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Why Milankovitch Cycle Theory Is Like Astrology

June 22, 2018

Sometimes a hunch proves to be unworkable. The Milankovitch Cycle theory has too many complications. It’s time to give it up. In the 1920s, Milutin Milankovitch, a Serbian astronomer, mathematician and popularizer of science, had a bright idea. Knowing that certain orbital cycles drift over time, he wondered if they could influence the earth’s climate. […]

Marine Biology

Incredible Fish that Defy Evolution

June 12, 2018

The variety of shapes, colors and ecological niches of fishes prove too much for chance mutations and unguided processes to handle.

Early Man

Origin of Agriculture Defies Evolutionary Long Ages

June 8, 2018

Evolutionists are at a loss to explain why agriculture arose suddenly in many regions relatively recently.

Dinosaurs

Surprises in the Chicxulub Tale of Dino Extinction

June 5, 2018

Did an asteroid hit in the Yucatan explain the demise of the dinosaurs? New drilling in the crater has brought some surprises.

Solar System

What’s Pluto Been Dune? Making Young Sand Dunes

June 4, 2018

Sand dunes were surprising enough on Titan, but et tu, Pluto? and young, recent dunes? Scientists couldn't believe their eyes.

Dating Methods

Radiocarbon Dating Is Not Globally Uniform

May 31, 2018

Adjustment required for dates in the Levant could undermine published results by decades and impact debates about Biblical chronology.

Solar System

Earth Is a Safe Haven

May 23, 2018

Recent news articles show how mechanisms protect earth's inhabitants from a hail of bullets overhead.

Early Man

Brain of Homo Naledi Estimated

May 16, 2018

The intriguing hominid fossils from a South African cave make news again. This time, the discoverer and a team of anthropologists learn more about the brains of these creatures. Were they people? In 2013, the world was shocked to hear of bones of Homo deep within the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa. Bones […]

Solar System

Europa May Be Another Geyser Moon

May 15, 2018

A re-assessment of data from the Galileo spacecraft appears to confirm suspected eruptions from the surface of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon.

Astronomy

Star Formation Theories Fail to Shine

May 10, 2018

Big things are wrong in astrophysics, say several news articles.

Fossils

Amber Fossils Do Not Accurately Record Animal Diversity

May 9, 2018

A survey of arthropods trapped in tree sap shows that the unlucky ones do not represent an accurate cross section of the community.

Geology

Concretions Can Form Rapidly

May 8, 2018

The spherical inclusions inside geological layers do not take millions of years to form, Japanese scientists say. Concretions are eye-catching. Varying in size from peas to cannonballs, the almost perfectly spherical balls that erode out of geological layers seem almost too perfect to be natural. Science Daily indicates that scientists, not only laypersons, are mystified […]

Darwin and Evolution

Snowball Earth Theory Not Set in Stone

May 7, 2018

Give an idea a name, and it can assume a reality in the imagination, even if there’s no evidence for it. Tae Hamm, writing for Glacier Hub, asks, “Was the Earth ever frozen solid?” Hamm, a student in climate science at Columbia University, reveals that a popular theory for the early earth before the explosion […]

Solar System

After Cassini, Titan Still a Problem for Long Ages

May 3, 2018

The scientist who predicted a global ocean on Titan 35 years ago is still baffled over why Cassini did not find it.

Darwin and Evolution

More Tangled Branches that Confound Darwinian Trees

May 2, 2018

Darwin's branching "tree of life" diagram made for a nice, simple, easy-to-understand, convenient myth. It has sent scientists on a wild tree chase ever since.

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