of evolution have undergone countless tests and are still alive and well. Some of our confusion likely comes about because we don’t often parse out the differences between a law and a theory. Simply put, a scientific law predicts what happens, and theory tells us why it happens. A theory will never be so proven that it is finally classified a law, just as photosynthesis will never change into an apple. One is the process, the other is the result. In other words, a theory is not a stepping-stone to