Ben McFarland

It’s about the creation of the universe. It’s also about the mechanisms of evolution. It’s about how the words “creation” and “evolution” talk about the same thing.

The prospect of microbial life on Mars should enhance, not diminish, our amazement at the giftedness of our own planet.

Sometimes we have to go through the wrong hypothesis to find that reality is more interesting. Wrong ideas can lead to right results, making for a better story in the end.

Chemist Ben McFarland writes a letter to his 14-year-old son explaining the story of the universe's creation.

Humans stand out at the end of this 14-billion-year-long arrow of creation as choice-making, word-speaking, energy-transforming creatures.

How did the mysterious creatures of the Cambrian explosion come to be? Chemistry may hold a clue.

It’s about the creation of the universe. It’s also about the mechanisms of evolution. It’s about how the words “creation” and “evolution” talk about the same thing.

The prospect of microbial life on Mars should enhance, not diminish, our amazement at the giftedness of our own planet.

Sometimes we have to go through the wrong hypothesis to find that reality is more interesting. Wrong ideas can lead to right results, making for a better story in the end.