Solar System Planetary Science Evolves to Fit Failed Predictions February 16, 2023 The scientists may consider correction a benefit, but why were they so wrong for so long? CONTINUE READING
Fossils Can Pristine Fossils Be Old? February 10, 2023 Cases of exceptional preservation in fossils should raise questions about alleged deep time. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Ring Around the Theory February 9, 2023 We all fall down, say theorists about a ring around a minor planet where it shouldn't exist. CONTINUE READING
Geology Oceans Mitigate Global Warming January 7, 2023 New findings show that our ocean, and the unique molecule—water—are designed to ameliorate climate catastrophes. CONTINUE READING
Geology Old Earth View Requires Storytelling January 4, 2023 If geologists relied on empirical observation, they would not get billions of years out of rocks. CONTINUE READING
Solar System The Last and Lasting Footprint on the Moon December 14, 2022 50 years ago, Harrison Schmitt left the last footprint on the moon, but he is leaving tracks of an independent thinker on Earth. CONTINUE READING
Dating Methods Can DNA Last 2 Million Years? December 9, 2022 A new claim about ancient DNA deserves some scrutiny. Why did they double their maximum lifetime of DNA so quickly? CONTINUE READING
Solar System How to Keep the Solar System Old: Struggle and Hope December 2, 2022 Keeping the consensus age of the solar system is vital to evolution, but observations keep getting in the way. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Returning to a Young Moon November 15, 2022 On the eve of the Artemis launch, questions about the age and formation of the moon have resurfaced. CONTINUE READING
Dating Methods Yosemite Just Got a Lot Younger October 21, 2022 This is why you should never trust national park displays. Yosemite Valley could be less than 4% previous age estimates. CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics Weekend Climate Reader October 15, 2022 Research on climate does not always match political hype. CONTINUE READING
Geology Volcanoes Feed the Planet with Nutrients October 13, 2022 A powerful volcano last January was followed by a phytoplankton bloom. What's the connection? CONTINUE READING
Early Man Nobel Prize for Human Non-Evolution October 12, 2022 Nobel Prize awarded to Svante Pääbo for work on human evolution. Ironically, his work fails to support human evolution. CONTINUE READING
Solar System NASA Goes Loony: Moon Formed in Mere Hours? October 4, 2022 Is it clickbait? NASA is claiming the moon formed within hours after a collision. CONTINUE READING
Botany Getting to the Roots Problem October 3, 2022 Understanding plant roots requires figuring out how they solve problems of physics. CONTINUE READING