Biology

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Tiny Life Benefits the Whole World

April 19, 2018

Some very small organisms can produce global effects, such as the tiny crustaceans that stir the oceans every night. What would the oceans be like without life? If minerals, gases and nutrients had to mix by diffusion, the process would be very slow. Wind and currents could help somewhat. Now, Houghton et al., publishing in […]

Birds

The Information Packed Into a Bird Egg

April 18, 2018

There's more in a bird's egg than can be accounted for by the Reverse Humpty Dumpty Hypothesis (i.e., Darwinism).

Fossils

Do These Fossils Show Evolution?

April 17, 2018

Before taking an evolutionist's word for it that a fossil organism evolved, we should look at the evidence.

Biomimetics

Biomimetics Parade Marches Upward

April 14, 2018

Scientists continue to find amazing things about animals and plants that they wish to imitate in technology.

Dating Methods

How Long Does Geology Take?

April 13, 2018

Geological change can occur quickly, if conditions are right, affecting life and civilization.

Intelligent Design

Paley’s Watch Found

March 30, 2018

There actually is a clock in the heath, and it's in our bodies, too.

Biomimetics

Earwig Origami and Maple Seed Rockets

March 28, 2018

Engineering solutions from unlikely organisms inspire applications for wide-ranging human needs.

Cell Biology

Diatoms: A Case Study in Darwinian Explanation

March 27, 2018

Some of the most beautiful, elegant, and vital organisms on earth demand a better explanation than 'stuff happens over and over.'

Amazing Facts

City Trees Give More in Ecosystem Services Than They Cost

March 25, 2018

City planners need to plant more trees in urban areas, but the benefits go beyond beautifying pavement. Urban areas occupy 4% of the land surface of the planet, says Theodore A. Endreny in a Comment article in Nature Communications. That may strike readers as surprising, given most people’s attention to cities for work, travel and […]

Darwin and Evolution

Darwinism as an All-Purpose Story Plot

March 23, 2018

Observations are just props. The play is, “The Evolution of Whatever” or “How Whatever Evolved.” Now playing in science media near you. As a play, Darwinism has two subplots: natural selection and sexual selection. With a little creative screenwriting, any observation in nature can be fit into either or both subplots, provided the perhapsimaybecouldness index […]

Fossils

More Fossil Forests Found in Antarctica

March 22, 2018

The extent of fossil forests buried in the coldest continent on earth continues to grow and astound explorers.

Mammals

Elephants and Mammoths Were All One Kind

March 19, 2018

A new study of elephants, mammoths and mastodons show they were all interfertile or capable of hybridization. Our present world is impoverished of elephants, or “elephantids” as scientists dub the family. Mammoths and mastodons roamed throughout America and Asia, evidenced by the massive fossil beds, where millions of mammoth bones can be found in permafrost. […]