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OOLishness: The Imaginary World of Origin-of-Life Studies

March 20, 2013

Why aren't philosophers of science shaming origin-of-life researchers out of the science department? OOL theories depend on imagination, not empirical evidence, for their broad-brush conclusions.

Amazing Facts

Gold, Earthquakes, and Time

March 17, 2013

How long does it take to form veins of gold in the rock? (a) millions of years; (b) less than a second.

Darwin and Evolution

Nature Writer Points to Mao as Source of Wisdom

March 15, 2013

Are there any circumstances in which it would be appropriate to honor Chairman Mao as a source of wisdom?

Darwin and Evolution

Paleofantasy Runs Amok

March 13, 2013

Early-man researchers continue to weave fantastical tales on flimsy evidence.

Amazing Facts

Arctic Camel Found

March 10, 2013

Fossils from a large species of camel living in Canada's high arctic contain soft tissue.

Education

More Reasons to Exercise and Plant a Garden

March 9, 2013

Three new studies show more benefits to exercise and home-grown food.

Amazing Facts

Complex Brain Wiring Unveiled in New Images

February 24, 2013

Surely one of the great mysteries of human life is how a single fertilized egg cell grows to an adult, with a brain sporting hundreds of billions of functional connections supporting abstract thought.

Birds

This "Evolution" Is Not Darwinian

February 23, 2013

Some things in nature get attributed to Darwinian evolution, but might be better seen as manifestations of design or other alternative, non-Darwinian mechanisms.

Dating Methods

Intact Biomolecules Claimed to Be 350 Million Years Old

February 22, 2013

The oldest recovered biomolecules have been found in crinoid fossils – but are they really that old?

Dating Methods

Lunar Impact Theory Is All Wet

February 21, 2013

Significant amounts of water in lunar rocks cast into doubt the popular impact theory for the origin of the moon.

Amazing Facts

Soil, Sustainability, and the Blue Revolution

February 20, 2013

Life-sustaining resources are right beneath our feet, says a Penn State hydrologist.

Darwin and Evolution

The Evolution of Tattooing, and Other Skinny Science

February 19, 2013

Evolution has become a catch-all explanation that is so intuitively obvious to some, it requires no justification.

Darwin and Evolution

California Whale Fossils: Transitional Forms?

February 18, 2013

Several fossil whale parts found in a southern California canyon are being called transitional forms in whale evolution.

Amazing Facts

What Do a Toucan, an Oyster and a Spider Have in Common? Bio-Engineers' Drool

February 17, 2013

If we want to build more robust, lightweight materials, two researchers say, look to nature.

Bible and Theology

Ungrateful Evolutionist Grouches About the Human Body

February 16, 2013

If an evolutionist can't blame God for an alleged poor design, all he can blame is Darwin.

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