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Hagfishing for Eye Evolution

May 14, 2008

Darwin recognized the vertebrate eye as one of the biggest challenges for his theory. Still in 2008, evolutionists are debating it. Two recent articles, both pro-evolution, reveal almost black-and-white attitudes about the problem. One is cheery and optimistic; the other sober. Eye evolution? No problem. That seems to be the view of Kate […]

Amazing Facts

Cell Electronics Is High-Tech

May 13, 2008

To describe a living cell these days, you have to borrow electronics lingo. Notice how two recent articles described cell specs: Ham radio immunity: What acts like a radio dial, a signal amplifier, and a precision rheostat? Your immune system, according to Science Daily. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital described how the cell […]

Education

Darwinist Intolerance Continues Unabated after Expelled

May 12, 2008

Ben Stein’s documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed has ranked #12 in documentaries after 3 weeks. It could easily rank much higher after the DVD comes out. Has the scientific community shown any signs of remorse over their treatment of individuals and groups who question Darwinism, as illustrated in the film? ICR expelled: On April 24, […]

Origin of Life

Earths Core Values Questioned

May 11, 2008

Geologists have long assumed that iron attracted certain elements toward the earth’s core during its formation. The amounts of them we find today were added by meteorites and comets as a veneer on the surface later. A press release from Florida State University is questioning those core values. New research “calls into question three decades […]

Darwin and Evolution

Update: Cambrian Explosion Damage Control

May 10, 2008

Here’s an update to the “State of the Cambrian Explosion.” Two years ago, our 04/23/2006 entry analyzed a lengthy paper in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences by Dr. Charles R. Marshall, a Harvard professor of biology and geology. Dr. Marshall had taken on the arduous task of explaining, in evolutionary terms, the sudden […]

Genetics

Platypus Genome Surprises Evolutionists

May 9, 2008

Thanks to more efficient sequencing techniques, genomes of more and more animals are coming to light. The latest is from one of the most unusual animals in nature: the duck-billed platypus of Australia. The long and short of it: if evolutionists were confused about the phenotype (outward appearance) of this creature, they are just as […]

Education

Noahs Ark Goes Dutch

May 8, 2008

Noah’s ark has landed in the Netherlands. Johan Huibers, a Dutch contractor built the model to showcase the Biblical story and renew interest in Christianity in a country that has lost its faith. Fox News, USA Today, the BBC News, the Christian Post, CBN and many other news sources carried versions of the Associated Press […]

Genetics

Whence Plague?

May 8, 2008

Where did bubonic plague come from? Science News reported that two mutations turned the bacterium from a docile, innocuous bacterium into a curse. The combination of two mutations disabled the gene for aspartase, an enzyme that breaks down aspartic acid. When the crippled Yersinia pestis enters a host, more aspartic acid is generated […]

Biomimetics

How Useful Is Evolution Theory?

May 7, 2008

Is evolution good for anything? There’s no question it keeps a lot of scientists busy, but has it helped the proverbial man on the street? Here are two perspectives. Michael LePage hit the sales beat for evolution on New Scientist this week: Evolution is a beautiful theory. It explains everything from why some […]

Cell Biology

Fitting Data to Darwinism Takes Creativity and Spin

May 6, 2008

Fairly regularly, papers appear in journals under the heading of Evolution. The ones dealing with genetics tend to be hard to follow. They are filled with jargon, correlation scores, charts and network diagrams. They employ algorithms and databases unfamiliar to the lay reader. Overall, though, they claim to find support for Darwin’s tree of life […]

Dumb Ideas

Neanderthals Cant Get No Respect

May 6, 2008

Will evolutionary paleontologists ever make up their minds about Neanderthals? The story seems to change every year. Just when they had been getting more respect as Homo sapiens brethren, another researcher is demoting them to outsiders. An Argentinean anthropologist has measured anatomical features and concluded they were a separate species, reported PhysOrg. Understandably, […]

Solar System

Iapetus Is Losing Its Dry Ice

May 5, 2008

How long can a moon afford to leak? Iapetus is losing its dry ice (carbon dioxide) through sublimation at a prodigious rate, say scientists in a paper in Icarus this month.1 “One can see that the long-term stability of CO2 is problematic.” Solving the mystery of the dark side on this mystery moon […]

Astronomy

First Galaxies Fast and Compact

May 3, 2008

The old picture: after the big bang, matter is diffuse. Out of the darkness, stars slowly begin to form, as the first galaxies take shape. Galaxies start out large and slowly grow more dense and structured over billions of years. The new picture: the first galaxies are very compact and dense, spinning rapidly, with stars […]

Bible and Theology

Human Mind Outwits Darwinian Models

May 2, 2008

Evolutionists struggle to explain complex human behaviors in Darwinian terms. Sure, corporate squabbles can seem like survival of the fittest, but humans also sacrifice for people they don’t even know and do other weird, un-Darwinian things. In Darwinism, selfishness rules. How does cooperative and altruistic behavior arise from selfish motives? Here are some of the recent attempts to reconcile observations with a theory in which selfishness is key.

Origin of Life

Astrobiologists Pool Their Ignorance at AbSciCon

May 1, 2008

A big conference on Astrobiology was held in Santa Clara, California last month. It was the fifth AbSciCon (Astrobiology Science Conference), a bi-annual cross-disciplinary event. This one pulled together 675 researchers from 28 countries across a variety of disciplines, all interested in life in space. Naturally, evolution was an overarching theme. From Edna DeVore’s account […]

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