happened so randomly, that the world could be at the state it is purely by that“ mechanism” you call natural selection. It is unquestionably some supreme, divine being responsible for the creation of the Universe. The Bible says God created Earth in six days, and rested on the seventh. The world therefore can’ t be more than five or ten thousand years old...
Christian Mackenzie Montgomery, AL
I LOOK SO HOT
I just wanted to thank you for your article in the February issue about“ How to Look Hot in Any Outfit.” The advice in that article totally worked and I now look hot in any outfit.( Not that I didn’ t already, though).
Katie House Miami, FL
FYI: A SCIENTIST’ S AID
I am a professor of Biology at Cornell University. I heard that you at Vogue were planning on attempting to explain some of the vital aspects of evolution to those with a perhaps minimal understanding of scientific processes. I am not writing to offend, I merely would like to aid you in your endeavor. I just wanted to be sure that you would mention rRNA and the significance it plays in understanding evolutionary relationships. Studying rRNA allows scientists to differentiate between species at the molecular level, as well as identify whether a prokaryotic organism belongs to the domain Archaea or Bacteria, which may sometimes be difficult to distinguish otherwise.
Spencer Little Ithaca, NY
TOTALLY CHIC
I am a 27 year old girl and I just finished graduate school and I loved graduate school and just last month I got my hair cut and it was a boy cut and I had never gotten a boy cut before and I loved it and it’ s so easy to take care of and I think it’ s just totally chic! I totally recommend it.
Alexis Firke New York, NY
MY PLEASURE
As a geologist currently studying fossils, it would be my pleasure to introduce you to radiometric dating, one of the newer methods used to date rocks. Many are doubtful of the method, especially those who oppose evolution. However, radiometric dating is the result of more than a century’ s worth of innovative research and in my opinion is one of the most well-supported accomplishments in modern science. Some atoms naturally decay into other atoms through the emission of energy subatomic particles – this means they are radioactive. Each radioactive atom has its own half-life, or the amount of time it takes for half of the same to decay. Through the comparison of the radioactivity of one material to the amount to its decay product, scientists can determine when the material was formed. It was radiometric dating that gave scientists the estimation that Earth is 4.6 billion years old.
David Hoppe Philadelphia, PA
11 VOGUE JUNE 2013