Darwin and Evolution

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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.

Politics and Ethics

On Ethical Gray Zones

November 26, 2013

Examples from World War II and the present illustrate that just because some people compromise ethics doesn't mean ethics itself is a matter of opinion.

Education

Reporter Perpetuates Evolution Stereotypes in Texas Ed Article

November 22, 2013

AP reports are often multiplied uncritically across the world, even when their facts are wrong.

Genetics

Bacteria Take Up Dead DNA, Scrambling Evolution

November 20, 2013

It's not just horizontal gene transfer that can obscure evolutionary history. Scientists have found bacteria recycling fragmented DNA from long-dead organisms. The impact on evolutionary theory could be substantial.

Cosmology

Jewish Radio Host Takes on Atheist Cosmologist

November 19, 2013

A popular radio talk show host held his own against a PhD cosmologist who argues the universe came from nothing.

Geology

What Do Geologists Know About the Early Earth?

November 14, 2013

There's not much data, and there's a lot of doubt and debate. That's what a geologist admits about theories of early earth history.

Cell Biology

Cool Tools in your Cellular Toolkit

November 13, 2013

Biochemists can't help using familiar tools to describe what they are finding in living cells.

Birds

Archaeopteryx May Have Devolved from a Flying Bird

November 12, 2013

In all the debates about the status of Archaeopteryx between reptiles and birds, no one till now expected this wild idea: it lost its ability to fly.

Terrestrial Zoology

Vicious Crocodile Attacks Helpless Fruit

November 11, 2013

An evolutionist was surprised to find wild crocodiles eating fruit. He has a lesson for scientists.

Origin of Life

Evolutionary Origin-of-Life Speculations Contradict Each Other

November 9, 2013

Good scientific approaches should converge on the truth. In secular origin-of-life studies, theories run off in all directions, often crashing into one another.

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.

Education

NASA Astrobiologists Draw Comics on the Job

November 6, 2013

A federally-funded NASA website about astrobiology has just launched an evolutionary comic strip. Is this an appropriate use of taxpayer funds?

Mammals

Attack of the Giant Platypus

November 5, 2013

King Kong Platypus. Platypus-zilla. That's what they're calling a new fossil that is shaking up the platypus family tree.

Mammals

Whale of a Batty Tale on Sonar Evolution

November 4, 2013

How did two animals completely different in size and ancestry, living in very different environments, arrive at the same complex sensing mechanism?

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