Larry Moran had a chance to meet Michael Lynch at the recent 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution in Lyons, France. He gave a talk on Evolution of Mutation Rates, a topic many of us treat with a large degree of skepticism—until we’re confronted by Michael Lynch. He makes a… Continue reading “So, there were these two Irish biologists…”
I saw Sunday that Zoe Pollock at Daily Dish had kindly picked up on my Friday piece for the Journal, but Mark Shea alerted me to a follow up today. A reader writes: I think you misread Farrell’s piece. While giving Pius some credit for dealing with the issue of evolution, Farrell’s main point was… Continue reading The Prescient Pope
My tribute to Pius XII and Humani Generis is in today’s Wall Street Journal.
My first piece for The Guardian is up here.
Steve Matheson unfolds part one of what will be a very interesting series.
