This Saturday (30-March), I will appear as a forensic DNA expert on an episode of 48 hours. The episode will run at 10p (EDT) on CBS and Paramount+ (and available any time thereafter on P+). EDIT: Here is the episode. This is a very disturbing case. In early 2000, Bob Dorotik was found brutally murdered … More 48 Hours: The Murder of Bob Dorotik
Since publication of my book Human Errors, I have become sort of the go-to-guy for interviews about poor design in the human body. Recently, a YouTube media and news channel called Cheddar News produced a series of short videos about “Design Disasters” in the human body and I was the featured guest on some of … More Some interviews on our poorly designed bodies
I will be on a panel about Avatar: The Way of Water on Friday, July 21, at 6p. … More Going to Comic Con? Come say hi!
In two articles in Bioassays, I offer the hypothesis that the tapetum lucidum – the structure that causes reflective eye shine – is an adaptation that compensates for the poor design of the backwards retina. … More Is Nocturnal Eye Shine an Adaptation for the Backwards Retina?
The latest article in a creationist journal perfectly exemplifies why almost no scientists takes Intelligent Design seriously. … More Another Impressive Year for the Creationist Journal BIO-Complexity [sic]
Hello friends. This is just a quick post to let you know that I will be delivering the annual Westbrook Lecture at the Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia on March 4th. The lecture still start at 3:00P.M. and here is a link to the EventBright: Established in 1912, The Westbrook Lectureship has been … More Written in the Scars: The Annual Westbrook Lecture
My laboratory recently published a paper detailing the discovery of new human-unique microRNA genes. … More Witnessing the birth of human-specific genes…
Correcting Intelligent Design creationists leads to some interesting drama. … More Behe, Bias, and Bears (Oh my!)
Doing battle with creationists may seem like a distraction, but it is important for public trust in science. … More ICYMI: My Presentation on Intelligent Design and Darwin Devolves at the CFI
These five women made possible the most spectacular archaeological discoveries of this decade. … More The Women Behind the Discovery of Richard III
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