Archive: Motors, Teens, Geology Mysteries, Mars Flood, Pluto, Stem Cells, More
December 6, 2024
Here are some of the stories we were reporting in early December 2001, restored from archives.
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Mooney Tunes: The Fantasy Moons of Astrobiologists Leave Science Far Behind
October 3, 2024
You could be an astrobiologist, too. Just make up imaginary worlds filled with imaginary life.
Astrobiology as a Drug
May 16, 2024
More extreme doses are required to keep the public addicted to their false hopes.
Pluto Volcano Must Be Young
October 25, 2023
A cryo-supervolcano on Pluto cannot be as old as the planet. What made it erupt relatively recently?
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.
Pluto Falsifies Deep Time
March 30, 2022
Planetary scientists are shocked at Pluto's youth and activity. They have no answers.
Geologists Smash Pluto to Make it Look Old
February 7, 2022
Planetary scientists pull out their tried-and-true all-purpose explanation: impacts.
Can Pluto’s Atmosphere Last Billions of Years?
October 7, 2021
Pluto's atmosphere is freezing onto the surface again as its orbit takes it farther from the sun. How many times has this happened?
Forcing Planets into Line
July 30, 2020
You can't make a planet do what your model says it must do to exist, unless it cooperates in your imagination.
Venus Is Erupting
July 20, 2020
If new indirect observations are correct, Venus is an active planet today with huge volcanoes.
Saturn Scientists Dodge Age Issues
June 19, 2020
Several papers have appeared this month about Saturn and its moons, but they all gloss over the implications for long ages.
Landslides on Pluto Happened Quickly
May 7, 2020
If Pluto is really 4.6 billion years old, something happened almost instantaneously out there some time ago. In planetary science, where experts are accustomed to thinking everything is billions of years old, sudden unique events present problems. Almost everything should have settled down by now into a routine. One can certainly argue for exceptions, where […]
Spinning Solar System Objects to Keep Them Old
June 7, 2019
If you remove the obligation to think in billions of years, many phenomena in the solar system make more sense.
Young Solar System Evidence Pops Up Everywhere
May 1, 2019
If the solar system formed more recently than believed, Darwinism is dead. Look how widely scattered the evidence is.