The tree of life is a metaphor used to describe the relationships between organisms, both living and extinct. Its use dates back to at least the early 1800s. It was employed by Charles Darwin to express the concept of the … Continue reading
By David Coppedge Two mysteries from the moon are forcing revisions to textbooks. One concerns water in moon minerals. The other concerns the moon’s magnetic field. Mare Basalts Surprisingly Magnetic “New research sets back date of moon’s dynamo 160 million years,” … Continue reading
If you heard someone mention the word cat, what do you think of? Chances are, you will think of some type of house cat – a pet. A tabby? A Siamese? Or perhaps a Maine Coon? Now these days, you … Continue reading
By Tas Walker An alarming headline on Science News reads, “Ice-Free Arctic May Be in Our Future, International Researchers Say“. This report provides a classic example of how researchers’ flawed understanding of earth’s geological history leads them to to seriously wrong conclusions. … Continue reading
By David Coppedge Evidence disputes Mars water, let alone life. It’s looking like a toxic place. Besides, where would the water come from? The big mound in Gale Crater, site of the Mars Curiosity Rover, looked like a tantalizing place … Continue reading
by David Catchpoole Extraordinarily, insects earlier thought to have been extinct for millions of years have been found thriving on a stony mountain top in Namibia.1,2 Nicknamed ‘Gladiators’ because of their ‘fearsome’ appearance and the armour that covers them as nymphs, … Continue reading
Forest fire ash is not all useless. It contains signaling molecules that can switch on the next generation of plants. How is it that in the spring following a forest fire, the ground comes alive with a profusion of new … Continue reading
By R. L. David Jolly Television and movies bombard us with the evolutionary idea that there are intelligent beings living on other planets and that they have visited the earth on numerous occasions. Some go so far as to suggest … Continue reading
By David Coppedge Some claims by evolutionists sound cool, calm and collected until you see them in context. An example appeared in Science Daily and Astrobiology Magazine – a claim that life may have originated in salty, icy stalactites under the sea ice. Need … Continue reading
by John D. Morris, Ph.D. In the early days of the modern creation science movement, a favorite recent-creation argument involved dinosaur and human tracks reportedly found together along the Paluxy River near Glen Rose, Texas. The dinosaur tracks were clear, … Continue reading
by Jonathan Sarfati For the last 200 years or so, many anti-Christians have resorted to a scurrilous lie (acting consistently with their worldview1): that the early and medieval Christian Church taught that the earth is flat.2 One of the most prominent … Continue reading
by Michael J. Oard Tall erosional remnants indicate rapid, continent-wide erosion, which is consistent with the Retreating Stage of the Flood. While the floodwaters were retreating and eroding the continents, resistant rocks were transported long distances, as has been documented for … Continue reading
By David Coppedge The evolutionary story of extinction and the rise of dinosaurs faces challenges, but survives when the glue of imagination holds fragmentary evidence together. A frequent kind of upset in many evolutionary scenarios is evidence that creatures and … Continue reading
By David Coppedge How does a growing flower bud or feather follicle know where to put the intricate colors and patterns on a mature flower or feather? Scientists are beginning to get partial answers. Flower art: Imagine you’re a flower … Continue reading
by Phil Robinson One night, in a student Bible study, one of the students asked the Pastor, “Can science alone explain why I am here?” He answered by relating this parable: One day, two computer programs were taking a break, having … Continue reading
By David Coppedge Cassini has observed clouds of dust from meteoroids hitting the rings. The data will “impact” theories of the rings’ origin and age. New observations have shown dust clouds from four impacts on Saturn’s rings (see JPL press release). One … Continue reading
By R. L. David Jolly Oil is a very important part of our lives. We use oil to make gasoline and diesel fuels for our cars, trucks, trains, ships, planes and other forms of transportation. Oil is also used to … Continue reading
by David Catchpoole [This is an expanded version of an article originally published in The Old Schoolhouse magazine.] “A man scattered seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not … Continue reading
By David Coppedge Here are accounts of three very different animals whose behaviors have baffled scientists till now. Scientists are beginning to get at least partial answers for scientific mysteries by carefully observing and testing to see how things work. … Continue reading
Joseph A. from the United States writes: My question that I would like to ask is: how do you believe the Jasper Forest in South-western China was formed? As a Christian I believe fully in the Bible because it is … Continue reading
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