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• We Aren't Worth Their Time

  Feb. 26, 2011

  A panel at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science tackled the often rocky relationship between science and religion.

• Pollution Evolution

  Feb. 26, 2011

  Another prominently reported example of “evolution” illustrates just the opposite—and supports the creationist critique of Darwinian evolution.

• BBC News: “Vatican’s Space Mission”

  Feb. 26, 2011

  What existed before the big bang? And can secular scientists and the Roman Catholic Church team up to answer that question?

• Skin Color and Natural Selection

  Feb. 26, 2011

  Another prominently reported example of “evolution” illustrates just the opposite—and supports the creationist critique of Darwinian evolution

• Life as an Outcast

  Feb. 19, 2011

  A few weeks ago we reported that the continued search for habitable extrasolar planets has revealed how special Earth is. So if aliens aren’t on planets orbiting other stars, where else could they be?

• A Bird in Hand

  Feb. 19, 2011

  The focus of the article is purportedly “the final nail in the coffin” for those that don’t believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Or is this evolutionary dogma that just won’t fly away?

• How Long Till Darwinmas?

  Feb. 19, 2011

  It seems Darwin is celebrated more widely with each passing year, with popular annual events including Evolution Sunday and Darwin Day.

• How Did Britain Become an Island?

  Feb. 19, 2011

  It’s not just young-earth creationists who lean on catastrophic geological processes in explaining earth history. Old-earthers are also seeing the work of catastrophes in shaping the planet.

• Homo sapiens All the Way Back

  Feb. 19, 2011

  More research supports our view that historic humanity and modern humanity were far more similar than we “modern” humans often think.

• Lucy on the Ground With High Heels

  Feb. 12, 2011

  New research suggests that “if Lucy were alive today, she could fit in high heels or march for miles without breaking her feet”—evidence, researchers claim, that Lucy was an experienced upright walker

• The Dilemma That Isn't

  Feb. 12, 2011

  Do the potential benefits of embryonic stem cell research justify the destruction of tiny, unborn human lives? Or is there a viable alternative?

• Popular Mechanics for Kids

  Feb. 12, 2011

  Bill Nye, the “science guy” of children’s television fame, recently answered a few questions for the magazine Popular Mechanics.

• The Legless Snakes

  Feb. 12, 2011

  Why and how did “serpents” lose their limbs? The research may move forward, but the answer stays (largely) the same.

• Outsmarting Ourselves

  Feb. 12, 2011

  Human brains are getting smaller, yet we’re apparently getting smarter. Does that mean dinosaurs with walnut-sized brains could have actually been geniuses?

• Darwin's Zombies

  Feb. 5, 2011

  A marsupial frog from South America may not realize how special it is, but a team from Stony Brook University does.

• Perfect Cosmic Constants

  Feb. 5, 2011

  Two weeks ago, we looked at the argument—and responses to it—that certain cosmological constants are perfectly “fine tuned” for life, thus proving the existence of an intelligent designer. Now comes another rebuttal.

• They’re All the Same to Us

  Feb. 5, 2011

  Is it a jackal or a wolf—or just another reminder of an original created “dog” kind?

• Biology Teachers and Creation

  Feb. 5, 2011

  More than one in ten high school biology teachers in the U.S. “advocate” creationist beliefs in the classroom. But that’s not the biggest news.

• Mourning Chimpanzees

  Feb. 5, 2011

  Last May we covered research that suggested chimpanzees “provide special attention to loved ones before they die and grieve afterward,” which unsurprisingly prompted comparisons to human behavior

• Ain't Nobody Home

  Jan. 29, 2011
• Evolution is Just Mistakes

  Jan. 29, 2011

  A major fault line between creationists and evolutionists concerns the appearance of novel genetic information in nature. What does the latest research say about what’s supposed to be the driving force of evolution?

• Odd Non-Man Out

  Jan. 29, 2011

  When considered alongside humans and chimps, the orangutan is the genomic “odd man out.” Is that because it hasn’t evolved as quickly?

• Carnivorous Conundrum

  Jan. 29, 2011

  Carnivorous plants may seem, at first, to be a puzzling challenge to creationists’ claim that there was no need for death in nature as God designed it.

• Don’t Let the Bedbugs Evolve

  Jan. 29, 2011

  Don’t let the bedbugs bite—or evolve.

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