News to Know

• Pizzly or Grolar Bear?

  Nov. 7, 2009

  If you’re in the forest, beware the menacing grolar bear.

• Ape or Human?

  Nov. 7, 2009

  This week, American public broadcasting began a three-part series on human evolution titled Becoming Human.

• DNA Prevents Reproducing Between Two Species

  Oct. 31, 2009

  Has the U.S. government finally supported creationist research? Alas, no, but the results of a National Institutes of Health study fit squarely within the young-earth creation framework.

• Meet Leviathan

  Oct. 31, 2009

  Was the skull of an ancient Leviathan found in Dorset?

• From the Ocean to Your Living Room

  Oct. 31, 2009

  Genesis 1 makes no mention of DVD players, of course, and we’re certainly not saying God had such technology in mind when He designed sea life.

• The Faith of Darwin

  Oct. 31, 2009

  Charles Darwin was convinced that life’s origin didn’t involve a creator, even though there was no (and still is no) scientific explanation of how life could have begun without one.

• Tell Us Something We Don't Know

  Oct. 31, 2009

  Darwinism is a controversial topic, and many believe creation should be taught in the classroom. But why is that news?

• News on Ethical Stem Cells

  Oct. 24, 2009

  Research into stem cell therapies continues to find new ways to harvest the valuable cells without ethical compromises, as is shown by a new breakthrough described in Nature Methods.

• Monkey Not Our Uncle

  Oct. 24, 2009

  Remember “Ida,” the missing link that wasn’t? In a Nature letter, scientists attack the lofty claims that surrounded the announcement of the fossil primate.

• A Mammoth Find

  Oct. 24, 2009

  In a special guest news analysis, creationist (and mammoth expert) Michael Oard considers the well-preserved mammoth “Lyuba.”

• Chimps Help Each Other Too

  Oct. 24, 2009

  Chimps, especially mothers and their offspring, help each other. While that makes them “more similar to humans than previously thought,” does it mean we’re all just apes?

• Are You Evolving?

  Oct. 24, 2009

  Many humans believe evolution does indeed happen. Is it happening to them as well?

• Veggie-loving Spider

  Oct. 17, 2009
• God the Separator

  Oct. 17, 2009

  An Old Testament professor thinks the translations of Genesis should be rewritten—to accommodate her view on what the text actually means.

• Jaw Bone Grown from Adult Stem Cells

  Oct. 17, 2009

  Researchers have used adult stem cells to create part of a jaw bone, marking a major milestone in stem cell research.

• Bird and Baby Physics

  Oct. 17, 2009

  Yet another experimental study teaches us more about the sophisticated (and, perhaps, surprising) intelligence of crows.

• Planets Likely to Have Life Named

  Oct. 17, 2009

  It’s the “Standard Microbial Habitability index,” an attempt to quantitatively define a planetary body’s suitability for life.

• Joseph's Cash Stash

  Oct. 10, 2009

  Archaeologists may have found evidence for the Joseph of Genesis in Egypt, a news agency has reported.

• Indian Dino Egg Stash

  Oct. 10, 2009

  Scientists have turned up dozens and dozens of dinosaur eggs in southern India, BBC News reports.

• Evolution Education in Michigan

  Oct. 10, 2009

  A supporter sent in a fascinating article that focuses on evolution education in Michigan.

• Marine Life Survived Dinosaur Extinction

  Oct. 10, 2009

  The line in the sand—or sediment, as the case may be—that supposedly marks the end of the dinosaurs did not mark the end of marine life.

• Faking a Fake

  Oct. 10, 2009

  An Italian scientist has attempted to replicate the Shroud of Turin using materials and techniques available in the Middle Ages (when some believe the shroud was originally made).

• Ailing T-rex

  Oct. 3, 2009

  For all its size and strength, one mighty T. rex may have ultimately succumbed to a minuscule parasite.

• A Monarch is Never Late

  Oct. 3, 2009

  The astonishing navigational abilities of the monarch butterfly seem all the more astonishing in the light of new research.

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