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The War of the Museums

July 13, 2007

Some evolutionists have become very alarmed at the opening of the new Creation Museum in Kentucky (05/26/2007). They are so alarmed, in fact, that they are using pro-Darwin museums to counter-attack. Scientific American published a lengthy article on the war of the museums. Elisabeth Landau quickly used terms to label creationism as pseudoscience: […]

Physics

The Daily Planet

July 12, 2007

This entry is not about birds or planes; it’s supernews from the solar system. Sponge Blob: Hyperion, an oddball moon of Saturn between Titan and Iapetus, was featured at Jet Propulsion Laboratory last week (see stunning image from Sept. 2005 at the Cassini imaging team website). Two papers in Nature July 5 analyzed its sponge-like […]

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Archaeology: Babylonian Clay Tablet Mentions Biblical Name

July 11, 2007

Jeremiah mentioned Nebo-Sarsekim and Nebuchadnezzar, and so did Babylonian scribes. The Times Online reported today, “The British Museum yesterday hailed a discovery within a modest clay tablet in its collection as a breakthrough for biblical archaeology – dramatic proof of the accuracy of the Old Testament.” An article in the Telegraph calls it “a fantastic […]

Fossils

Baby Frozen Mammoth Found Intact

July 10, 2007

The BBC News has a picture of a baby frozen mammoth that was found intact in northwest Siberia. The article says it is one of the best-preserved frozen mammoths ever found, complete with eyes, fur, and trunk. One investigator said, “In terms of its state of preservation, this is the world’s most valuable discovery” of […]

Mammals

Elephant Trunk Inspires Robot Arm

July 9, 2007

Scientists are trying to imitate the smooth, supple movements of an elephant's trunk.

Genetics

What Are Human Genes Doing in a Sea Anemone?

July 8, 2007

The genome of a sea anemone has been published, and of all things, this lowly animal has genes common to vertebrates, even humans. Science Daily began with a conundrum, “The first analysis of the genome of the sea anemone shows it to be nearly as complex as the human genome, providing major insights into the […]

Cosmology

Nature Celebrates Bizarre ‘Many-Worlds’ Cosmology

July 7, 2007

The cover of Nature this week (July 7) looks like a comic book.

Fossils

Greenland Was Forest Green

July 6, 2007

Greenland once had boreal forests like those in Sweden, reported Science Daily. Researchers analyzed the mud under 2 km of ice and found DNA from yew, alder, pine, grain, butterflies, moths, flies and beetles. According to the article, “the research is painting a picture which is overturning all previous assumptions about biological life and the […]

Amazing Facts

Mother-of-Pearl Inspires Materials Science

July 5, 2007

It’s not only beautiful, it’s strong. EurekAlert described how scientists are intrigued by mother-of-pearl, also called nacre, because of its strength: you can drive a truck over it and it will not break. It is 3,000 times more resistant to fracture than the aragonite from which the oyster makes it. 95% of it self-assembles in […]

Dinosaurs

Chinese Eat Dragon Bone for Health

July 4, 2007

Chinese villagers dig up dinosaur bones for health food. Yahoo News reported, “Villagers in central China dug up a ton of dinosaur bones and boiled them in soup or ground them into powder for traditional medicine, believing they were from flying dragons and had healing powers.” The article says the bones are calcium rich and […]

Dumb Ideas

Evolutionist Trains Toddler to Adore Darwin

July 3, 2007

Marc Hauser is an evolutionary psychologist at Harvard who believes human morals and language evolved from ape-like ancestors.1 He was interviewed in Current Biology,2 and asked the usual question – and gave the usual answer with a surprising personal twist: Do you have a scientific hero? When my youngest daughter was about three years old, […]

Geology

Lord Kelvin’s Core Values Defended

July 2, 2007

Myth: Lord Kelvin held back the progress of geology for 100 years by insisting the Earth was younger than geologists and evolutionists believed. Myth debunked here.

Dumb Ideas

A Brain Emerged for Such a Worm as I

July 2, 2007

With no room for discussion or Q&A, a press release from European Molecular Biology Laboratory asserted, “Modern brains have an ancient core.” How ancient? At least as far back as the marine ragworm. Continuing the confident assertions, it went on to say, “Multifunctional neurons that sense the environment and release hormones are the evolutionary basis […]

Amazing Facts

Health News that Brings Hope

July 1, 2007

Why do we never see articles claiming that exercise is bad? Here are some more reasons to get moving. Work your brain: Who wouldn’t mind a few more brain cells? EurekAlert reported research from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden that exercise can stimulate the formation of new brain cells. They think this helps explain why […]

Astronomy

Cosmic Star Formation: When Elegant Theories Are Wrong

June 30, 2007

An astronomer wrote about “cosmic train wrecks” in Science recently.1 Paolo Coppi (Yale) was speaking about galactic mergers, but he could have just as well been talking about current cosmological models. Things once thought to be understood are coming in for new scrutiny, now that more powerful telescopes can peer deeper into the veiled hearts […]

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