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Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Medieval Human Dung

February 27, 2014

Centuries before antibiotics were put into use for human health, genes for antibiotic resistance already existed in viruses found in human coprolites, new research shows.

Birds

Story on Evolution of Birds Glosses Over Details

February 24, 2014

It takes more to turn a dinosaur into a bird than changing arm and leg ratios and reducing body size.

SETI

Fantasizing About Alien Contact

February 22, 2014

The only evidence of alien intelligence is inside the imaginations of evolutionary scientists and their reporters.

Darwin and Evolution

Evolutionary Explanations Add Illogic to Speculation

February 21, 2014

Some evolutionary explanations may sound reasonable until you do the accounting from Darwin's explanatory resources.

Philosophy of Science

Just Say No! to Evolutionary Speculation

February 19, 2014

"Prove it!" used to be the goal of science. With rampant speculation in the science news media, it's time to demand accountability.

Human Body

The Human Being Is a Valuable Design

February 17, 2014

There's more amazing technology going on inside you than meets the eye. Should not human life be honored and protected?

Fossils

Ichthyosaur Fossilized Giving Birth

February 14, 2014

Caught in the act: another fossil shows an extinct marine reptile giving birth to live young.

Darwin and Evolution

Darwin Day Came and Went

February 12, 2014

Except among certain special-interest groups, Darwin Day seems to have been a non-event, but one Darwinist won an award for Censor of the Year.

Fossils

New Cambrian Fossil Quarry Beats Burgess Shale

February 11, 2014

A new outcrop of the Burgess Shale formation in Canada appears to be richer and more diverse than the original.

Early Man

Downfall of Homo antecessor, Ancestor in Name Only

February 10, 2014

Details make the story of Homo antecessor an improbable tale of human evolution.

Fossils

Cretaceous Starling Flew Over Feathered Dinosaurs

February 8, 2014

A beautifully-preserved fossil from China shows a full-fledged bird doing just fine 60 million years before T. rex walked.

Darwin and Evolution

Fittest Can't Survive If They Never Arrive

February 7, 2014

A study on mutational possibilities suggests that benefits to fitness are too rare to account for evolution.

Media

Fact Checkers, Spin Doctors Go to Work After Creation Debate

February 5, 2014

Neither side feels their champion scored a clear victory in the creation debate. Now it's time to evaluate who had the better facts and logic under fire.

Education

Bill Nye Scores on Debate Presentation if Not Logic

February 4, 2014

In the widely-publicized debate with Ken Ham, Bill Nye could not account for the laws of logic, but it won't matter to many listeners wooed by his charm.

Fossils

Chinese Dinosaurs May Have Been Buried in Volcanic Ash

February 4, 2014

A new analysis of Chinese fossils claims a Pompeii-style eruption buried them suddenly. What does this imply about dating the fossils?

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