Talk the Walk
September 24, 2015
Upright walking—that distinctive human form of locomotion—is more complex than putting one foot in front of the other. Let's talk the walk.
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Sight Is More than Having Eyeballs
September 23, 2015
The brain is integrally involved with eyes to make vision meaningful and responsive.
Do You Know How Lucky You Are to Live on Earth?
September 22, 2015
The factors that make life possible came together so beautifully, even materialists have trouble knowing why we're here.
Secular Science Leaders Defend Baby Butchering
September 20, 2015
Instead of joining the outrage against the dismemberment and marketing of baby body parts, science leaders rush to defend the grisly practice.
Evaluating Homo naledi
September 19, 2015
Lee Berger's remarkable cache of hominid bones found deep in a South African cave is generating a lot of news, but major questions remain.
How Exercise Benefits Bones and Muscles
September 16, 2015
Will it be possible in the future to reduce fat, build muscle, and strengthen bones with an injection of a hormone?
Insects Worth Respecting
September 12, 2015
Most six-legged creatures are small and we give them little notice. Here are surprises that entomologists are discovering in some very special insects.
Did Man Create God, or Vice Versa?
September 6, 2015
Another theory is making the rounds that social groups invented moralizing gods to keep people under control.
Reproducibility Crisis in Psychology, and Other Science Woes
September 5, 2015
Here's more evidence that human pride, greed and ambition can get in the way of the ideals of science.
Worm Therapy Becoming Trendy
September 2, 2015
Treatment with helminths (roundworms), once considered gross, is actually proving effective.
Built-in Brain Designs that Amaze Scientists
August 31, 2015
Here's a quick run-down of brain news that should make us stand in awe of the 3-pound mass inside our skulls.
Jesus Was Not a Product of Parthenogenesis
August 30, 2015
Secular scientists are free to disbelieve in the Virgin Birth, but should at least try to understand what they are denying.
Applications from Nature
August 25, 2015
In this Biomimetics list, we start with the application, then tell you what organism inspired it.
People Portrayed as Predator Plague on Planet
August 23, 2015
Humans are exceptional, all right; they kill everything else. What would Darwin do?
Adult Stem Cells Coming of Age
August 22, 2015
Who needs human embryos? Treatments with ethically-pure adult stem cells are moving from the lab to the doctor's office.