News to Know

• Prehistoric Ink

  Aug. 22, 2009

  Scientists cannot only write about amazing fossil discoveries; now, they can write with one!

• Non-Life From Outer Space

  Aug. 22, 2009

  Astronomers have once again discovered a “building block” of life in outer space.

• Is Their Model Upright?

  Aug. 15, 2009

  “This model should cause everyone to re-evaluate what they’ve said before”—the words of a Duke University professor whose research turns the origins of bipedal walking on its head.

• Hot Air Over Mars

  Aug. 15, 2009

  The fuss over martian methane—which had fueled hopes for life on the Red Planet—may be misplaced, according to a new study.

• Goofy Planet is Backwards

  Aug. 15, 2009

  For the first time, astronomers have detected a planet that could be said to “swim against the flow”—orbiting in the opposite direction from the spin of its star.

• USA Today: “We Believe in Evolution—and God”

  Aug. 15, 2009

  Two Christian evolutionists send a broadside our way with a USA Today opinion piece this week. But do they bring up anything new?

• Vestigial Ideas

  Aug. 15, 2009

  Another study reminds us that the idea of “vestigial organs” is, itself, vestigial!

• Dr. Andrew Parker and the Strange Genesis Interpretation

  Aug. 8, 2009

  In one of the strangest news stories we’ve examined to date, an Oxford biologist declares that Genesis is incredibly accurate; then says “creationism is totally unfounded”; then admits “the first page of the Bible . . . doesn’t spell out any of the science in detail.”

• Crow the Builder

  Aug. 8, 2009

  They’re the incredibly intelligent, tool-wielding animals we’ve covered frequently in the past. No, not chimps; we’re talking about crows once again.

• We Are the Champions (of Evolution)

  Aug. 8, 2009

  “Mammals are special,” declares the leader of a new study on animal success rates. Just what does he mean?

• On the Origin of Man's Best Friend

  Aug. 8, 2009

  If the idea behind item #1 (above) is correct, perhaps the domestic dog would be the biggest “winner” of all.

• The Secret of the Mongolian Pterosaur

  Aug. 8, 2009

  What were pterosaurs really like? An uncertain topic grows all the more perplexing after a new look at an old fossil.

• Apes Are Smart, Not Creative

  Aug. 1, 2009

  Chimpanzees have proven to be quite skillful at learning certain basic tasks—particularly those related to obtaining food—but even evolutionists have to admit that “technological innovation and improvement seem to be uniquely human traits.”

• Evolution 'Ahead of Schedule'

  Aug. 1, 2009

  Fossil specimens discovered in Russia 15 years ago have finally landed in the news—for reasons including the fact that they were millions of years “ahead of schedule.”

• National Geographic News: “Giant Toucan Bills Help Birds Keep Their Cool”

  Aug. 1, 2009

  The brilliantly colored bills of toucans aren’t just eye candy. Rather, they play an essential role in helping the birds control their temperature, scientists report.

• The Creation Temple?

  Aug. 1, 2009

  Love us or hate us, the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum continues to attract media attention, popular fascination, and widespread misperception.

• Freshwater Evolution?

  Aug. 1, 2009

  The first animals didn’t evolve in the ocean, claims a controversial new study. Instead, the study suggests the earliest animals called a saltwater lake home.

• Ancient Violence in Iraq

  July 25, 2009

  It’s a sad case of violence in Iraq: evidence of human-on-human violence from more than 50,000 years ago (allegedly).

• Leaps of Developmental Logic

  July 25, 2009

  Small biological changes that take generations—like some birds’ beaks growing longer or shorter in certain ecological niches—can be explained and understood by creationists and evolutionists. But when it comes to explaining developmental “leaps,” evolutionists must make a leap of logic.

• HIV Missing Link?

  July 25, 2009

  Hot news about chimps, “missing links,” and evolution—but the story has nothing to do with human origins or anthropology. What could it be?

• The Slightly Less Grand Canyon

  July 25, 2009

  It’s the “Grand Canyon of Durham” in England: a miniature canyon carved into a barley field by “torrential rain” over a weekend.

• On Science and Scientists

  July 18, 2009

  What do Americans think of science? What do they think of scientists? What do scientists think of science? A Pew Research Center study suggests answers.

• Mystery of Flowering Plants Solved?

  July 18, 2009

  Evolutionists take another stab at answering what Charles Darwin called an “abominable mystery”: the abrupt appearance and ubiquity of flowering plants in the fossil record and on earth.

• New York Times: “The Mistakes that Argue for Evolution”

  July 18, 2009

  The New York Times–News to Note conversation continues.

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