Genetics Why Chernobyl Neighbors Are Not Dying April 21, 2016 Surprising scientists, both people and animals are doing OK around the world's worst nuclear accident site. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Astrobiology: The Joy of Being Wrong August 18, 2015 An astrobiologist looks forward to the day when everything he says is totally wrong. CONTINUE READING
Media You Wouldn't Want to Live on "Earth's Cousin" July 24, 2015 Despite the hype about another Earth-like exoplanet, Kepler 452b would not be as habitable as Venus. CONTINUE READING
Physics China Celebrates Non-Discovery of Dark Matter October 6, 2014 A huge dark matter detector in China celebrated the publication of its first results: nothing. CONTINUE READING
Cosmology Big Bang's Lithium Problem Gets More Problematic September 15, 2014 There's no escape; new measurements show far less lithium than predicted by the big bang, and more fine tuning than would be expected by chance. CONTINUE READING
Birds News for the Birds May 7, 2014 Our human readers are allowed to peek in on these headlines for and about our feathered intellectuals. CONTINUE READING
Solar System New Craters Found on Mars February 13, 2014 Orbiters can count new craters forming on Mars, refining cratering rates. One spectacular new crater has appeared since 2010 with vivid rays. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Imagination Cures Falsifications of Darwinism August 12, 2013 How many show-stoppers does it take to stop a show? With Darwinism, the show goes on despite multiple falsifications. The trick is to imagine solutions that don't require evidence. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy A Brain Wouldn't Survive Star Travel January 6, 2013 Don't take a star trek unless you want to arrive demented. CONTINUE READING
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. CONTINUE READING
Geology Our Poisonous Moon: Better from a Distance July 13, 2012 The moon stabilizes Earth's axis and regulates the tides, but enjoy it from a distance. Now there are more reasons you wouldn't want to live there. CONTINUE READING
Birds Chernobyl Mutation Experiment Fails to Support Darwinism February 12, 2011 Under mutational load, you don’t get a choice of “Evolve or Perish”; just the latter. CONTINUE READING