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DNA Translator More Complicated Than Thought
August 24, 2009
One of the most remarkable molecular machines in your body, the ribosome, is coming to light, nanometer by nanometer, as scientists find new ways to peer into the inner workings of the “black box.” Science Daily reported on work at Berkeley that has given the clearest imagery yet. “Ribosomes, which number in the […]
Are We at the Center of the Universe?
August 23, 2009
An alternative cosmology that doesn’t require dark energy may have the effect of putting the Milky Way near the center of the universe. That’s not the only interpretation, but it is being considered. Space.com reported on work by mathematicians at UC Davis who solved Einstein’s field equations without dark energy. If the big […]
Appendix to The Origin: Darwin Was Wrong
August 21, 2009
The appendix, that lowly dollop of tissue relegated to vestigial organ status by the Darwinians, is alive and well with new respect. Science Daily announced results of the “first-ever study of the appendix through the ages.” Conclusion: “Charles Darwin was wrong: The appendix is a whole lot more than an evolutionary remnant. Not only does […]
Planet-Makers Ask Miracles to Evade Death Spiral
August 21, 2009
Remember the old artwork of planets gently forming out of dust orbiting a young star? That’s all gone. Reality has set it. Clumps of material a meter across need help – almost miraculous help – to avoid getting sucked into the star in a giant death spiral. If you don’t believe it, ask John Chambers […]
Evolution 2.0: Whats in the Upgrade?
August 19, 2009
Consider Evolution 1.0. That was the old biological, Darwinian stuff. Now, there’s Evolution 2.0 – the evolution of technology. W. Brian Arthur explained the upgrade package for New Scientist: “On the origin of technologies.” Arthur is not the first to try to define a law of nature for the origin of technology. He […]
Faint Young Sun Paradox Resolved
August 18, 2009
For decades, astronomers and geologists have worried about a paradox. Stellar evolution theory claims sunlight on the early earth would have been 20-30% dimmer than it is today, but geology shows the oceans were liquid in the earliest (Archean) rocks. For that matter, so does the book of Genesis, but that record is not usually […]
Is It OK When Astronomers Sell Stars?
August 17, 2009
Most people have heard the ads for companies that sell you a certificate for a star they will name after you. Professional astronomers have usually been quick to discourage people from falling for the schemes that have no professional or international authority for naming stars (for instance, see this article on Wired.com). But now, according […]
Twitter the ET Bandwidth Wagon
August 16, 2009
If you have nothing better to do, send a message to an alien. Leonard David reported on Space.com that a website in Australia is collecting messages to beam up to a planet named Gliese 581d that is 20.3 light-years away. Even a Senator who is Australia’s Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research got involved. […]
Fire Technology Began Much Earlier Than Believed
August 14, 2009
A team publishing in Science1 claims they found evidence that humans were using fire treatment of stone tools much, much, much earlier than prior dates for cognitive abilities. But they can’t seem to settle on just how early. The dates vary by more than 100%. One date, 72,000 years before the present, is about 50,000 […]
Comet-Ocean Theory Gets Another Splash
August 13, 2009
National Geographic News gave some halfway-enthusiastic press to another recurrence of a theory that circulates from time to time – that earth got its ocean water from comets. They gave air time to work by Uffe Jorgensen and a team from the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark that concludes “comets were the culprits” in the […]
Evolution of the Knuckle Head
August 12, 2009
An evolutionary anthropologist looked at the knuckles of chimpanzees. Then she looked at the knuckles of gorillas. Then she looked at her own knuckles. Conclusion: humans evolved from tree climbers, not knuckle walkers. Her theory can be read in Live Science, based on a paper in PNAS.1 Tracy Kivell and Daniel Schmitt from […]
Protein Function: Its All in the Fold
August 11, 2009
Most chemical reactions involve atoms or molecules bumping into one another and exchanging electrons. Proteins, by contrast, derive their immense functional repertoire from their shapes. Several recent studies explore the amazing potential for strength, motility and catalysis that derives from the way proteins fold. Clots: A picture of fibrin graces an article in Science Daily. […]
Crow Fulfills Aesop Story
August 11, 2009
The fabled intelligence of the crow has been tested, and the crows passed. Bird and Emery tested an old Aesop fable and were amazed: In Aesop’s fable The Crow and the Pitcher, a thirsty crow uses stones to raise the level of water in a pitcher and quench its thirst. A number of corvids have […]
Dont Just Sit There; Do Something
August 10, 2009
Inactive people have the most health problems. That’s why the American Psychological Association is warning that sedentary lives can be deadly, according to Science Daily. A speaker at an APA convention called physical inactivity “the biggest public health problem of the 21st century.” Some 25-35% of adult Americans – 40 to 50 million […]
Did Evolution Create Genetic Proofreading?
August 9, 2009
Protein manufacture in the cell is such a critical operation, there are numerous error-checking mechanisms the cell uses to get it right. One of the most amazing is the careful association of DNA codons with amino acids, and the “proofreading” or “spell checking” that ensures fidelity. How could spell checking evolve? Science Daily […]
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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 over 7,000 entries at CEH since its inception.
