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October 6, 2016
Most of us know what a species is. Or we think we do. So why is the scientific literature replete with papers trying to define and delimit species? Is there really a species problem?
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Speciation
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Natural Selection
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Critical Thinking
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Challenges to Evolution
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September 22, 2016
When others learn I’m a virologist, they often respond with questions such as, “Are viruses alive?” When they learn that I’m a Christian, they want to know, “Why would God create viruses?” This question assumes that viruses are bad, causing sickness, suffering, and sometimes even death. But is painting the most abundant organic entities on Earth in such a poor light the only way to understand them?
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Viruses
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Diseases
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Bacteria
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September 1, 2016
Mosquitoes are the deadliest creature on Earth, killing over 2 million people annually and sickening hundreds of millions more.1 So why on earth would we celebrate World Mosquito Day?
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August 18, 2016
Evolution is a word that refers to many different processes (chemical evolution, microevolution, microbial evolution, speciation, and macroevolution) with different underlying mechanisms. And as with any word with multiple meanings, one has to be careful not to equivocate when speaking about evolution...
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August 11, 2016
As God-ordained stewards of creation, we have an ability not only to care for animals and pets but also to form relational bonds with them. A recent report in Biology Letters highlights this relational capacity in domesticated goats.
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August 4, 2016
I’ve been thinking a lot about the failure to philosophize over the past couple of years. As a molecular biologist, it has come as a bit of a shock to my system to realize the importance of philosophy.
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Philosophy
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Faith & Reason
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Critical Thinking
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July 28, 2016
The other day, I heard a couple of my colleagues discussing the similarities and differences in the major Abrahamic religions’ views of God. How similar and dissimilar is the Christian God from the Muslim God or the Jewish God?
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Disunity in the Church
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Christian Life
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July 22, 2016
Recent scientific discoveries have opened up a whole new world where mere humans may be able to alter the genetic makeup of any organism at will. Does this solidify a new era of Homo evolutis, as some have suggested?
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July 15, 2016
Recent scientific discoveries have opened an era where humans can alter the genetic make-up of any organism at will. Is this type of power safe in our hands? What will our future world look like and who will decide? A technology developed from a bacterial immune-system protein (CRISPR/Cas9) will change life on Earth faster than we think. CRISPR/Cas9 allows…
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Science Technology
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Morality
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Life
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July 8, 2016
If we took human cells and introduced them into an embryonic pig, should we expect the birth of a philosophizing pig? That's what worries some about experimental attempts to create pig-human chimeras for potential human organ donors.
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Science Technology
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Human Uniqueness