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OOL Study Substitutes Computer for Chemistry
May 15, 2007
Upon reading a recent origin-of-life paper in PNAS,1 you might think the authors ran experiments with real chemicals and real deep-sea rocks. A more careful look, however, reveals that their model only worked in cyberspace. This raises interesting questions about the ability of simulations to substitute for empirical evidence. Their claims were dramatic […]
When Is a Primate a Human Ancestor?
May 14, 2007
Behold Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, an extinct fossil monkey. It had a brain smaller than a lemon, smaller than that of modern lemurs. Why, then, are the news media touting this as a human ancestor? The new specimen of Aegyptopithecus is more intact and complete than previous specimens. Two surprises were noted; the amount of […]
Seeds Muscle Their Way into the Soil
May 11, 2007
A biological motor has been found, of all places, on the seeds of wild wheat. A team of German and Israeli scientists watched wheat seeds and found they could dig themselves into the ground. How can a dry seed, with no muscles, nerves or circulatory system, accomplish such a feat? It all becomes clear when […]
Stupid Evolution Quote of the Week: Design without
a Designer
May 10, 2007
Apparently Francisco Ayala (UC Irvine) thinks that just stating something dogmatically is enough to end all discussion. The scope of his paper in PNAS is grandiose and sweeping, enough to keep philosophers and theologians from around the world busy for years, but Ayala just put out his opinions without any hint of dispute, and stamped […]
Nature Displays Leftist Ideology
May 9, 2007
For a British scientific journal ostensibly devoted to nature (think: horses, trees, cells, atoms, stars), Nature gets downright political sometimes. Usually, a liberal position is presented without rebuttal or balance – often intruding into American politics. Some recent examples: Military defense: In the May 3 issue, a Nature editorial attacked the American missile defense system, […]
Details of Photosynthesis Coming to Light
May 9, 2007
New tools of science are unveiling the secrets of what was long a “black box” in biology: photosynthesis. A paper in Nature last week1 described the structure of the plant PhotoSystem I complex (PSI) in near-atomic resolution. Next day, a paper in Science2 described some of the protein interactions that occur when plants turn light […]
New Theory for Introns: Mutation Sponges
May 8, 2007
When you don’t know where damage will occur, it makes sense to spread the assets around. Scientists from City of Hope Medical Center (a cancer care and research institute) have a new idea about introns, those regions of DNA “junk“ between the more interesting exons (parts of genes). Perhaps the introns are mutation sponges. […]
Herods Tomb Found
May 8, 2007
The probable tomb of Herod the Great has been found, reported Haaretz a day before a scheduled press conference. This is the King Herod who slaughtered the innocents of Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth after being visited by the wise men. Scholars knew he was supposed to be buried at his fortress of […]
Instant Diamonds?
May 7, 2007
Talk about catastrophism: imagine a geological process creating a dyke 150 miles deep in a few minutes. This is a new model for how diatremes formed, as described in Nature last week.1 The surprise end of the abstract by Lionel Wilson and James W. Head III states, “No precursor to the eruption is felt at […]
Seeking Explanations for Plant Fibonacci Spirals
May 6, 2007
The spiral patterns on an artichoke are enough to make a physicist choke. How do plants like cacti, sunflowers, strawberries and artichokes produce geometric patterns of left- and right- handed spirals? Why do these spirals follow a mathematical rule called the Fibonacci sequence? A new theory suggests that it is the optimal energy arrangement for […]
Tweaking Mercury to Keep it Old
May 4, 2007
Mercury has a magnetic field. That’s odd. It shouldn’t. If it were 4.6 billion years old, the little planet should be solid stiff by now. Planetary scientists have published a new model of its interior with the required molten outer core that allows a dynamo to generate the observed magnetic field. What’s interesting are the […]
Passings: Howell Dies, of Time-Life Book Fame
May 3, 2007
Nature contained an obituary for F. Clark Howell, paleoanthropologist (1925-2007). He knew and worked with most of the 20th century fossil-man hunters from Raymond Dart to the Leakeys. Students will probably remember the Time-Life series he authored, Early Man, with its fold-out panorama by illustrator Jay Matternes of the march from furry monkey to naked […]
Heat and Light: Jerusalem City of David Excavations Arouse Notoriety
May 3, 2007
Opinions about tangible archaeological evidence hinge on beliefs about the Bible and science.
Hubble Explodes Star-Formation Assumption in Globular Clusters
May 3, 2007
The Hubble Telescope found three episodes of star formation in a globular cluster. While this announcement might make a layman yawn, what’s interesting are the expressions of grief and anguish coming from astronomers about what this does to their theories. For many years, astronomers had prided themselves on their understanding of globular clusters. These massive, […]
More Optical Design in Eye Retina Than Seen Before
May 2, 2007
For decades, evolutionists have used the vertebrate retina as an example of poor design (dysteleology). They have mocked how any designer could have been so unintelligent as to get the wiring backwards – with the photoreceptors behind a jumble of light-scattering cells. Creationists have countered that despite the arrangement, it works well.1 Now, they may […]
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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.
