Climatologists have identified a period of nearly 500 years where a significant part of the Northern Hemisphere experienced colder than normal temperatures. The period known as the Little Ice Age started around 1275 and ended in the 1800’s. They determined … Continue reading
A new research study confirms that the exquisite cave art at Chauvet Cave is the oldest. The study is documented in an open-access paper on PNAS (May 7, 2012, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1118593109 PNAS May 7, 2012). The abstract begins, Since its discovery, the Chauvet cave … Continue reading
How Can “Science” Explain Things “Science” Has Said Cannot Happen? This week we received an interesting comment and question from Norman W. It’s a point that I have been trying to make for years so I thought this was the … Continue reading
Russian scientists announced the discovery of the world’s oldest fossil worm burrows in Ediacaran rocks, even though very few fossils are typically found below Cambrian rock layers. Do these worm burrows help answer the longstanding challenge to evolution called the … Continue reading
A new fossil species of coelacanth was discovered in Canada. Scientists think from its tail fin shape that it was a fast swimmer–perhaps a hunter. Sadly, it was a “spectacular failure” in evolution. The luck of the evolutionary draw went … Continue reading
Biologists agree that polar bears, brown bears, and black bears all descended from a prototype of the bear kind. Some researchers infer from the biblical record that bears rapidly and recently diversified from a representative bear pair on board Noah’s … Continue reading
If I asked you if you thought fleas or lice were good, you’d probably look at me as if I had two heads. For most pet owners, especially those that belong to a dog, fleas are a curse that often … Continue reading
Dr Don Batten engages in an exchange with long-time sceptical correspondent Dr Richard M. (in red) from the United States, who writes in response to Is ATP synthase found in all life? concerning whether or not the hypothetical ‘first life’ needed to be cellular. Dear … Continue reading
*by Wes Moore Naomi Oreskes, a history and science professor at the University of California, says doubters from within the scientific community are intentionally keeping established scientific facts—like global warming—from being accepted by the public.[i] In her book, Merchants of … Continue reading
Many creationist geologists have proposed that the Grand Canyon (GC) was formed by a catastrophic dam-breach event. This would have released large quantities of water from impounded lakes east of the canyon that had remained on the plateau after the … Continue reading
Need solutions to engineering problems? Look no further than the plants and animals around you. That’s what more and more scientists are doing. How dry I am: Lotus leaves and gecko toes stay clean and dry because they repel water … Continue reading
The story of Gregor Mendel is aggravating. It makes you wonder what might have been, had this Austrian monk encountered Charles Darwin, and had his discoveries become known to the disciples (and opponents) of Darwinism early on (see 10/14/2003 headline). Though the … Continue reading
*by Wes Moore Dinosaurs are amazing! Big teeth, long claws, big muscles—they’re so cool! But what happened to them? One day they were all here and then, Bam!, they were all gone. Many people doubt the Bible because they can’t … Continue reading
Can you imagine inflating like a water balloon every time you jumped in a swimming pool? Or what if water leaked out of your skin every time you drank a glass of water? Your skin forms an impermeable barrier to … Continue reading
Global Positioning System (GPS): that’s a function. Maintaining a suite of satellites is one method for achieving the function. But there are other ways to figure out where in the world you are, and two very different animals show the … Continue reading
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