Solar System Moon Losing Its Water April 24, 2019 The moon loses more water than it receives from the solar wind or meteorites. How long has that been going on? CONTINUE READING
Geology Archive Classic: Where Do Gems and Precious Metals Come From? April 13, 2019 How did gems and precious metals get to the Earth's surface? CONTINUE READING
Geology Dead Sea Salt Cave Is Longest of Its Kind March 31, 2019 Cave explorers have determined that a passageway inside a mountain of salt in Israel is the longest salt cave in the world. CONTINUE READING
Fossils Misinterpreting Fossil Graveyards March 30, 2019 Fossils are real, but the stories concocted to explain how mixed-up animals became buried together involve assumptions. CONTINUE READING
Fossils Living Fossil Giant Bee Challenges Evolution March 27, 2019 Describing insects fossilized in amber is a matter of observable fact. Describing how they "evolved" is storytelling. CONTINUE READING
Fossils Soft Tissue in Biggest Ever Cambrian Fossil Bonanza March 23, 2019 Chinese scientists are uncovering shale with the best-preserved Cambrian animals ever found. CONTINUE READING
Fossils Los Angeles Ice Age Fossils Are Changing Tar Pit Story March 20, 2019 More Ice Age fossils have turned up in a Los Angeles subway tunnel, and there are surprises. CONTINUE READING
Physics How Well Do Astrophysicists Understand the Origin of Heavy Elements? March 15, 2019 Elements heavier than iron form in supernova explosions. End of story. We can all rest now. But wait... CONTINUE READING
Geology New Waterfall Theory Affects Interpretations of Climate, Tectonics March 14, 2019 How do waterfalls form? Geologists tested them in the lab, and found that some of them can make themselves. CONTINUE READING
Bible and Theology Bible Was Right #529: Springs of the Sea March 10, 2019 Long before scientists discovered the springs of the sea, God told Job about them. CONTINUE READING
Geology Mudstones Form Rapidly February 17, 2019 One of the most common sedimentary rocks can form a hundred times faster than previously thought. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Ultima Thule Baffles Astronomers February 11, 2019 Another first flyby has astronomers scratching their heads. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science Global Policies Can Trust Fake Science January 30, 2019 Some matters are just too complicated to know with certainty. Here's another "whoops" moment in climate science. CONTINUE READING
Dating Methods Counting Craters: Bad Assumptions Undermine Reliability January 29, 2019 A new chronology of Earth/moon history reaches conclusions that are so assumption-ridden as to be worthless. CONTINUE READING
Solar System The Moon Kills Visitors January 16, 2019 China's experiment to grow plants on the moon failed in one day. CONTINUE READING