Philosophy of Science Welcome to the Anthropocene September 5, 2016 Geologists are adding a new era to the geologic column: the Anthropocene, when humans began man-handling the planet. CONTINUE READING
Dinosaurs Birds and Pterosaurs Flew Together September 2, 2016 Does it make evolutionary sense to find birds flying with pterosaurs? CONTINUE READING
Cosmology Dark Matter: Now You See It, Now You Don't August 30, 2016 All detectors fail to find dark matter. So how can a whole galaxy be made of it? CONTINUE READING
Fossils Latest Fossils: Dinosaurs, Whales and More August 26, 2016 Here's a quick survey of news about fossils, including remains of some monstrous creatures and a tiny one, too. CONTINUE READING
Geology Spirit Lake Threatens Megaflood August 22, 2016 36 years after Spirit Lake was destroyed by a volcano, it has come back with its own threats of destruction. CONTINUE READING
Dating Methods Radiation, Mistakes, and Assumptions August 19, 2016 Three news items about atomic radiation should cause us to beware of academic overstatement. CONTINUE READING
Early Man Protein Residue Found on Hominin Stone Tools August 17, 2016 Would you expect pieces of meat to survive on flakes of rock in the desert for 250,000 years? CONTINUE READING
Early Man Two if By Sea: Earliest Americans Boated Down the Coast August 15, 2016 The textbook theory of the first migration to the Americas across a land bridge is "dead in the water." CONTINUE READING
Early Man Piltdown Forger Fingered August 10, 2016 One man committed the greatest hoax in the history of anthropology, but others are not so easily exonerated for believing it. CONTINUE READING
Geology Chinese Flood Legend Was Historic August 8, 2016 A dam breach flood in China known only from legend appears to be supported by geological evidence. CONTINUE READING
Fossils Fossil DNA Stuns Geologists August 4, 2016 None of them would have believed DNA could survive over a million years. They have no explanation for its preservation. CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Hydrothermal OOL Chemistry Is Unlikely July 30, 2016 A favorite way for theorists to get around the lack of enzymes at the origin of life is shown to be implausible. CONTINUE READING
Early Man More Upsets in Human Origins Stories July 28, 2016 When it comes to a consensus on how humans evolved, there's no "there" there. CONTINUE READING
Media Media Perpetuates Lazy Thinking July 27, 2016 Lazy reporters don't do their homework, two critics in different fields complain. CONTINUE READING
Bible and Theology Joshua Was Right about Hazor July 25, 2016 Broken statue pieces from Tell Hazor indicate the Bible was right about the importance of this archaeological site in Israel. CONTINUE READING