam Conquer Land?
In evolutionary biology, the great transitions from one habitat to a totally different way of life have long proved to be the stuff of good storytelling.
Punctuated Equilibria Is Back, but Still Magical
Calling it by a new name doesn’t change the essence of a theory relying on chance.