A legendary experiment that began in 1988 suggests that evolution is predictable | Science

Fanatics convinced that a god created the world as it is—the so-called creationists—have viciously attacked Richard Lenski. In 1988, this American biologist began one of the most daring experiments in history. He began to cultivate 12 populations of identical bacteria in independent containers, to observe their evolution firsthand. The project was going to last a … Read more