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Evolution Is Like the Matrix Revolutions

February 27, 2004

Matthew L. Albert enjoyed the Matrix movies. In his review in the Feb. 20 issue of Science,1 he thought the movies were parallels of evolutionary biology. The machines keeping the rebels alive are like retroviruses, he thinks: “These retroviruses are responsible in part for our evolution, while other retroviruses are attacking us. So, who is […]

Bible and Theology

Origin 150th: Time to Mock the Creationists

November 20, 2002

51; With the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s Origin just around the corner (Nov. 24th), Evangelist Ray Comfort and actor Kirk Cameron and volunteers are invading some 50 universities today to hand out free copies of Darwin’s magnum opus. These, however, are spiked with a critical introduction that criticizes evolutionary theory and presents the Christian gospel. […]

Dinosaurs

Farewell, Cannibal Dino

September 20, 2002

Whoops, We Were Wrong Dept.: Fossils of Coelophysis found in 1947 included members of the same species in the stomach, so they were cannibals, right? Not so fast, corrects an article in BBC News. The food now looks more like filet of crocodile. After re-examining the evidence, researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum […]

Fossils

Cambrian Explosion Still Explosive

August 20, 2002

51; Two new papers about Cambrian and Precambrian fossils did nothing to help soften the blow of the Cambrian explosion – the sudden appearance of all the animal body plans in the geological blink of an eye. They essentially restated the problem for Darwin, who hoped that fossil discoveries would fill in the gaps where […]

Darwin and Evolution

Peppered Moths Are Back

May 20, 2002

51; One might think that past embarrassments about the peppered moth as evidence for evolution would keep evolutionists reluctant to mention them. A team from the University of Liverpool either didn’t get the message, or shed all reluctance anyway. They published a new paper about Biston betularia in Science,1 calling the moth story “a textbook […]