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Butterfly Cities and Spider Optics

Skycrapers of the future may shine in brilliant butterfly colors. Optical biosensors may be made from spider webs. These are just a few of the engineering marvels coming from biomimetics—the imitation of nature.

The Missing Zinc: Moon Rocks Still Tell Tales

Apollo ended 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong is dead, but lunar geologists are still using the moon rocks they brought home to construct a story of the moon's "evolution".

Weekend Grab Bag

Here are links to recent science findings and claims sure to stimulate thinking and further research.

Evolutionist Beside Himself with "Science Denialism"

Sean B. Carroll is frustrated so many still deny evolution, but he shoots his own argument in the foot.

Convergence Convenience

Is "convergent evolution" a convenient escape clause for evidence that contradicts evolution?

Survival of the Nicest

Baboons monitored for personality did best if they fell in the "Nice" category.

Peer Reviewed Research: The Fraud Explosion

Ethicists are becoming alarmed at the explosive increase in scientific fraud cases – and those are just the ones that were caught.

Lemur-fish, Vege-fang and other Fossil Follies

Fossils are doing just fine, but the scientists who interpret them are having a rough week (or century).

Children Act Like Scientists

Toddlers express the basic aspects of scientific thinking: finding cause and effect by the experimental method.

Supernova Dating and Classification Is Not Simple

Bang! goes a star. Watch how fast its contents move, and you know the date, right? Watch its light curve, and you know the type, right?

Evolution Funnies

Sometimes Darwinians are funny. They take themselves so seriously, applying natural selection to everything on earth except their own seriousness.

Will Elitist Science Lead to Mind Control?

When you can't convince the public, try zapping or manipulating them.

Intolerance Grows for Skeptics of Consensus Science in Spite of Data

If you question evolution or man-caused global warming, be prepared for a smear. If you are a Christian, be prepared for hate. But the skeptics may have the facts on their side.

Is This Any Way to Learn About the Origin of Life?

Pollute, freeze, zap. Goal: "to better understand how life arose on Earth."

Human Brain: "Enormous Biochemical Complexity"

A new biochemical atlas finds consistency, complexity, and precision in the human brain.
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