News to Know

• Dawn Over Asteriod Vesta Expected to Shed Light on Ancient Origins

  July 23, 2011

  Dawn over Vesta expected to shed light on ancient origins

• Turtles Still Baffle Evolutionists

  July 23, 2011

  Turtles in search of their long lost ancestor discover genes trump holes in the head.

• Closing In On the K-T Boundary of Dinosaur Extinction

  July 16, 2011

  Closing in on the K-T boundary.

• The World’s Largest Marsupial Found In Queensland

  July 9, 2011

  A nearly complete skeleton of the world’s biggest marsupial, the Diprotodon, was unearthed at Floraville Station in Queensland. This specimen, 6-½ feet tall and 11 feet long, is estimated to have weighed three tons.

• Black Hole Raises Questions About the Early Universe

  July 9, 2011

  Big black hole and its bright quasar raise questions about the early universe.

• An Israeli Algorithm Illuminates Biblical Authorship

  July 9, 2011

  An Israeli team of computer scientists has developed software to analyze literary authorship and applied their technique to the Bible. By analyzing literary styles and word choices, they tried to scientifically assess the authorship of portions of the Old Testament.

• Can Evolution be Proved through Religious Teachings?

  July 9, 2011

  Bungled baraminology does not beat us at our own game.

• Are Genetic Mechanisms For Speciation Multiple Choice?

  July 2, 2011

  Speciation’s secrets are multiple-choice. What do phlox flowers, stickleback fish, monkeyflowers, and Bogota fruit flies have in common? They all suggest genetic mechanisms for speciation.

• More Microfossils

  June 25, 2011

  Algae to bones . . . what’s the difference?

• Chimp Rights

  June 25, 2011

  “They’re not people, you know . . . ”

• High-Tech Tools

  June 25, 2011

  The human brain evolved because early humans developed technology?

• Collagen Coils

  June 25, 2011

  Collagen coils kept fossilized fragments intact.

• Tree Frog Biodiversity

  June 25, 2011

  Statistical analyses swimming in a sea of assumptions sing of millions of years in both directions.

• Alien Amino Acids

  June 18, 2011

  Organic chemistry lab in a meteorite sparks speculation about the origin of life.

• Cryptic Mutations

  June 18, 2011

  Cryptic variation and preadaptation—fancy words for the obvious.

• Priesthood of Science

  June 18, 2011

  The priesthood of science discourages people from thinking for themselves.

• Molecular Clock Off-Line

  June 18, 2011

  The molecular clock just went off-line.

• Leaping Mutants

  June 18, 2011

  Statistics suggest a way for eukaryotic mutants to leap over fitness valleys.

• Out of Asia

  June 11, 2011

  Homo erectus . . . Out of Asia?

• Number Crunching

  June 11, 2011

  Smile, crunch the numbers, and make something out of nothing.

• Compelling Convergence

  June 11, 2011

  A computer analysis comparing the bone strength of pelicans and whales is said to provide “compelling evidence” for convergent evolution. Because both pelicans and rorqual whales stretch their jaws wide to engulf large amounts of water along with their next meal, both need very strong jaws.

• The Martian Runt

  June 11, 2011

  Mars is a runt because it formed quickly and was lucky enough to stay out of the way of on-coming traffic. So goes the latest step in the planetary shuffle.

• Evolving E.coli

  June 11, 2011

  Highly virulent strain of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli continues to wreak havoc.

• Stem Cell Surprises

  June 4, 2011

  Induced pluripotent stem cells: is the glass half-full or half-empty?

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