Horned Dinosaurs Had Better Teeth than Mammals
June 8, 2015
Triceratops and its buddies carried around fine sets of self-sharpening steak knives (to eat plants).
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Dinosaurs Wore Scales, Birds Wore Feathers
June 4, 2015
Interesting new fossils of dinosaurs and birds cause some rethinking, calling into question whether previous thinking was thought out well.
What to Look for at Pluto
June 3, 2015
As New Horizons closes in on Pluto for its July 14 encounter, what questions should be asked?
Origin of Life Theories Lost in Space
June 2, 2015
Scenarios for life's origin contradict one another and compete for implausibility.
Moon Origin Models Require Cheating
June 1, 2015
You can't get Earth's moon from a planetary collision without quasi-miraculous tweaks to the models.
Gecko Gripper Picks Up Anything
May 30, 2015
The gecko gripper is just one of many exciting developments in the field of biomimetics: the imitation of nature's designs.
Press Welcomes "Lucy Neighbor"
May 28, 2015
Another species of Australopithecus has been named. But does the evidence justify the big to-do in the media?
Rare Fossils: Dead Animals Decay Rapidly
May 26, 2015
Why do some fossils leave soft tissue remains? It takes guts, some scientists propose.
Coral Islands Rise With Sea Level
May 25, 2015
Worries about sea-level rise inundating coral atolls and islands are unfounded, thanks to coral's rapid response to change.
Bats Are Home-Run Flyers
May 23, 2015
You don't just put wings on a naked mole rat and make it fly. Bats are designed to be aero-bat-ic champions.
News from Eden
May 20, 2015
Some recent findings fit naturally with a Genesis view of natural history.
Instant Islands and Ecology
May 19, 2015
A new volcanic island near Japan recalls the rapid colonization of Iceland's Surtsey island in 1963.
Surprises from the Ocean
May 18, 2015
News from marine biology and geology are unexpected from a long-age, evolutionary perspective.
Mental Marvels
May 16, 2015
The "mind-body problem" is alive and well. Can these phenomena be reduced to matter in motion?
Plentiful Water in the Early Universe, and Other Surprises
May 14, 2015
Based on the following unexpected findings, secular astronomers' ignorance of reality has reached cosmic proportions.