Birds Bird Evolution Explodes December 13, 2014 Did birds arrive in a 'big bang' of evolution, or is their explosive appearance yielding a scattered jetsam of Darwinian theories? CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics Big Science Pushes Gay Marriage December 12, 2014 Is it the business of science to convert people to support "gay marriage"? Look what the AAAS just published. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Comet Ocean Theory Debunked December 11, 2014 Data from the Rosetta mission debunk the notion that comets brought Earth's ocean water. Now they're hoping asteroids could have. CONTINUE READING
Bible and Theology Pathogens Don't Exist December 10, 2014 It takes a partnership to have a disease, say two microbiologists who argue for ditching the word "pathogen." CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics Obamacare Architect Is a Eugenicist December 9, 2014 Jonathan Gruber has published papers justifying abortion for improving the lives of the living. Did he suggest that for the elderly in the Affordable Care Act? CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics The Democratic Party Does Not Own Science December 7, 2014 A journal commentator comes to the rescue of conservatives, who get an undeserved bad rap about science. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Astrobiology Hopes Diminish December 6, 2014 Recent findings both near and far create challenges for beliefs that life is common in the universe. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Full Moon Has Magnetic Secret December 5, 2014 Ponder this under tonight's full moon. Scientists now say the moon once had a magnetic field stronger than Earth's is now. CONTINUE READING
Early Man Homo erectus Joins Art Society December 4, 2014 Etchings on a shell said to be 500,000 years old are shaking up evolutionary paleoanthropologists. Why? Evidence of abstract thinking far too early. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Earthbound Martians Go Nuts December 2, 2014 How 90,000 Earthlings sent greetings to imaginary friends on Mars, and other Martian nuttiness. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Schizophrenia: Diagnosis or Delusion? November 30, 2014 Much as psychiatrists would like to help the afflicted, it doesn't help to affix an empty label to an imprecise condition. CONTINUE READING
Bible and Theology Good Gratitude: To Science or God? November 27, 2014 There are health benefits to thanksgiving, but motivation is the key. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Let's Get [Thankful for the] Mental November 26, 2014 Wonders of the human brain and sensory systems continue to pour forth from scientific research, providing more reasons to give thanks. CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics Adult Stem Cells Beat Clones November 24, 2014 In a contest to see which are better, induced pluripotent stem cells proved just as good as clones. More stem cell news follows. CONTINUE READING
Media Time Magazine Distorts Science History November 23, 2014 Seen that magazine "Great Scientists" at the checkout counter? It's a mixed bag. CONTINUE READING