by Jean K. Lightner For over 50 years in a Russian experiment, foxes have been selected for one trait—tameness. The results have been fascinating. A population has resulted that is as tame as domestic dogs. These changes have been associated with … Continue reading
by John D. Morris, Ph.D. We’ve all seen photos of those exquisitely beautiful and mysterious canyons with swirling, multicolored sandstone layers that look almost like marble cake. Known as “slot canyons” (their depth is much greater than their narrow width), … Continue reading
By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News A genetic survey concludes that all Europeans living today are related to the same set of ancestors who lived 1,000 years ago. And you wouldn’t have to go back much further to find … Continue reading
EXCERPT The Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most heroic battles in the annals of military history. Three hundred Spartan soldiers, lead by their king Leonidas, engaged in a mission of “suicidal self-sacrifice” by holding off the mighty Persian army … 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 Eric Lyons, M.Min. In the 1930s and 40s, the Nazi regime committed state-sponsored genocide of so-called “inferior races.” Of the approximately nine million Jews who lived in Europe at the beginning of the 1930s, some six million of them … Continue reading
By Tas Walker The Townsville Bulletin published on 2 March 2013 an item about the age of Castle Hill, the iconic landmark that overlooks the North Queensland city. Written by journalist Daniel Bateman, the article reported ages calculated by Dr Carl Spandler … Continue reading
by Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D. Plants make ideal systems for studying the underlying biological processes that confer their ability to adapt in different environments. Several new studies show how plants do this without changing their genetic code through a process known … Continue reading
by Russell Grigg Galápagos with David Attenborough is the title of a three-part Sky 3D TV series that was shown in Australia with the revised title, David Attenborough’s Galápagos. Here we examine the third episode,1 in which Sir David claims that “Galápagos … Continue reading
by Ariel A. Roth ‘Flat gaps’, generally known as paraconformities, are contacts within sedimentary sequences where layers of sediment representing many millions of years are said to be missing. Flat gaps are remarkably flat and the sedimentary layers either side of … Continue reading
by Kyle Butt, M.A. Most everyone who has read Genesis 10:25 has been intrigued by a particular statement found there. The text says: “To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth … Continue reading
At a time called ‘Late Cretaceous’, 80%–90% of the present UK land did not exist. Geological maps indicate that 100% of the UK was under water at this time. Further, evidence based on river flows shows that this submergence was … Continue reading
By David Coppedge A new record for soft tissue in a dinosaur fossil was reported in Nature: collagen in dinosaur eggs from the early Jurassic. The Nature paper is all over the news, but not all the science reporters are mentioning the … Continue reading
by Russell Grigg Galápagos with David Attenborough is the title of a 2013 three-part Sky 3D TV series that was shown in Australia with the revised title David Attenborough’s Galápagos. In this, the second episode,1 Sir David discusses the way animals have … Continue reading
By David Coppedge Geologists’ favorite tool for dating rocks at millions and billions of years old has revealed problems with interpretation. Zircons are hard minerals that can contain uranium. To secular geologists, they act like ideal time capsules, sealed from … Continue reading
By R. L. David Jolly Have you ever heard of Ellsmere Island? It’s the tenth largest island in the world with about 75,767 square miles in size and is Canada’s northern most land mass. The Inuit natives call the island … Continue reading
Is there a live dinosaur in the Congo? Growing up, I have always loved the subject of Dinosaurs. Maybe it is because my Dad was nick-named “Dr. Dino,” or the fact that he taught and talked about them incessantly. Regardless of how I … Continue reading
by Dave Miller, Ph.D. Unlike many nations in human history, America has never really known want. Even the Great Depression of the 1930s does not begin to compare with the famines of antiquity that devastated entire civilizations and resulted in … Continue reading
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