The Panda's Thumb is a weblog on the creation-evolution controversy from a mainstream perspective. Nature lists it as one of the top five science blogs[1]. It is run by several authors such as Mark Perakh, Wesley R. Elsberry, etc. The blog takes its name from the book by the same name by Stephen Jay Gould. A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... The creation-evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. ... First title page, November 4, 1869 Nature is one of the oldest and most reputable scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. ... Mark Perakh is a professor emeritus of Mathematics and statistical mechanics at California State University Fullerton. ... Dr. Wesley Royce Elsberry (born January 23, 1960) is a marine biologist with an interdisciplinary background in zoology, computer science, and wildife and fisheries sciences. ... Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 â May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. ...