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Stellar Dust Disk Vanishes in 3 Years

July 7, 2012

According to widely accepted theory, planets evolve from orbiting dust disks surrounding stars. If so, planets trying to form in the dust around one young star didn't have much time. The disk evaporated within 3 years.

Darwin and Evolution

Are You a Musical Animal?

July 6, 2012

Music continues to be a distinctively human trait, despite evolutionists' attempts to find its origin in mutation and natural selection.

Bible and Theology

Psychologists Go Demonic

July 5, 2012

Delving into Ouija boards, committing fraud... is there anything secular psychologists won't stoop to?

Botany

Explanatory Filter in Action: Fairy Circles in Africa

June 30, 2012

The old "crop circle" craze fanned the curiosity of many, till humans were filmed making them. Now, scientists have a different circle mystery, and they're stumped.

Botany

Evolution Worked Magic in Plants

June 29, 2012

Some evolutionary papers are filled with verbs like arose, emerged, and originated. Do these convey scientific understanding, or are they veils concealing ignorance? Is it like saying "abracadabra" to say something "arose" by evolution? A recent paper about sophisticated metabolic enzymes in plants is a case in point.

Darwin and Evolution

Who Owns Science? Publication Revolution Underway

June 27, 2012

A revolution in scientific publishing may fundamentally alter the power structure over science and result in openness for all.

Astronomy

Scientific Markers Can Mislead

June 26, 2012

In historical sciences, observable phenomena are often used as indicators of past phenomena. Some recent examples show how these can mislead researchers.

Bible and Theology

SETI Gets Good Press

June 25, 2012

For an enterprise that has failed for 50 years, SETI gets good press. There are many worthy enterprises on the planet; what is it about SETI that gets honorable mention with nary a critical word?

Darwin and Evolution

Evolution as Lottery Manipulator

June 22, 2012

Lady Luck is often clearly the stated referee of evolutionary events, but the vast number of times evolution wins suggests design afoot.

Bible and Theology

Belief in Hell Lowers Crime

June 20, 2012

A psychologist has determined that belief in hell reduces the crime rate. A finding like this might belong in the "Well, duh" category, but more interesting is the interpretation.

Cosmology

Beethoven Rolls Under Darwin

June 18, 2012

Beethoven may indeed be rolling in his grave, but not for the reasons some Darwin-loving reporters think.

Education

Scientific Method Evolves

June 17, 2012

The so-called "scientific method" (if there is such a thing) has undergone dramatic changes throughout history, but there is one constant that can be relied upon: the myth of scientism.

Dating Methods

Titan Lake News: Throwing Caution to the Wind

June 15, 2012

Planetary scientists cautiously suggested the possible presence of an equatorial lake on Saturn's moon Titan. You wouldn't know that from the headlines.

Bible and Theology

Neanderthal-Heidelberg Distinction Blurs

June 14, 2012

"Heidelberg Man" has been a modern name imposed on certain fossil humans that have been unable to speak for themselves. Now, their bones appear to overlap with Neanderthals. But don't modern humans have Neanderthal DNA? Do the distinctions make any sense?

Bible and Theology

South Korea "Creationism" Means War

June 11, 2012

Give just one side of a controversy the press, and you will get a one-sided presentation of the issues. That happened this week in the journal Nature.

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