News to Know

• The Creation Temple?

  Aug. 1, 2009

  Love us or hate us, the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum continues to attract media attention, popular fascination, and widespread misperception.

• Freshwater Evolution?

  Aug. 1, 2009

  The first animals didn’t evolve in the ocean, claims a controversial new study. Instead, the study suggests the earliest animals called a saltwater lake home.

• Apes Are Smart, Not Creative

  Aug. 1, 2009

  Chimpanzees have proven to be quite skillful at learning certain basic tasks—particularly those related to obtaining food—but even evolutionists have to admit that “technological innovation and improvement seem to be uniquely human traits.”

• HIV Missing Link?

  July 25, 2009

  Hot news about chimps, “missing links,” and evolution—but the story has nothing to do with human origins or anthropology. What could it be?

• The Slightly Less Grand Canyon

  July 25, 2009

  It’s the “Grand Canyon of Durham” in England: a miniature canyon carved into a barley field by “torrential rain” over a weekend.

• Ancient Violence in Iraq

  July 25, 2009

  It’s a sad case of violence in Iraq: evidence of human-on-human violence from more than 50,000 years ago (allegedly).

• Leaps of Developmental Logic

  July 25, 2009

  Small biological changes that take generations—like some birds’ beaks growing longer or shorter in certain ecological niches—can be explained and understood by creationists and evolutionists. But when it comes to explaining developmental “leaps,” evolutionists must make a leap of logic.

• Amazing Turtle Shell Development

  July 18, 2009

  The incredible way a turtle develops a shell—is it an evolutionary accident or part of God’s design?

• New York Times: “The Mistakes that Argue for Evolution”

  July 18, 2009

  The New York Times–News to Note conversation continues.

• Bird Populations Become Separate Species

  July 18, 2009

  Due to a difference in a single gene, one bird species is splitting into two. Does this fit with the evolution model or the Genesis model of created kinds?

• Mystery of Flowering Plants Solved?

  July 18, 2009

  Evolutionists take another stab at answering what Charles Darwin called an “abominable mystery”: the abrupt appearance and ubiquity of flowering plants in the fossil record and on earth.

• On Science and Scientists

  July 18, 2009

  What do Americans think of science? What do they think of scientists? What do scientists think of science? A Pew Research Center study suggests answers.

• The Content of a Codex

  July 11, 2009

  The world’s oldest known Bible: should it disturb Christians?

• Robo-Bats

  July 11, 2009

  As far as fliers go, most humans probably prefer watching birds or butterflies to bats. But in addition to sonar, bats have other interesting design features.

• BBC News: “Aquatic Deer and Ancient Whales”

  July 11, 2009

  Several species of chevrotains (mouse deer) hide from predators in the water. Does that prove evolution?

• ‘Misleading’ Creationism Question in UK Teacher Exam

  July 11, 2009

  Even testing to see if pupils know what creationists say is too much, declare evolutionists in an outcry over a GCSE exam question.

• Monkey Hear, Monkey Know

  July 11, 2009

  If you ain’t no good speaker of English, maybe you should talk to one o’ them thar monkeys to straight’n ya out.

• Three Genetic Groupings

  July 4, 2009

  A new genetic study of 53 human populations shows that each falls into one of three genetic groups—yet that the three groups aren’t as different as was thought. The legacy of Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Noah’s three sons), perhaps?

• When Do False Dichotomies Ever Mesh?

  July 4, 2009

  In covering a visit by paleontologists to our Creation Museum, a New York Times’ article spreads some misunderstanding (including in an associated blog by the reporter).

• ScienceDaily: “Study of Flower Color Shows Evolution in Action”

  July 4, 2009

  Changes in the color of columbine flowers: another example of “evolution in action” that has little to do with Darwin.

• Dinosaur Mummy

  July 4, 2009

  A “mummified” dinosaur with soft tissues fossilized—evidence of watery disaster?

• Dinosaurs on a Diet

  June 27, 2009

  Dinosaurs: large, terrifying, and surprisingly lightweight?

• Kin Confusion

  June 27, 2009

  For all the years of proclaiming chimpanzees as our closest living evolutionary cousins, some evolutionists think we may actually be more closely related to orangutans.

• MSNBC/Discovery: “Neanderthals Made Mammoth Jerky”

  June 27, 2009

  Neanderthals, though so often treated as subhuman, left a growing amount of evidence to remind us of their humanity.

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