| Cosmology at the Outer Limits Fri, 04 Jul 2008 |
| | Those who think cosmology could not get any weirder than it already is may want to take note of recent pronouncements by the gurus of universal physics. Physics teachers in particular may feel an obligation to state Bob Berman's disclaimer >>more>> |
| Yellow Journalism Invades Science Fri, 04 Jul 2008 |
| | James Kerian, a mechanical engineer, has a colorful term for science reporting these days: 'yellow science.' Writing for the Wall Street Journal June 25, he accused scientists of the same kind of sensationalism that disgraced journalism in >>more>> |
| Public Views on Darwin Not Evolving Fri, 04 Jul 2008 |
| | A new Gallup Poll shows that American views on evolution have changed little for 26 years. As they have done since 1982, the pollers asked adults if they feel humans evolved millions of years ago (with or without God's help) or were created >>more>> |
| Birds of Different Feathers Evolve Together Thu, 03 Jul 2008 |
| | Are pigeons like parrots? Are hummingbirds like hawks? And are falcons unlike eagles? Scientists are all a-flutter after results of a massive genetic comparison of birds has put some members in unlikely pigeonholes. 'The largest ever study >>more>> |
| Not Another Tetrapod Missing Link Thu, 03 Jul 2008 |
| | Fossils don't contain light bulbs, but almost every time a new one is found, scientists claim it sheds light on evolution. The BBC News kept that tradition going with this line, 'Scientists say a fossil of a four-legged fish sheds new light >>more>> |
| Bacterial Flagellar Motor Has a Protein Clutch Tue, 01 Jul 2008 |
| | The bacterial flagellum, the whiplike outboard motor that has become an icon of intelligent design, has another artificial-looking part: a clutch. Science reported this in 'machine language' without any reference to evoluiton. >>more>> |
| Animal Patterning Keeps Scientists Puzzle-Solving Tue, 01 Jul 2008 |
| | Here's a fascinating area of research for a budding young scientist: the development of animal patterns. Look at the dazzling wing patterns on butterflies in an illustration on Science Daily or consider a zebra's stripes. How do such patterns >>more>> |
| Love Your Heart: Look at Nature Tue, 01 Jul 2008 |
| | Heart patients can get instant relief from stress by simply looking out at nature through a window, reported Science Daily. It worked better if the patient looked at the real thing, not just a picture on TV. >>more>> |
| Evolutionist Learns from 'Neo-Creationists' Sat, 21 Jun 2008 |
| | Neo-creationists: the Intelligent Design (ID) people as well as the active old creationists, are still to be despised and expelled, thinks an evolutionist. That doesn't mean, though, that they aren't making some good points. >>more>> |
| Sunshine Is for Health Sat, 21 Jun 2008 |
| | The old wisdom: stay out of the sun. The new wisdom: your life could depend on getting moderate sunshine: about 10-15 minutes of exposure three times a week. >>more>> |
| Hopes Die for Enceladus Longevity Thu, 19 Jun 2008 |
| | Ever since Enceladus, the little 300-mile-across moon of Saturn was found in 2005 to be erupting out its south pole, scientists have tried to explain how it could be possible. They have looked high and low for an energy source to power the >>more>> |
| Long Live the Seed Thu, 19 Jun 2008 |
| | A seed buried under the rubble of Herod the Great's fortress took root and is now growing into a palm tree. Science Now reported this as verification of claims that ancient seeds can still grow. The Israeli research team nicknamed the tree >>more>> |
| Human Face Book Is Customized Tue, 17 Jun 2008 |
| | Make a face. How do you make a face? We are all made with faces that can make unique facial expressions, thanks to unique combinations of subcutaneous muscles. Nature News said that humans have unique faceprints of 16 common expression-making >>more>> |
| Cell's Magic Box Baffles the Experts Mon, 16 Jun 2008 |
| | Put a string of amino acids into this magic box, and it comes out all precisely folded into a protein. How does it do it? A molecular machine described by Science Daily has scientists baffled. Ironically, its name is TRiC. >>more>> |
| World's Fastest Computer Approaches Brain Power Fri, 13 Jun 2008 |
| | IBM has broken the petaflops barrier. What's that, you ask? In computing lingo, it stands for a quadrillion floating-point operations per second. The new Roadrunner supercomputer has set a new record for computing speed that may usher in >>more>> |
| Divining the CMB Thu, 12 Jun 2008 |
| | What do you see in this pattern? The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a faint glow of electromagnetic radiation that pervades the universe. What it means is a matter of intense and sometimes bizarre speculation by cosmologists. >>more>> |
| Few Typos Get Past Your Spell Checker Wed, 11 Jun 2008 |
| | Inside your cells are thousands of spell checkers that put any human typist to shame. In a process critical to all living things, RNA Polymerase II transcribes DNA into RNA rapidly with high fidelity. Even very similar chemical letters are >>more>> |
| Darwinism Demonstrated in the Lab Tue, 10 Jun 2008 |
| | Lenski's done it. The champion of Avida, a computerized evolution demo (see Evolution News) has demonstrated Darwinian evolution with real live organisms. His achievement announces his inauguration into the prestigious National Academy of >>more>> |
| The Andes: Pop-Up Mountains Tue, 10 Jun 2008 |
| | The majestic Andes of South America did not rise smoothly and gradually, a team of geologists reported in Science.1 Instead, long periods of stasis for tens of millions of years were punctuated by rapid periods of uplift. It sounds as if punctuated >>more>> |
| Evolution's Tinkerer Creates the Brain that Creates Evolutionary Theory Mon, 09 Jun 2008 |
| | A tinkerer usually implies a human being with a brain. A man in his garage, for instance, might look around for spare parts to arrange into some new contraption. What would he think if he were told that his own brain was made that way? That's >>more>> |
| Will Evolutionary Psychology Be the First Darwinian Theory to Go? Fri, 06 Jun 2008 |
| | Evolutionary psychologists are not getting much respect these days. Some evolutionists, like Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewonton, criticized them for years. Now, a new book came out against them and Science gave it a good review. To turn >>more>> |
| Alien Messages via Neutrinos Fri, 06 Jun 2008 |
| | Three scientists are suggesting that SETI researchers comb neutrinos for alien messages. Nothing natural could produce high-energy neutrinos, they said in Science,1 so aliens may use their cosmic accelerators to send neutrino packets across >>more>> |
| Living Iridescence Dazzles Scientists Fri, 06 Jun 2008 |
| | The flashing colors of butterflies and birds (peacocks being the classic example) do not come from pigments, but from black structures on a microscopic scale. How and why they do it is of great interest to scientists and engineers. >>more>> |
| Asian Bees Speak European Wed, 04 Jun 2008 |
| | Asian honeybees and European honeybees went their separate ways millions of years ago, say evolutionists. Why, then, were Asian bees able to readily learn the European language? An international team watched this happen. They ran some affirmative-action >>more>> |
| An Evaluation of Evolution as an Explanatory Device Wed, 04 Jun 2008 |
| | t is very common for scientists to claim this or that phenomenon 'evolved.' How well do such statements qualify as scientific explanations? How much scientific heavy lifting is done by merely stating that things are the way they are because >>more>> |
| Can Darwin Fit into Designer Genes? Tue, 03 Jun 2008 |
| | Humans are tinkering with DNA in ways that appear to blur the boundaries between design and nature. >>more>> |
| Lamarckism Still Shuffles Around Mon, 02 Jun 2008 |
| | An article about the evolution of upright posture tells a very Lamarckian story, but no one catches the inconsistency. >>more>> |
| NSF Funds Misleading Cartoons on Origin of Life Sun, 01 Jun 2008 |
| | A slick new multimedia website called Exploring Life's Origins made its debut this month. Dazzling artwork and detailed animations are highlights of the site. >>more>> |
| Evolution Out of Sync Sat, 31 May 2008 |
| | Evolutionary theory explains everything but the kitchen sink, but what if things get out of sync? According to Darwin's tree of life, things happen in a particular order. The same complex trait should not emerge on separate branches. Findings >>more>> |
| Mars Life Hopes Suffer Double Disappointment Fri, 30 May 2008 |
| | Just when the new Phoenix lander was flexing its arm and going to work, hoping to determine the habitability of Mars, two papers came out expressing doubt it will find anything. >>more>> |
| Think Like a Neanderthal Child Thu, 29 May 2008 |
| | How should you stop a child's tantrum? Think like a Neanderthal, reports Live Science. Dr. Harvey Karp, a pediatrician, 'sees our little darlings as less-evolved savages driven by instinct and emotion, not thoughtful reasoning, and he suggests >>more>> |
| Preparing the World for Aliens Thu, 29 May 2008 |
| | Some people are so convinced there are alien intelligences in the universe, we should be getting ready to meet them. >>more>> |
| Noah's Ark Gets Balanced Treatment Wed, 28 May 2008 |
| | Reuters gave balanced treatment to the question of how Noah fit all the animals on the Ark. Evolutionists, of course, deny that Noah existed or a boat ever saved all the animals on earth. The article quoted mocking comments to the effect that >>more>> |
| Fossil Frog-a-mander Claimed to Be Missing Link Wed, 28 May 2008 |
| | t looks like a frog with four equal legs and a tail; is it the ancestor of frogs and amphibians? It depends on whether you read the original paper or the popular press. >>more>> |
| Dismissing Religion by Evolving It Tue, 27 May 2008 |
| | Religion evolved, and a computer program shows it. This is the claim made by an article on New Scientist. God may work in mysterious ways, but a simple computer program named Evogod may explain how religion evolved, wrote Ewen Callaway. >>more>> |
| The Phoenix Lands on Mars Tue, 27 May 2008 |
| | The Phoenix Spacecraft successfully landed on Mars Sunday night. Its mission is to look for conditions suitable for life in the northern latitudes of the red planet near its polar cap for the next 3 months. This is the first soft landing on >>more>> |
