It seldom seems to strike the ultra-Darwinists that theology might have its own richness and subtleties, and might-strange thought-actually tell us things about the world that are not only to our real advantage, but will never be revealed by science.

Notwithstanding the quasi-religious enthusiasms of ultra-Darwinists, their own understanding of theology is a combination of ignorance and derision, philosophi…

When serious scientists with huge beards aren't looking, I jocularly refer to these fossils as my alien goldfish. Picture the scene: the giant spaceship is par…

Third, as has often been noted, the pronouncements of the ultra-Darwinists can shake with a religious fervour. Their texts ring with high-minded rhetoric and d…