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Shrink Validity Is Shrinking

May 18, 2012

Should you trust the diagnosis of a psychiatrist? If it helps, individuals are free to choose. Behind the scenes, however, there are severe, deep-seated debates about whether psychiatrists understand disorders, let alone diagnose them properly.

Darwin and Evolution

Butterfly Mimics Don't Evolve; They Share

May 16, 2012

A non-evolutionary explanation has been found for a classic evolutionary showpiece: mimicry in butterflies.

Mind and Brain

Improbable Ape Speaks Randomly

May 15, 2012

It's not uncharitable to call someone an ape when he calls himself that.

Bible and Theology

Evolutionists Need to Mind Their Matters

May 12, 2012

To a Darwinian evolutionist, the mind is the product of unguided mutations and random environmental pressures acting on material forces. This raises questions about the mind and morals: do they have any validity? Evolutionists need to "mind" their matter. The following examples show how they try to justify these non-material entities arising from matter in motion.

Darwin and Evolution

Lamarckism: Dead but Useful

May 11, 2012

Lamarck's theory of evolution was supposed to have died in 1859 when Darwin published his theory of natural selection. Despite textbook depictions of Lamarckism as obsolete, Lamarckian language still surfaces from time to time, even in prestigious journals.

Dating Methods

Best Cave Art Is Still the Oldest

May 9, 2012

A new research study confirms that the exquisite cave art at Chauvet Cave is the oldest.

Cell Biology

New Chirality Solution Proposed

May 9, 2012

It's long been a mystery why cells use one hand of two-handed molecules, like left-handed amino acids and right-handed sugars. A new proposal solves the mystery, explaining how this phenomenon called homochirality arises naturally. Wait a minute...

Darwin and Evolution

Evolution for Men and Women

May 8, 2012

Two recent entries in the evolution literature have application to one sex or the other.

Darwin and Evolution

Coelacanth: Survival of the Dullest

May 5, 2012

A new fossil species of coelacanth was discovered in Canada. Scientists think from its tail fin shape that it was a fast swimmer–perhaps a hunter. Sadly, it was a "spectacular failure" in evolution. The luck of the evolutionary draw went to today's slow-moving, docile species.

Bible and Theology

We Became Human by Mistake

May 5, 2012

A new theme in human evolution is making the rounds. According to the story, a mistake led to the human brain, and the rest is history.

Darwin and Evolution

Earth Myths with a Sprinkling of Data

May 3, 2012

Some recent articles on dating methods show that tiny bits of data can be used to generate whoppers.

Amazing Facts

Animals Have Biological GPS

April 30, 2012

Global Positioning System (GPS): that's a function. Maintaining a suite of satellites is one method for achieving the function. But there are other ways to figure out where in the world you are, and two very different animals show the way – naturally – using Earth's global magnetic field.

Amazing Facts

Why You Are Waterproof

April 29, 2012

Can you imagine inflating like a water balloon every time you jumped in a swimming pool? Or what if water leaked out of your skin every time you drank a glass of water? Your skin forms an impermeable barrier to water, a new study found, because of a unique way certain molecules are arranged.

Birds

Questioning the Dino-Bird Hypothesis

April 27, 2012

The scientific consensus has pretty much declared it a fact of natural history that birds evolved from dinosaurs. One evolutionary professor remains a gadfly, though. He contests the evidence on which the hypothesis is based, and also believes his maverick position is growing.

Bible and Theology

King David Ruled Cities, Not Shepherds

April 24, 2012

Ongoing archaeological finds from Khirbet Qeiyafa in ancient Judah now show conclusively that the site had fortified walls with gates, administrative buildings, bronze and iron objects, and artifacts suggesting extensive trade with foreign powers. These discoveries cast doubt on the "minimalist" chronology of some liberal scholars who claim that King David, even if he existed, was a tribal chief over pastoralists.

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