News to Know

• The D(esigned)-Word

  May 9, 2009

  An element of nature “designed”—a slip-up or a rare admission?

• The Wimpy Asteroid

  May 2, 2009

  The widely taught model of dinosaur extinction doesn’t line up with the latest fossil findings.

• Swine Flu Is Evolution?

  May 2, 2009

  Swine flu—both the virus itself and the associated paranoia—seems to be sweeping the world. Is it evolution in action?

• Molucules Don't Make the Man

  May 2, 2009

  Scientists have built a molecular system that “evolves” in the lab. But like other such systems that have gone before it, this doesn’t prove Darwin.

• Mini T-rex Ancestor

  April 25, 2009

  A fossil dinosaur found in China—the great great granddaddy of fearsome T. rex?

• The Earth That Wasn't

  April 25, 2009

  Astronomers have found another “Earthlike” planet outside of our solar system.

• Lord of the Tools

  April 25, 2009

  “How could a hominid with a brain the size of a grapefruit craft tools?” asks ScienceNOW’s Elizabeth Culotta.

• Earth Day and Creation

  April 25, 2009

  Earth Day: what is the creation perspective?

• Fossil Seal Walks In

  April 25, 2009

  “Evolution at [w]ork,” declares National Geographic News. “[T]he evolutionary evidence we have been lacking for so long,” reports BBC News. So just what is this new fossil?

• MRI Prayer

  April 18, 2009

  Praying is just like ordinary conversation—but is that really evidence against Christianity?

• Sophisticated Sea Scorpions

  April 18, 2009

  Who were the first tool users: Humans? Apes? Crows? No, say evolutionists; it may have been “scorpion-like sea beasts” (and no, they’re not kidding)!

• Instantaneous Evolution

  April 18, 2009

  Early humans weren’t very good at swinging from trees. But if you think that has evolutionists doubting human evolution, think again.

• Noah's Ark, Hong Kong Style

  April 18, 2009

  We were deluged with media tips this week about the Wall Street Journal’s front-page coverage of a Noah’s Ark replica.

• Bird Origin Problems

  April 11, 2009

  Can evolutionists rescue their own model of bird origins?

• The Dawn of Creation

  April 11, 2009

  People around the world celebrated a recent, literal creation this week.

• Sharp Survivorman

  April 11, 2009

  Stone blades from more than 500,000 years ago: the work of an alleged human ancestor or someone playing Survivorman?

• Creation in Germany

  April 11, 2009

  In February we noted a Der Spiegel article on European creationists (which followed a Guardian article that covered British creationists). Now English-language German paper The Local focuses on Bible believers in that country.

• Prebiotic Nonsense

  April 4, 2009

  Astrobiologists may be a step closer to identifying prebiotic compounds in space. Now all they have to do is find the compounds!

• How You Can Help (Dis)prove Evolution

  April 4, 2009

  If you’re living in Europe, you’ve been asked to help find evidence for evolution in your backyard.

• Salt Lake Extinction

  April 4, 2009

  Yet another explanation for a catastrophic mass extinction—could it be?

• Big Science Hoaxes

  April 4, 2009

  To mark April Fools’ Day, National Geographic News summarized some historic—and noteworthy, from our perspective—scientific hoaxes.

• Chicks Can Do Math

  April 4, 2009

  We had to check to make sure it wasn’t an April Fools’ prank, but yes, it seems baby birds can do simple math!

• Charles Darwin, Fashionista

  March 28, 2009

  It’s the next step in the “hero worship” culture surrounding Charles Darwin: examining his every recorded move.

• More Trouble in Texas

  March 28, 2009

  Texas and evolution seem to be popular sibling topics in the news these days.

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