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Junk Science Gets Good Press if It Supports Darwinism

September 13, 2013

The headlines for some scientific news stories might leave philosophers of science wagging their heads. Few, though, are the reporters willing to call something really dumb, or at least questionable—especially if it appears to support evolution.

Origin of Life

Evolutionists View Poison as Elixir of Life

September 11, 2013

Hydrogen cyanide is one of the most reactive and toxic molecules we know, but astrobiologists view it with almost alchemical qualities for the origin of life.

Botany

More Reasons to Love Plants

September 10, 2013

For food, for visual pleasure, and for the health of the whole planet, plants are worth loving and learning about.

Fossils

Tiger in Oil and Other Surprising Fossils

September 9, 2013

Deposits in North and South America reveal a rich diversity of mammals discovered by oil workers, some fossils in the oil.

Origin of Life

Mars Panspermia a Sign of Desperation

September 7, 2013

A second article proposes life began on Mars, prompting some observers to point out the failures of naturalistic origin-of-life theories.

Darwin and Evolution

Darwin Fumbles

September 4, 2013

154 years after Darwin’s Origin of Species, evolutionists say they still do not understand the origin of species. In addition, they've lost most of whatever data they had.

Physics

Shocking Facts About Electric Life

September 3, 2013

Talk about power plants: did you know plants use electricity? Some fish, also, can navigate or stun their prey using electrical organs.

Physics

Snowball Earth: Manufacturing a Narrative

September 2, 2013

The press and TV treat presumed scenarios like a "snowball Earth" as historic facts. A look at how the sausage is made, however, shows little empirical meat and mostly filler in a process characterized by tweaking, picking, and constant debate.

Biomimetics

What's a Hairy Wood Ant Good For?

August 31, 2013

A humble, rare ant might help humans learn how to communicate better with networks. It's just one of many ways nature is inspiring technology that approaches perfection.

Fossils

Fearsome-Looking Terror Bird May Have Been Vegan

August 30, 2013

You can't judge a book by it's cover. In the same way, you can't assume a large extinct bird with a huge beak was a terror-raising predator.

Geology

Grand Canyon Demoted by New Discovery

August 29, 2013

A canyon longer than Grand Canyon has been discovered under the ice of Greenland. Scientists are surprised that it has persisted through the ice ages.

Origin of Life

You Are Not a Martian

August 28, 2013

Every once in awhile, someone "suggests" that life began on Mars, not Earth. Here it comes again from someone who knows better.

Mind and Brain

Psychotherapy Has a Shrink

August 27, 2013

For better or worse, the practice of psychotherapy is shrinking, reports say.

Origin of Life

Observable Chemistry Does Not Logically Apply to the Origin of Life

August 22, 2013

Origin-of-life researchers assume that intelligently-designed experiments in the lab can inform them about the emergence of life without design – in short, that design proves non-design.

Darwin and Evolution

Survival of the Weakest

August 21, 2013

If "sometimes it pays to be a weakling," what does that mean for 154 years of Darwinian teaching about survival of the fittest? What does it mean, further, when sexual selection doesn't work?

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