Archive: Radiocarbon Found in Ancient Coal
September 23, 2023
Dr. John Baumgardner reported finding carbon-14 still ticking in coal samples that should be radiocarbon-dead.
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Old Earth View Requires Storytelling
January 4, 2023
If geologists relied on empirical observation, they would not get billions of years out of rocks.
Major Rethink of Magma Dogma
September 26, 2022
How fast does it take to fill a big magma chamber? Millions of years? No. Just a few months, actually.
Geologic Column Evolves
February 1, 2022
Like a prototype made of putty, the geologic column is less a reflection of reality than it is of ideology.
California Had Long Droughts Before Recent Climate Change
November 28, 2021
Those who attribute droughts to recent human-caused climate change should read this paper.
One-Eruption Volcanoes: On the Decline?
November 4, 2021
Monogenetic volcanoes pockmark the western United States, but their dates and causes are poorly understood.
Cave Art Dates Contradict Human Nature
January 16, 2021
After painting a pig on a cave wall, what did these artists do for five times all of recorded history?
Guesswork in Carbon Dating Exposed
May 25, 2020
It's the best-known radiometric dating technique for recent events, but it relies on numerous shaky input measures.
Radiocarbon Assumptions Questioned
March 21, 2020
Every dating method involves assumptions, because historical sciences are not repeatable like laboratory experiments.
Geology: Bold Steps in Self-Deception
March 19, 2020
It's possible to collect clues that suggest your model is working, all while heading off in the wrong direction.
What the Apollo Rock Samples Revealed About the Moon
July 19, 2019
The lunar rocks changed what scientists thought they knew about our satellite, but raised many more questions.
Oldest Animal Cave Painting Baffles Evolutionary Anthropologists
November 7, 2018
How did cave art of animals appear on opposite sides of the world at the same time? What’s being called the oldest cave painting of an animal has been dated by evolutionary anthropologists at a minimum of 40,000 years old. The baffling thing is that similar cave art in Europe dates to roughly the same […]
Late Heavy Bombardment Myth Is Dying
January 24, 2018
A favorite tale from the Apollo era, the so-called Late Heavy Bombardment, is being bombarded itself.
Beware of Overconfident Dating Methods
October 27, 2017
Simplistic presentations about how scientists date rocks overlook the worldview assumptions involved.
Doubts About Dates and Climate
February 4, 2017
New findings cast doubt on scientists' ability to be certain about their consensus views.