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Rare Moments of Glory: Planetary Scientists Admit Seeing "Lucky" Circumstances

February 2, 2013

Why are we seeing young phenomena in the planets if they are billions of years old? Some scientists are abandoning uniformitarian assumptions and admitting we are lucky to be witnessing them in "rare moments of glory."

Cosmology

You Are Not a Clone

January 25, 2013

The notion that there are multiple copies of you in parallel universes is mythological, two physicists argue.

Amazing Facts

Was Charlemagne Protected from a Cosmic Disaster? A Carbon-14 Mystery

January 22, 2013

Tree ring data from the 8th century hint that a cosmic catastrophe was averted on the "privileged planet."

Dating Methods

Titan and Mercury: Challenges to Billions of Years

January 18, 2013

News from Titan and Mercury continue to challenge current theories that they formed billions of years ago.

Cosmology

The Rapture and Bosh of Glittering Generalities

January 16, 2013

Grand scenarios of cosmic evolution sound angelic, but the devil is in the details. Neil Shubin needs to get real.

Astronomy

Cosmology’s Lumpiness Problem Defies Theory

January 12, 2013

A record-breaking structure in the universe "defies theory," the news said, ignoring that theory has been defied for decades since smaller large structures were found (the lumpiness problem).

Dating Methods

Uranium-Lead Dating Fraught With Discordance

January 8, 2013

Behind the confidence of uranium-lead dates hides worry about numbers that don't match up.

Astronomy

A Brain Wouldn't Survive Star Travel

January 6, 2013

Don't take a star trek unless you want to arrive demented.

Darwin and Evolution

Faint Young Sun Paradox Solution Criticized

January 5, 2013

A proposed solution for keeping the Earth warm when the sun was 25% cooler leaves other evolutionists doubtful.

Astronomy

Astronomy Grab Bag

December 29, 2012

For year's end, here's a clean-out of astronomy articles—from planetary science to cosmology—to motivate further inquiry.

Amazing Facts

Titan Is as Titan Does

December 23, 2012

Saturn's giant moon Titan keeps revealing mysterious dynamics in the here and now, leaving interpretation to fallible scientists who sometimes predicted otherwise.

Astronomy

Globular Clusters Look Young and Old: Is This Scientific Explanation?

December 19, 2012

Globular clusters supposedly all formed at the same time long ago, but some look young. How do astronomers rescue the belief that they are ancient groupings of stars?

Darwin and Evolution

Are Scientists Capable of Stupidity?

December 2, 2012

Scientists are only people, and most people do or say dumb things sometimes. You can decide how to classify these "scientific" ideas.

Astronomy

Flaky Cosmic Notion Gets Good Press

November 26, 2012

Does the universe grow like a giant brain? If anyone but a scientist said that, it would be in the cartoons.

Health

Mars Radiation May Not Be That Bad

November 18, 2012

Data from the Curiosity rover's RAD instrument seem to indicate astronauts could survive radiation reaching the surface.

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