Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell Articles

• Collagen Coils

  June 25, 2011 from News to Know

  Collagen coils kept fossilized fragments intact.

• Chimp Rights

  June 25, 2011 from News to Know

  “They’re not people, you know . . . ”

• Tree Frog Biodiversity

  June 25, 2011 from News to Know

  Statistical analyses swimming in a sea of assumptions sing of millions of years in both directions.

• High-Tech Tools

  June 25, 2011 from News to Know

  The human brain evolved because early humans developed technology?

• Feedback Article

  Huffing and Puffing at God’s Infallible Word

  June 24, 2011 from Feedback

  Lately, we’ve received a number of letters about a new posting, “Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution.” Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell responds.

• Alien Amino Acids

  June 18, 2011 from News to Know

  Organic chemistry lab in a meteorite sparks speculation about the origin of life.

• Molecular Clock Off-Line

  June 18, 2011 from News to Know

  The molecular clock just went off-line.

• Leaping Mutants

  June 18, 2011 from News to Know

  Statistics suggest a way for eukaryotic mutants to leap over fitness valleys.

• Cryptic Mutations

  June 18, 2011 from News to Know

  Cryptic variation and preadaptation—fancy words for the obvious.

• Priesthood of Science

  June 18, 2011 from News to Know

  The priesthood of science discourages people from thinking for themselves.

• In-Depth Article

  Will the Real Unicorn Please Stand Up?

  June 15, 2011 from Answers in Depth

  The unicorns mentioned in the Bible are not the fairy tale creatures many people think of, but real creatures familiar to the people living in ancient times.

• Evolving E.coli

  June 11, 2011 from News to Know

  Highly virulent strain of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli continues to wreak havoc.

• The Martian Runt

  June 11, 2011 from News to Know

  Mars is a runt because it formed quickly and was lucky enough to stay out of the way of on-coming traffic. So goes the latest step in the planetary shuffle.

• Compelling Convergence

  June 11, 2011 from News to Know

  A computer analysis comparing the bone strength of pelicans and whales is said to provide “compelling evidence” for convergent evolution. Because both pelicans and rorqual whales stretch their jaws wide to engulf large amounts of water along with their next meal, both need very strong jaws.

• Out of Asia

  June 11, 2011 from News to Know

  Homo erectus . . . Out of Asia?

• Number Crunching

  June 11, 2011 from News to Know

  Smile, crunch the numbers, and make something out of nothing.

• Stem Cell Surprises

  June 4, 2011 from News to Know

  Induced pluripotent stem cells: is the glass half-full or half-empty?

• Good Gossip?

  June 4, 2011 from News to Know

  Good gossip?!

• Mystery of the Missing Mass

  June 4, 2011 from News to Know

  Some of our mass is missing. Or not.

• SFGate: “Oakland school's lessons in gender diversity”

  June 4, 2011 from News to Know

  Transgender clownfish, transgender people—what’s the difference?

• Mouse Genome Project

  June 4, 2011 from News to Know

  Making mice more useful with the Mouse Genome Project

• Feedback Article

  “The Search for the Historical Adam” and Population Genomics

  June 3, 2011 from Feedback

  The June 2011 issue of Christianity Today spends a lot of ink searching for the historical Adam or explaining why we shouldn’t expect there to be one.

• Survival of the Sniffer

  May 28, 2011 from News to Know

  Mammals grew bigger brains “the better to smell you, my dear!”

• Flies with Lice

  May 28, 2011 from News to Know

  Nomadic lice hitching a ride on flies direct the course of evolution. Hmmm.

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