Dating Methods Radiocarbon Assumptions Questioned March 21, 2020 Every dating method involves assumptions, because historical sciences are not repeatable like laboratory experiments. CONTINUE READING
Geology Geology: Bold Steps in Self-Deception March 19, 2020 It's possible to collect clues that suggest your model is working, all while heading off in the wrong direction. CONTINUE READING
Amazing Facts Small Animals Strut Their Stuff March 14, 2020 Bioengineers struggle to keep up with the designs in nature. For Pi Day, here are some amazing designs in small animals. CONTINUE READING
Amazing Facts Smart Devices March 6, 2020 Nature had smart devices long before humans thought of making them. Here are a few that engineers envy. CONTINUE READING
Dinosaurs Dinosaur DNA Found! February 28, 2020 Deep-timers had a big enough problem with collagen and melanosomes. But DNA should be long gone. 75 million years? No way! CONTINUE READING
Human Body Footnote: Evolution Adds Nothing February 27, 2020 A new study of foot stiffness helps explain human walking and running, and might inspire robots. Evolution adds nothing. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Mars InSighters and Mars InBlinders February 25, 2020 The Mars Insight lander has been on the red planet for a year, looking for evidence of geological activity and life. CONTINUE READING
Fossils Desperation to Keep Dinosaur Soft Tissue Old February 18, 2020 The big guns are out to prove dinosaur blood vessels and collagen really can last tens of millions of years. Do they succeed? CONTINUE READING
SETI SETI Wants Your Money to Look at Nothing February 17, 2020 Since one cannot prove a universal negative, SETI believers can search forever without accountability. CONTINUE READING
Terrestrial Zoology Bumblebees Are Misnamed February 6, 2020 They don't bumble. They use efficient techniques to get the most bang of weightlifting for the buck of wing flaps. CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Tomfoolery in OOL January 31, 2020 Origin-of-life scientists know chemistry, but not logic. CONTINUE READING
Cell Biology Molecular Machines Work for Us January 30, 2020 Life runs on machinery. Here are examples of machines that keep us humming. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Good Science Bears Good Fruit January 29, 2020 Science may not understand reality, but individual scientists know what can benefit other people. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science You Can Trust Science! (to Reverse Itself) January 28, 2020 Hardly a week goes by without a press release announcing that a common scientific belief is wrong. What does this imply? CONTINUE READING
Fossils Oldest Scorpion Stings Darwin January 27, 2020 Storytellers caught in the act: making up an evolutionary tale when the fossil evidence does not support it. CONTINUE READING