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Extrasolar Planets: Bigger and More Mortal

Posted on June 10, 2013 in Astronomy, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Solar System

Many of the stars and planets found by the Kepler spacecraft are not earthlike. Also, astronomers have seen planets destroyed by their stars.

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Is This Primate a Prime Mate?

Posted on June 9, 2013 in Darwin and Evolution, Dumb Ideas, Early Man, Fossils, Mammals

The news media jumped onto claims that a tiny primate fossil is an ancestor of human beings, when it is really an amazing example of biological miniaturization.

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Cambrian Explosion: Evolutionists Have No Answers

Posted on June 8, 2013 in Darwin and Evolution, Dating Methods, Fossils, Genetics, Geology, Intelligent Design, Marine Biology

An intelligent design advocate is publishing a book this month that uses the Cambrian Explosion as evidence against Darwinism and for I.D. Two major evolutionary paleontologists have also published a book about the issue.

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Mind Your Matters, Evolutionist

Posted on June 7, 2013 in Bible and Theology, Darwin and Evolution, Human Body, Mind and Brain, Philosophy of Science, Politics and Ethics

Several recent articles illustrate the mental struggle materialists have with human uniqueness, particularly the mind and consciousness.

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Evolutionists Strategize to Fight Creation

Posted on June 6, 2013 in Darwin and Evolution, Education, Philosophy of Science

If evolution were a matter of obvious biological facts, why would it be necessary to list strategies to teach it without exposing it to critical thinking?

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Do Confusing Branches Add up to a Darwin Tree?

Posted on June 5, 2013 in Botany, Darwin and Evolution, Fossils, Intelligent Design, Mammals, Marine Biology, Philosophy of Science, Terrestrial Zoology

Evolutionists routinely try to construct parts of Darwin’s grand “tree of life” from fossils and genes. Do the parts come together as expected?

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Two More Fossils Challenge Evolution

Posted on June 4, 2013 in Darwin and Evolution, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Mammals, Marine Biology

One living fossil and one dead fossil strain the credibility of evolutionary dates and mechanisms.

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Wonders of the Spliceosome Coming to Light

Posted on June 3, 2013 in Amazing Facts, Cell Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

The more we learn about a vital molecular machine in the nucleus, the spliceosome, the more complex and important it seems.

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Genetic Dating Can Fool Scientists

Posted on June 1, 2013 in Darwin and Evolution, Dating Methods, Early Man, Genetics, Human Body, Mind and Brain, Philosophy of Science, Politics and Ethics

The dates of some human migrations could have been much more recent than genetic data indicates. What of even older dates?

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Felicitous Fossils Facilitate Phylogenetic Fabling

Posted on May 31, 2013 in Amazing Facts, Birds, Darwin and Evolution, Dating Methods, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Geology, Mammals, Marine Biology, Terrestrial Zoology

Here are some recent fossil finds that, whether they fit or not, are claimed to shed light on evolution.

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Hear Ye! Directional Sound Enabled by Superfast Neurons

Posted on May 30, 2013 in Amazing Facts, Cell Biology, Human Body, Intelligent Design, Mammals, Mind and Brain

How can you tell where sounds come from? The brain is quicker than the speed of sound between your ears.

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Depending on Source, Stem Cells Can Kill or Heal

Posted on May 29, 2013 in Bible and Theology, Cell Biology, Darwin and Evolution, Health, Human Body, Media, Mind and Brain, Philosophy of Science, Politics and Ethics

Stem cells continue to show promise for dramatic healings, but reporters don’t always clarify what lived or died to produce the cells. Adult stem cells inhabit all living humans; embryonic or fetal stem cells require a human death.

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What Is the Evidence for Feathers Before Flight?

Posted on May 28, 2013 in Birds, Darwin and Evolution, Dinosaurs, Dumb Ideas, Fossils, Intelligent Design

Birds evolved from dinosaurs; that’s the evolutionary consensus. Let’s examine the evidence for that scenario.

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Scientists Can Agree on Things that Aren’t So

Posted on May 27, 2013 in Education, Health, Human Body, Mind and Brain, Philosophy of Science, Politics and Ethics

Whenever you hear “all scientists agree” or “we now know,” it’s no guarantee a finding won’t be disputed years later. In the following examples, CEH focuses not so much on the content of the disputed subjects as the implications for philosophy of science.

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New Biomimetics Stories

Posted on May 26, 2013 in Amazing Facts, Biomimetics, Botany, Cell Biology, Genetics, Terrestrial Zoology

Here are some new ways scientists are imitating plants and animals to understand their designs and make new products.

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Roach Bait Story Highlights Abuse of Word “Evolution”

Posted on May 25, 2013 in Botany, Darwin and Evolution, Early Man, Human Body, Intelligent Design, Terrestrial Zoology

Evolution is one of the most carelessly-used words in science, as several recent articles show. Not all change is evolution the way Darwin meant it.

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Public Invited to Participate in Astrobiology’s Future

Posted on May 24, 2013 in Astronomy, Darwin and Evolution, Dumb Ideas, Education, Media, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science, SETI, Solar System

NASA’s Astrobiology Program is charting a new roadmap for future projects, and the public is allowed to voice its opinions.

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The Evolution of Penguins

Posted on May 23, 2013 in Amazing Facts, Birds, Darwin and Evolution, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Physics

Science reporters are dancing with happy feet about a news story supposedly explaining how penguins evolved.

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Amazing Body Facts

Posted on May 22, 2013 in Amazing Facts, Bible and Theology, Health, Human Body, Intelligent Design, Mind and Brain

There are more wonders in your body than you can possibly imagine. Here are half a dozen new findings for conversation starters.

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Fresh Impacts Viewed on Mars, Moon

Posted on May 21, 2013 in Dating Methods, Geology, Physics, Solar System

New impacts observed on the moon and Mars allow space scientists to learn about crater formation in near real time. What conclusions can be drawn?

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