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How to Use Your Brain

April 24, 2013

The fact that you can ponder how to use your brain implies it is a physical tool your soul uses. New findings support the idea that we can improve our brain function through effort, like we can learn to become better computer users.

Botany

Weekend Entertainment: Evolutionary Just-So Stories

April 21, 2013

When you see a science headline in the form "How the .... got its ...." prepare for a laugh. Now, even some evolutionists are laughing.

Astronomy

What's New in the Primordial Soup?

April 19, 2013

The bubbling froth percolates with ideas about how life "emerged," each new notion trying to outdo the last in vacuity.

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Coelacanth: Making the Most of an Unevolved Fish

April 18, 2013

The coelacanth genome has been sequenced. Does it show evidence for evolution? Only to those with a good imagination.

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Divorce Spats Between Lucy and Designated Replacement

April 15, 2013

Lucy was the darling of the 1980s, but with Australopithecus sediba taking center stage, her fans are not happy.

Amazing Facts

Human and Animal Brains: Uniquenesses and Similarities

April 12, 2013

Several recent science articles explore what we have in common with animals, and what is unique about the human brain.

Amazing Facts

Intact Protein Remnants Found in Dinosaur Eggs

April 10, 2013

A new record for soft tissue in a dinosaur fossil was reported in Nature: collagen in dinosaur eggs from the early Jurassic.

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The Hunt for Selection in the Genes

April 9, 2013

One might think that 154 years after Darwin's book about it, natural selection would be empirically obvious. The journal Nature went on a search for it in DNA.

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Laughing Matters

April 8, 2013

Why is it that scientists need to investigate "the evolutionary origins" of anything humans do?

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Freckled Trilobites Had Great Eyes

March 29, 2013

Darlings of the Cambrian Explosion, trilobites had spotted markings and sophisticated eyes. Some have been exceptionally well preserved as fossils, down to the level of individual cells.

Amazing Facts

Scientific Findings Can Be Counterintuitive

March 28, 2013

Here are examples of recent claims in science that seem to contradict what some would consider intuitively obvious. They should be kept in mind when evaluating other scientific truisms, like evolution.

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The Ediacaran Era May Be a Flawed Concept

March 26, 2013

Before humans arrived, no strata came with "Ediacaran" stamped on them. Does this human-invented name have any real meaning? Does it tell time?

Birds

Evolution Is Not Just Change or Similarity

March 23, 2013

Many scientific findings get labeled with "evolution" even though neo-Darwinism has nothing to do with them.

Bible and Theology

Scientific Organizations Promote Leftist Social Causes

March 22, 2013

What on earth does a science journal have to do with abortion or gay marriage? Some editors and reporters are actively pushing for social revolution.

Cell Biology

OOLishness: The Imaginary World of Origin-of-Life Studies

March 20, 2013

Why aren't philosophers of science shaming origin-of-life researchers out of the science department? OOL theories depend on imagination, not empirical evidence, for their broad-brush conclusions.

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