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Astronomers Excited about Failure

JWST and other instruments continue falsifying prior dogmas

Archive: Wise Men, Aquaporins, Horses, Plate Tectonics, Phylogeny, More

Here are some of the stories we were reporting before Christmas in 2001, restored from archives.

Neanderthals Promoted to Relatives

Once viewed as an extinct missing link, Neanderthals are now seen as our distant relatives.

Big Jets Challenge Cosmology

Twin jets from a black hole are too big for theory.

Science Goes with the Cultural Flow

The Easter Island revision shows how science myths can track cultural values.

Seafloor Oxygen Threatens Evolutionary Stories

The unexpected discovery of abiotic oxygen on the ocean floor could undermine Darwinian scenarios.

Climate Change: What the Science Says

The popular media is not giving the whole story.

Human Brain Size Ranks Exceptional

Our brain size relative to body size is unique in the animal kingdom, a new study finds.

Human Evolution Story Constantly Rethought

Nothing we were taught is true. Everything is up for revision.

Scientists: Often Wrong, Rarely Humble

What other career allows one to be totally wrong but proud of it?

Volcanoes Have Greater Impact on Climate than Thought

Scientists know less about geological influences on climate than the popular press claims

Rethink Science

If scientists knew as much as they think they do, they wouldn't be rethinking so many things so often.

Gummy Rex Did Lip Service

Jurassic Park was wrong, says a new rethink about dinosaur lips. T. rex probably didn't bare its teeth most of the time.

Nobody Can Explain Early Galaxies

Mature galaxies right near the beginning – this repeated theme has the theorists at wit's end.

Ring Around the Theory

We all fall down, say theorists about a ring around a minor planet where it shouldn't exist.
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