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Butterfly Cities and Spider Optics

October 22, 2012

Skycrapers of the future may shine in brilliant butterfly colors. Optical biosensors may be made from spider webs. These are just a few of the engineering marvels coming from biomimetics—the imitation of nature.

Cosmology

Shining Light on Dark Energy

October 21, 2012

Fifteen years after cosmologists proposed the existence of dark energy, they have learned nothing about it. In “Cosmology: Out of the Darkness,” Matthew Chalmers discussed the current thinking of Brian Schmidt, who shared the Nobel prize in 2011 for discovering cosmic acceleration (actually, an inference based on light from supernovae; see 9/30/2012). “Fifteen years after […]

Darwin and Evolution

New Jaws Sequel Has Evolutionists Teething

October 19, 2012

The evolution of teeth got pushed back farther in time, thanks to analysis of a placoderm fossil.

Dating Methods

Making Saturn's Moons with a Bang

October 18, 2012

Impacts are a favorite tool for planetary scientists to create beautiful things.

Astronomy

The Missing Zinc: Moon Rocks Still Tell Tales

October 18, 2012

Apollo ended 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong is dead, but lunar geologists are still using the moon rocks they brought home to construct a story of the moon's "evolution".

Amazing Facts

More Evidence Our Solar System Is Uniquely Suited for Life

October 16, 2012

With over 2,000 extrasolar planets found around nearly as many stars, there's still no place like home.

Amazing Facts

Weekend Grab Bag

October 14, 2012

Here are links to recent science findings and claims sure to stimulate thinking and further research.

Birds

Upper Limit Set on DNA Age

October 12, 2012

Forget Jurassic Park; DNA cannot last anywhere near 65 million years, researchers say.

Darwin and Evolution

Cambrian Explosion Began with Big Brains

October 11, 2012

A fossil Cambrian arthropod shows a large complex brain, prompting evolutionists to propose that evolution ran backwards from there.

Bible and Theology

Explaining Inland Seas Without a Flood

October 5, 2012

The Great Salt Lake and other large extinct inland seas in the desert remain a challenge to explain by conventional geology.

Darwin and Evolution

Lemur-fish, Vege-fang and other Fossil Follies

October 4, 2012

Fossils are doing just fine, but the scientists who interpret them are having a rough week (or century).

Astronomy

Supernova Dating and Classification Is Not Simple

September 30, 2012

Bang! goes a star. Watch how fast its contents move, and you know the date, right? Watch its light curve, and you know the type, right?

Astronomy

Planets and Moons Beneath the Surface

September 29, 2012

Can science peel back the surfaces of objects to see what's underneath? Can they go under the observations to find the explanations?

Biomimetics

Life Uses Quantum Mechanics

September 25, 2012

Long before man discovered quantum mechanics, birds and other living creatures were using it to good advantage.

Darwin and Evolution

Cambrian Soft Animal Survived Unchanged 200 Million Years

September 25, 2012

A fossil soft-bodied lobopodian has been found in Carboniferous strata in Illinois.

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