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Maple to the Rescue

July 11, 2012

The SWAT team surrounds the compound. An officer tosses a maple seed into an open window and checks the readout on his computer. The team bursts in and, surprising the terrorists, rescues the hostages safely.

Dumb Ideas

Arsenic Life Isn't

July 10, 2012

Remember the claim in 2010 that living organisms were discovered using arsenic instead of phosphate? Further tests show it was not the case.

Darwin and Evolution

Are Two Cambrian Explosions Better than One?

July 9, 2012

Something seems wrong with this picture: deep sea creatures living in the dark were preserved in ash from a land volcano.

Astronomy

Inflation Again: This Time with Feeling

July 9, 2012

Inflation is dead. Long live inflation.

Darwin and Evolution

Are You a Musical Animal?

July 6, 2012

Music continues to be a distinctively human trait, despite evolutionists' attempts to find its origin in mutation and natural selection.

Genetics

Epigenetics: the 21st-Century Scientific Revolution

July 4, 2012

If genetics was the 20th century's major scientific revolution, epigenetics appears to be the big revolution for the 21st.

Amazing Facts

Animalympics

July 3, 2012

As summer Olympics season approaches, we should remember that we humans are not the only ones with some amazing physical abilities.

Amazing Facts

Evolutionists Taking Credit for Biomimetics

July 1, 2012

Biomimetics is all about design – intelligent design, mimicking the superb designs found in nature. Why, then, are some scientists claiming evolutionary theory is where the biomimetic beef is?

Botany

Evolution Worked Magic in Plants

June 29, 2012

Some evolutionary papers are filled with verbs like arose, emerged, and originated. Do these convey scientific understanding, or are they veils concealing ignorance? Is it like saying "abracadabra" to say something "arose" by evolution? A recent paper about sophisticated metabolic enzymes in plants is a case in point.

Amazing Facts

Thank Your Cilia

June 28, 2012

Throughout your body, cilia (protrusions on cells, singular cilium) are monitoring the environment and sweeping your passages clean.

Amazing Facts

Wonders Inside You

June 25, 2012

Do you have any idea how many emergencies are resolved inside your body every day without your conscious knowledge or control? Here are just 3 examples.

Darwin and Evolution

Evolution as Lottery Manipulator

June 22, 2012

Lady Luck is often clearly the stated referee of evolutionary events, but the vast number of times evolution wins suggests design afoot.

Amazing Facts

Why Your Inner Ear Has a Spiral Shape

June 21, 2012

The cochlea in the inner ear, where sound is transmitted to the brain, has a spiral shape resembling a snail shell. It's not just to save space, researchers have found.

Amazing Facts

Pitcher Plant Inspires R&D Award

June 21, 2012

The R&D 100 award, previously given for inventions like the fax machine and automated teller machine, has been given this year for a biologically-inspired design that could revolutionize society in many ways.

Cosmology

Beethoven Rolls Under Darwin

June 18, 2012

Beethoven may indeed be rolling in his grave, but not for the reasons some Darwin-loving reporters think.

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