Unintelligent DesignHow birds got to fly.
Posted Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at 5:25 PM ET
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StumbleUponDaniel Engber explained how to identify the calls of evolutionarily less-fortunate bird species. Millions of years of evolution have not taught birds what to do when trapped in a wood stove. Jacob Weisberg argued that gains in evolutionary thought are leaving increasingly less room for God, though the Catholic Church doesn't necessarily oppose evolution. David Greenberg explained why we worry about the intelligent design/evolution debate: The Scopes trial never settled it.
Other times, the genes just hang in there for awed scientists to gaze upon, like the ruined pleasure palace of Kublai Khan. Though wondrous, to be sure, the DNA ecosystem looks more and more undesigned the more we know about it. The miracle of flight is one example that makes you wonder—what makes a miracle?
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