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One-Celled Organisms Spring Generates Enormous Forces
December 13, 2005
The pioneering Dutch microscopist Antony van Leeuwenhoek marveled at the miniature “animalcules” he witnessed darting through the water and spinning like a top. One such marvelous protozoan was Vorticella. The way it rapidly contracted and expanded on its little stalk must have reminded Leeuwenhoek of a spring. It turns out, it is a spring – […]
Marine Unicorn Tusk is a Precision Sensor
December 13, 2005
Unicorns exist – in the north sea. Not horses, these are marine mammals, called narwhals, a kind of whale that sports a unique spiraling tooth that gives them the appearance of a unicorn. Scientists have puzzled for centuries over what these tusks are for. Leading theories were that males used them for joisting to defend […]
Micro-RNAs are Cells Optimizers
December 12, 2005
“Unnoticed next to the main ingredients, microRNAs were considered to be ‘junk’ DNA, leftovers from millions of years of evolution.” That line comes from an article on EurekAlert telling about how dramatically that picture has changed. RNA molecules are now seen to be indispensable, with many roles in the cell. This article talked about how […]
Does Big Science Know What Science Is?
December 11, 2005
How well do the leaders of the world’s major scientific institutions understand the nature of science? This rather audacious question is occasioned by recent statements by scientific leaders that might raise the eyebrows of some philosophers of science. No serious philosopher of science denies the benefits wrought by medicine, physics, chemistry and biology; […]
Instant Geology and Undersea Activity
December 9, 2005
We’re accustomed to thinking of geological processes as slow and gradual, except for volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides, but some recent stories are surprising for the speed and extent of active processes. Run: The Earth Is Splitting Apart: Geologists were amazed to find a rift in the Afar desert east of Ethiopia opening up 8 meters […]
Darwin Display Becomes Rallying Point
December 8, 2005
The Charles Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History (11/21/2005, 11/17/2005, 10/17/2005) has become a safe haven and symbol of dominance for Darwinists otherwise flustered by the controversy over evolution. This most in-depth exhibition of Darwin’s life and thought will make the rounds to Boston, Chicago, Toronto and London in coming seasons. Alan […]
Who Beat Up Paul Mirecki?
December 7, 2005
A dark sequel has been added to the story of the Univ. of Kansas prof who was going to teach a class ridiculing intelligent design, then canceled it when a defamatory email he wrote surfaced (see 11/29/2005 story). Now, he claims he was accosted while driving off campus early Monday morning and beaten up by […]
New Mammal Discovered in Borneo
December 6, 2005
Caught on camera: a cat-sized quadruped with a long, bushy tail. See the picture on National Geographic News. Found in Borneo’s rain forests, it is so new we don’t know what to call it yet. The article says this is the “first new mammal species discovered on the Southeast Asian island in more than a […]
Wine for Your Heart? Think Again
December 6, 2005
“Any heart gains from drinking alcohol in moderation are likely outweighed by the harm, say researchers.” That’s how a story on BBC News begins that warns that alleged benefits of alcohol for heart health may not be trustworthy. A New Zealand team investigated earlier scientific studies that purported to show benefits of drinking in moderation, […]
It Was the Year of Titan
December 5, 2005
Of the top 10 astronomy stories for 2005, Astronomy Magazine gave #6 to Cassini’s year at Saturn, and #1 to the Huygens landing on Titan last January 14 (01/14/2005, 01/21/2005). The official science papers from that event are now in. In a special online edition, Nature1 published 9 new papers and articles with […]
How You Tune In
December 5, 2005
Studies on rats have shown there are certain neurons that respond to changes in the background sound (see LiveScience story on MSNBC News). We humans probably have these, too. Rather than firing continuously, they search for changes in the auditory landscape that might be of interest: changes in pitch, loudness or duration in single sounds […]
SETI vs. Intelligent Design
December 3, 2005
Intelligent Design proponents have often pointed to the similarity between what they are doing and what SETI is doing. For example, SETI is attempting to detect evidence of intelligence in coded signals from space, and design biologists are detecting evidence of intelligence in the DNA code. Seth Shostak, Director of the SETI Institute, decided to […]
Archaeopteryx in the Headlines Again: New Specimen Reported
December 2, 2005
The best-preserved fossil yet of Archaeopteryx was announced in Science this week,1 the tenth in all. This one, described by Gerald Mayr of the Senckenberg Natural History Museum (Frankfurt, Germany), had a better-preserved foot than the others (all found in the Solnhofen Limestone beds of Bavaria) with indications it had a hyperextendable second toe somewhat […]
Cell Ribosome Assembly Is Like Throwing Car Parts Together
December 1, 2005
Ribosomes are the protein-assembly machines in the living cell (11/24/2005, 07/26/2005, 01/19/2005). A bacterium can have thousands of them. They are composed of two large RNA complexes; the smaller one has 20 unique proteins that fit snugly in various parts of the apparatus, and the larger complex has even more. How do the parts all […]
Mexican Footprints 1.3 Million Years Old? Impossible, Señor
November 30, 2005
Paleoanthropologists have a major conundrum on their hands, or feet. EurekAlert reported about controversial footprints found in Mexico ash deposits that had been thought to be 44,000 years old. Even that was too old for many to swallow, but new argon-argon dates show them to be 1.3 million years old – far older than those […]
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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.
