Human Genome “Infinitely More Complex” Than Expected
April 5, 2010
Ten years after the Human Genome Project was completed, now we know: biology is “orders of magnitude” more complicated than scientists expected.
David Coppedge, B.S. Education, B.S. Physics, founded Creation-Evolution Headlines in late 2000 as a way to share science news he was encountering at NASA. It has grown into a highly-trusted source of news and commentary critical of the pro-Darwin consensus, providing analysis of breaking news of interest to creationists and evolutionists, without the Darwin spin. He has authored almost 5,000 entries at CEH since its inception.David worked as a system administrator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1996 to 2011, almost all of it as a member of the Cassini team. For 9 of his 14 years at JPL, he was Team Lead System Administrator, responsible for most of the ground system computers for the prestigious mission to Saturn. He worked on the Cassini operations support team from before launch through cruise, tour, prime mission, first extended mission, and into the second extended mission, getting to know many of the world's most elite planetary scientists. In addition, he led JPL tours and was a Cassini outreach speaker to civic groups and astronomy clubs.
Coppedge's career was cut short by his advocacy of intelligent design. Sharing DVD's on intelligent design occasionally with co-workers, he was accused by a coworker and reported to the Human Resources department, which accused him of 'harassment' and ethics violations. He was demoted from his Team Lead position and eventually terminated, becoming another member of the prestigious "Expelled" community. His experience led to a nationally-publicized court trial about discrimination and retaliation in the workplace, supported by the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Discovery Institute. Unfortunately for him, almost a year after the trial, the lone judge in the case decided against him in January 2013 without explanation.
Coppedge now devotes more time to Creation-Evolution Headlines and other ministries seeking to show where the scientific evidence leads.
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The Earth Should Have Frozen
April 3, 2010
According to stellar evolution theory, the earth should have frozen solid four billion years ago, because the young sun could not have put out the heat it does in its middle age. Called the “faint young sun paradox,” this problem has puzzled scientists for decades. A new study has failed to solved the puzzle. […]
Snakes Alive! An Evolutionary Tale
April 3, 2010
Blind snakes that look like worms: they rule the world. They’re everywhere. Where did they come from? “Blindsnakes are not very pretty, are rarely noticed, and are often mistaken for earthworms,” admits Blair Hedges, professor of biology at Penn State University. “Nonetheless, they tell a very interesting evolutionary story.” So reported Science Daily. National Geographic […]
Is the Internet Age Redefining Science?
April 2, 2010
To a middle school student, science is a clear category; it’s a subject you take, along with history, language, or P.E. You have a science teacher; you read a science textbook. You learn about the scientific method. In the real world, though, categories are not always so clearly delineated. In fact, the leading science journal, […]
Tree of Life or of Evil Knowledge?
April 1, 2010
Evolutionary trees are now widely available in a web database. Scientists can upload and download huge amounts of information on evolutionary relationships of plants, animals and protists. But is this a case of scientific progress, or of mass deception? You can go to TreeBase.org and find a treasure trove of phylogenetic information. The […]
Stem Cells Promise Regeneration
March 31, 2010
Imagine being able to grow a new limb or jaw. Adult stem cells may one day make possible something almost unimaginable in hospitals today: the regeneration of new limbs or organs. There’s growing evidence, too, that mammals once had a regenerative potential that has been lost. Hydras do it. Salamanders do it. Why […]
Elephants Equipped with 4WD
March 30, 2010
An elephant is built like a four-wheel drive vehicle, say scientists from the Royal Veterinary College in London. Unlike other mammals, which divide acceleration and braking between the front and rear legs, “power is applied independently to each limb,” reported PhysOrg from a paper in PNAS.1 “Elephant limbs operate analogously to four-wheel-drive vehicles,” the authors […]
Comets Are Cracking Up
March 29, 2010
An amateur astronomer observed a comet splitting in two, reported (PhysOrg), but it’s not just the comets that are breaking up. Theories about them have undergone a revolution at revelations they are not all they were cracked up to be. They used to be pristine remnants of the formation of the solar system. Analysis of […]
Explaining the Undetectable: Science or Faith?
March 28, 2010
Scientists routinely portray themselves superior to religious people who (in their estimation) accept things on faith. This ignores the fact that many theories in science walk by faith, too. Theories frequently posit entities that cannot be detected by any means – and may not exist at all, except as props for the consensus. When a […]
Biomimetics: Science for Now
March 27, 2010
Do you want science that makes a difference in our lives? Look at real plants and animals with real solutions to practical problems. That’s where researchers are making amazing discoveries with practical spinoffs. Shellfish materials: Strong, lightweight structures are coming, thanks to the imitation of oysters and shellfish. PhysOrg reported that researchers at the University […]
How Much Can One Bone Say?
March 26, 2010
Two fossil discoveries are generating a lot of news from a single bone. The first is a dinosaur hip. The second is a human finger. How much weight can a single bone carry? Australian tyrannosaur: The tyrannosaurid dinosaurs had a distinctive hip bone. Live Science cast any doubt on the claims: “it’s still a hypothesis […]
Can Morality Be Darwinized?
March 25, 2010
There’s a cottage industry within the Darwin empire that tries to explain morality in terms of natural selection. Hardly a week passes without some new paper trying to explain why humans reward moral behavior and punish immoral behavior. Some try to do it by finding morality in animals, as if to portray a continuity in […]
Archaeologist Employs Design Detection with Little Evidence
March 24, 2010
There are hundreds of large stone spheres in Costa Rica, some up to 8 feet in diameter weighing 16 tons. There are no written records or tribal traditions about them. John Hoopes, an anthropologist at the University of Kansas, has been studying these spheres for a long time. According to PhysOrg, he’s had to dispel […]
Beetle Pulls 1,141 Times Its Weight
March 23, 2010
Ever watch those contest shows for the World’s Strongest Man? Compared to dung beetles, they’re wimps. Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London found that the strongest beetle tested could pull an astonishing 1,141 times its own weight – “the equivalent of a 70kg person lifting 80 tonnes (the same as six full double-decker buses),” […]
Laetoli Footprints Fully Modern Too Early
March 22, 2010
Science Daily has reported a bombshell announcement from the University of Arizona School of Anthropology: the famous Laetoli footprints in Africa said to be 3.6 million years old are identical to modern human prints. “Based on previous analyses of the skeletons of Australopithecus afarensis, we expected that the Laetoli footprints would resemble those of someone […]