Astronomers Excited about Failure
March 11, 2025
JWST and other instruments continue falsifying prior dogmas
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Archive: Wise Men, Aquaporins, Horses, Plate Tectonics, Phylogeny, More
December 20, 2024
Here are some of the stories we were reporting before Christmas in 2001, restored from archives.
Neanderthals Promoted to Relatives
December 19, 2024
Once viewed as an extinct missing link, Neanderthals are now seen as our distant relatives.
Science Goes with the Cultural Flow
September 12, 2024
The Easter Island revision shows how science myths can track cultural values.
Seafloor Oxygen Threatens Evolutionary Stories
September 9, 2024
The unexpected discovery of abiotic oxygen on the ocean floor could undermine Darwinian scenarios.
Climate Change: What the Science Says
August 15, 2024
The popular media is not giving the whole story.
Human Brain Size Ranks Exceptional
July 15, 2024
Our brain size relative to body size is unique in the animal kingdom, a new study finds.
Human Evolution Story Constantly Rethought
December 14, 2023
Nothing we were taught is true. Everything is up for revision.
Scientists: Often Wrong, Rarely Humble
July 25, 2023
What other career allows one to be totally wrong but proud of it?
Volcanoes Have Greater Impact on Climate than Thought
June 30, 2023
Scientists know less about geological influences on climate than the popular press claims
Rethink Science
May 8, 2023
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
April 4, 2023
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
February 23, 2023
Mature galaxies right near the beginning – this repeated theme has the theorists at wit's end.
Ring Around the Theory
February 9, 2023
We all fall down, say theorists about a ring around a minor planet where it shouldn't exist.