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Hummingbird Metabolism a "Marvel of Evolutionary Engineering"

December 5, 2013

Unlike humans, hummingbirds are equally good at extracting energy from fructose as from glucose. They are marvels of evolutionary engineering. That makes perfect evolutionary sense.

Early Man

Javelin Upsets Early Man Timeline

November 28, 2013

A well-crafted spear point for a javelin is dated way too early for the current evolutionary timeline.

Human Body

New Attempts to Disparage Maleness

November 27, 2013

Lab mice can produce offspring with just two genes from their Y chromosomes, but what does that mean for men?

Human Body

Trillions of Helpers in Your Body and Brain

November 24, 2013

Recent discoveries in human physiology should cause us to stand in awe of the design of our earthly dwelling, especially at the scale of cells.

Politics and Ethics

Obvious Things Scientists Are "Discovering"

November 18, 2013

Do we really need scientists to tell us the obvious?

Philosophy of Science

Surprising Things Science Didn't Know

November 17, 2013

Scientists presume to speak with confidence about the origin of the universe and billions of years, but have been clueless about some everyday things close to home in the present.

Biomimetics

Three New and Different Biomimetics Stories

November 15, 2013

There appears to be no end of ways to imitate nature's designs.

Bible and Theology

Buck Up; We're Stuck on Earth

November 10, 2013

Star Trek is out, scientists have found. Our bodies can't take extended space travel.

Mind and Brain

Incredible Stories of Human Ability in Weakness

November 8, 2013

Here are three amazing stories that speak for themselves.

Darwin and Evolution

Respect for Alfred Russel Wallace: Too Little, Too Late

November 7, 2013

On the 100th anniversary of his death, Alfred Russell Wallace is getting a smattering of attention, but not nearly what Darwin gets every day. Perhaps it's because the co-discoverer of natural selection believed in intelligent design.

Darwin and Evolution

Snakes on a Brain, and Other Evolutionary Stories

November 2, 2013

When evolution is seen as a storytelling game rather than a serious attempt at scientific explanation, it suddenly makes sense.

Health

Overcoming Natural Evil with Good

November 1, 2013

Things that bite and sting are not always 100% harmful. Maybe some of our categories of natural evil are due to ignorance.

Health

Boost Your Health Outdoors

October 28, 2013

Health experts keep finding more reasons for people of all ages to get active outside in nature.

Mind and Brain

Bee Brain Shows Design Matters Over Size

October 22, 2013

Honeybees can be trained to grasp conceptual relationships, new experiments show, demonstrating that it's not just brain size that governs ability.

Intelligent Design

3-D Printing Is a Simplified Form of Biomimetics

October 21, 2013

One of the hottest industrial revolutions in progress is 3-D printing. It can't hold a candle, though, to biological materials construction.

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