Archive: Jellyfish, Stem Cells, Quran, Bats, Homo, Titan, Spiders, More
January 25, 2025
Here are some of the stories we were reporting in January 2002, restored from archives. Some of the items here were of fundamental importance at the time.
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Crying Astronomers Admit Failure
January 23, 2025
Unexpected findings have knocked out experts' hubris. Are they down for the count?
The Stuff Happens Law in Geology
March 5, 2024
"Then something happened," say geologists who weren't there and didn't witness anything.
Another Saturn Moon Hired for Astrobiology
February 8, 2024
Liquid water under Mimas? Impossible. But if it is there, could life be far behind?
Animists in Modern Dress: Origin-of-Lifers
February 5, 2024
The spirits of the molecules give rise to animated complex systems, goes the new false religion.
Archive: Titan’s Young Atmosphere, More
January 19, 2024
These articles from January 2002 still hold interest for us all.
Saturn’s Rings Officially Young (Again)
May 12, 2023
Old agers can't weasel around it any more. Saturn's rings are short-lived. They cannot be as old as Saturn.
Darwin Media Competes for April Fool Award
March 31, 2023
They didn't realize they were taking part in a competition, but here we let our readers judge the winners.
Saturn and Unobserved Events
September 16, 2022
When is it rational to invoke unobservable events to make a theory work? Here's a test case at Saturn.
How to Keep Titan Old Despite Evidence
September 6, 2022
Cassini's finding of a mostly dry Titan falsified expectations. But secularists refuse to give up on their beloved billions of years.
Pluto Falsifies Deep Time
March 30, 2022
Planetary scientists are shocked at Pluto's youth and activity. They have no answers.
Young Saturn Refuses Billions
May 26, 2021
Planetary scientists are trying hard to get Saturn and its moons to take billions of years, to no avail.
Titan Is Running Away from Saturn
July 1, 2020
When a scientist up-ends what was long believed, how confident can they be about what they believe now? Don't outrun observations.
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.
Saturn-Day and Moon-Day Arrive
October 12, 2019
Last Saturday, we looked at news about Saturn and its rings. This "Saturn"-day we look at news about Saturn's moons.