News to Know

• Geologists Find Massive Volcanism Correlates with Mass Extinction

  April 6, 2013

  Massive volcanism correlated with the onset of the end-Triassic mass extinction, evolutionary geochronologists find.

• How Do Leafhopper Legs Survive the Launch?

  April 6, 2013

  Discoveries about Leafhopper locomotion may provide useful lessons in biomechanics and robotics.

• Freedom Under Fire: Your Chance to Speak Up

  April 6, 2013

  The threatened deportation of a German family, now living under asylum in the United States, has brought to light a disturbing threat.

• Should Abortion Providers Be Required to Save Infants?

  April 6, 2013

  But what if she’s not dead?—Should abortion providers be required to save the lives of infants they fail to kill?

• Thoughts on the Finale

  April 6, 2013

  As in previous episodes of The Bible mini-series, there were omissions, additions, and alterations to familiar biblical narratives.

• Dust Mites Defy Dollo’s Law

  March 30, 2013

  University of Michigan researchers believe these free-living, non-parasitic, but allergy-causing arachnids prove that reverse evolution is possible.

• Intercultural Communication Lesson Demonstrates What Not to Do

  March 30, 2013

  Florida Atlantic University has now issued an apology for instructing students to stomp on the name of Jesus.

• Jewish, Roman Leaders See Jesus as Threat

  March 30, 2013

  Jesus—come from God the Father with authority to deal with sin—is perceived as a threat by the Jewish and Roman leaders.

• Do Four-Winged Birds Confirm Dinosaur Role in Flight Evolution?

  March 30, 2013

  Do four-winged Cretaceous birds confirm dinosaurs’ role in the evolution of flight?

• Planck Map Confirms Big Bang Model Just Doesn’t Fit

  March 30, 2013

  Planck map increases age estimate of the universe but confirms a plank of the big bang model just doesn’t fit.

• Don’t Give Up on Biblical Marriage

  March 23, 2013

  Marriage as it is meant to be—don’t give up on it!

• God’s Perfect Creation Included Caffeine

  March 23, 2013

  If like millions of other people you find that caffeine in your coffee, tea, or cola seems to improve your day, you’re not alone.

• History Slips, God Seems Absent

  March 23, 2013

  The History Channel slips, and God seems “away from His desk, asleep at the switch.”

• Higgs Boson Not God Particle, Still Incredible

  March 23, 2013

  It’s “The Higgs boson” or “a Higgs boson” but not the “God particle.”

• Cambrian Arthropod Had Legs on Its Head

  March 23, 2013

  Well-preserved Cambrian arthropod fossils prompt a response.

• Curiosity Rover Finally Scratches the Surface

  March 16, 2013

  The Mars rover Curiosity made history on February 8 by drilling 2 ½ inches into the Martian surface.

• MIT Linguist Claims Human Speech Evolved from Birds

  March 16, 2013

  What do honeybee waggles and birdsong have to do with human speech? An MIT linguist believes they demonstrate that human speech evolved as Darwin thought.

• Humps May Have Been Key to Ancient Camel’s Arctic Survival

  March 16, 2013

  Camel humps may have been the key to Arctic survival for ancient camels.

• Arkansas Snatches Victory for Life from Roe v. Wade

  March 16, 2013

  Arkansas boldly steps out to snatch a victory for life from the jaws of Roe v. Wade.

• 27 Million Viewers, What’s Next?

  March 9, 2013

  History Channel reports 27 million tuned in . . . so what next?

• Bearded Capuchin Monkeys Bash Nuts with Skill

  March 9, 2013

  Bearded capuchin monkeys are bright little creatures, indicating that chimpanzees and crows don’t have the market cornered on animal intelligence.

• UK Academic: Wildlife Documentaries Need More Gay Animals

  March 9, 2013

  Wildlife documentaries are too family friendly, complains UK academic.

• South Carolina Man’s DNA Tells Ancient Story

  March 9, 2013

  A DNA sample submitted to the National Geographic Genographic Project created quite a stir in the world’s genomic databases.

• Hologenomic Theory on Evolutionary Development Resurfaces

  March 2, 2013

  The cover art of New Scientist describes a rather unpopular view of evolution that has been periodically proposed by some evolutionary scientists.

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