News to Know

• Us vs. Them?

  Nov. 28, 2009

  It’s the sort of headline that both excites us and worries us: will National Geographic News’s portrayal of “evolution vs. intelligent design” be fair and balanced?

• The Guardian: “Face to Faith”

  Nov. 28, 2009

  A Guardian columnist turned her crosshairs toward the Creation Museum this past week. Are her criticisms anything new?

• Ways We Could Evolve

  Nov. 28, 2009

  Slow science news week? Try some science fiction instead.

• Dark Side of Darwin

  Nov. 28, 2009

  Are creationists the only ones pointing out the “dark side” (the perturbing implications) of Darwin’s view on life’s origins?

• Small Brains, Big Brains

  Nov. 28, 2009

  Small brains can do big things. Big brains can miss the obvious.

• A Blue Moon?

  Nov. 21, 2009

  Kapow! That’s one small plume for man, one amazing new discovery for mankind.

• A Head Full of Magnets

  Nov. 21, 2009

  Turtles, birds, and butterflies had GPS long before humans invented the device. These creatures migrate thousands of miles each year to find food, to find breeding grounds, and to escape harsher seasons. Now scientists may be one step closer to uncovering how this animal navigation system works.

• Slowing Down Evolution

  Nov. 21, 2009

  Pathogenic resistance to antibiotics is a textbook example of “direct evidence for evolution”—literally. What does recent work on the topic suggest?

• Dinosaur Apeman

  Nov. 21, 2009

  We typically think of the “missing link” as an ape–human transitional form. In this case, though, the “missing link” is “big, short-footed, barrel-chested, long-necked, small-headed dinosaur.”

• Origin of (a) Species

  Nov. 21, 2009

  Scientists have watched as a new species is “born”—or is that “evolved”?—on one of the Galapagos Islands, home of Darwin’s famous finches.

• Vatican Looks for Aliens

  Nov. 14, 2009

  For the Vatican, the question of whether “sentient life forms exist on other worlds” has yet to be answered

• New Ocean in Africa?

  Nov. 14, 2009

  Thousands of years ago, God parted the Red Sea. Is He parting Ethiopia now?

• Creation in Turkey

  Nov. 14, 2009

  Turkey is a nation uncertain of its identity, and that holds true in the creation/evolution debate.

• 18-Million-Year-Old Muscle

  Nov. 14, 2009

  Fossilized soft tissue has been found in a salamander fossil said to be 18 million years old.

• Marine Animal Robots

  Nov. 7, 2009

  Are a series of robots made in nature’s image, or were they inspired by God’s designs? Or could it be both?

• Preserved T-rex Ancestor Fossil

  Nov. 7, 2009

  What’s the cause for our sixth mention of T. rex in seven weeks? A new study of the famed dinosaur’s “most ancient fossil relative” that is “exquisitely” preserved.

• Generations' Changing Views on the Bible

  Nov. 7, 2009

  Results compiled from Barna Group surveys reveal an unsurprising result: younger generations are less likely to consider the Bible sacred or accurate.

• Ape or Human?

  Nov. 7, 2009

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

• Pizzly or Grolar Bear?

  Nov. 7, 2009

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

• 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?

• 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?

• 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.

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