| Malthusian Maniac Killed Before Killing Hostages Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| | Sept 02, 2010 — James J. Lee took hostages today at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland, but was killed by police before he harmed anyone (see New York Times). Lee, who authored a website called SaveThePlanetProtest.com, left a >>more>> |
| Clever Animals Amaze and Inspire Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| | Sept 01, 2010 — The living world is an endless source of wonder and inspiration. There's an octopus that does a convincing imitation of a flatfish (Science Daily, Live Science), and a red crab species that emerges from its lethargic life >>more>> |
| Exoplanet Hunters Fail Predictions Tue, 31 Aug 2010 |
| | August 31, 2010 — Before the first extrasolar planets were discovered, astronomers had high confidence that other solar systems would resemble ours. We have rocky planets close to the sun, and gas giants farther out. Planetary scientists >>more>> |
| Atheist Doctors Might Kill You Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| | Aug 30, 2010 — Your doctor's religious beliefs — or lack of them — might have a lot to do with how soon you exit this world when elderly or infirm. Science Daily reported, 'Atheist or agnostic doctors are almost twice as willing >>more>> |
| Intelligent Design as Entertainment Thu, 26 Aug 2010 |
| | August 26, 2010 — It's been around a few months now, but OK Go's music video of their song 'This Too Shall Pass' featured an elaborate Rube Goldberg set. What many viewers may not know about the backstory of the production is that several >>more>> |
| Who Invited the Scientist in Here? Thu, 26 Aug 2010 |
| | August 25, 2010 — If you envision science in terms of white-coated lab chemists holding flasks, field biologists gathering bird eggs, astronomers peering through a telescope or geologists chipping rocks with hand picks, think again. Today's >>more>> |
| Dinosaur Graveyards and Arctic Tortoises: Who's Got the Context? Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| | August 24, 2010 — Science articles often go beyond the data. A jumble of bones found on an island is boring; people want a story of what they were, and how they got that way. Many scientists and reporters are only happy to fulfill that curiosity. >>more>> |
| Moon May Be Active Today Tue, 24 Aug 2010 |
| | August 23, 2010 — The old story of our moon was that it was geologically dead. Except for the occasional meteor impact, not much happens there; the interior had cooled down long ago, leaving it an inert, battered sphere. That was before >>more>> |
| Universe Is Doomed Mon, 23 Aug 2010 |
| | August 22, 2010 — Astronomers have decided the universe will expand forever, growing colder and darker, till it ends in a heat death. According to the BBC News, a study of gravitational lensing by a huge galactic cluster named Abell 1689 >>more>> |
| Inserting Evolution into Data |
| | August 13, 2010 — Evolution takes credit for a lot of things other scientists might think say nothing about evolution. Are the statements in these articles about evolution warranted by the observations?
1. Do the RNA: Scientists at Yale >>more>> |
| Taking the Sci-Fi Out of SETI Fri, 13 Aug 2010 |
| | August 12, 2010 — SETI might well stand for 'Sci-Fi of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence' with its ROI (return on investment) of zero in 50 years of searching. In his latest piece for Space.com Seth Shostak did the best he could to distinguish >>more>> |
| Ancient Earth Smackdown at Santa Fe Tells Global Story Tue, 10 Aug 2010 |
| | August 10, 2010 — Biblical creationists believe in a global flood, but did you know secular geologists have a global catastrophe, too? Both groups converge on evidence at a certain layer of rock. To get there, we begin at a 'a compelling >>more>> |
| Specialized Molecules Make Cells Work Mon, 09 Aug 2010 |
| | August 09, 2010 — Reports continue to show that vital cell processes depend on finely-tuned proteins and RNA molecules. Most of the papers that discuss these specialized molecules fail to mention how they might have evolved, as shown in three >>more>> |
| Down with Human Evolution Just-So Stories Mon, 09 Aug 2010 |
| | August 08, 2010 — Stories of human ancestors around campfires evolving larger brains by eating meat or caring for animals often sound themselves life campfire stories. For example, Jeremy Hsu in Live Science speculated that 'Caring for Animals >>more>> |
| Grandma Gets Sexy Idea for Origin of Life Sat, 07 Aug 2010 |
| | August 07, 2010 — Helen Hansma likes being a grandmother and studying the origin of life, according to a video on PhysOrg. To show she's not over the hill, though, she came up with a sexy new hypothesis for how we got here: life emerged 'between >>more>> |
| God Forbid: Public School Field Trips to a Creation Zoo? Fri, 06 Aug 2010 |
| | August 06, 2010 — Is it legal? Can a public school take kids to a creation zoo? Environment reporter Michael Marshall at New Scientist just about had a fit when he heard that 'A UK zoo that pushes a creationist message has been approved >>more>> |
| Stem Cell News: Adults Still Lead Fri, 06 Aug 2010 |
| | August 06, 2010 — Stem cells are still hot. Most of the significant findings are coming from adult stem cells (AS) or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) rather than embryonic stem cells (ES). For example, a PhysOrg article described progress >>more>> |
| Explosion of the Blob Thu, 05 Aug 2010 |
| | August 05, 2010 — Some scientists are looking into the folds of a sponge for clues about the Cambrian Explosion — the sudden emergence of all the major body plans in the geological blink of an eye. What they are finding is more complexity >>more>> |
| Fine-Tuning Found in Life's Rotary Engine Wed, 04 Aug 2010 |
| | August 04, 2010 — The universal energy currency in living things is ATP. To produce the vast quantities of this molecule required by life 24 x 7, cells employ banks of rotary engines called ATP Synthase, which we have reported on previously >>more>> |
| Best Face-on-Mars Photo Looks Dead Tue, 03 Aug 2010 |
| | August 03, 2010 — Conspiracy theorists will probably have little to say now that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken the clearest photo yet of the alleged 'Face on Mars' in Cydonia. For the before and after photos, see PhysOrg. The >>more>> |
| Cell Regulation Doesn't Just Happen Mon, 02 Aug 2010 |
| | August 02, 2010 — Scientists are finding that it's not just having the right parts that makes a body go; it's having those parts controlled by the right regulators. Recent stories make the case with their headlines: ''Guardian of the Genome': >>more>> |
| Nature's Designs Excite Inventors Sun, 01 Aug 2010 |
| | August 01, 2010 — The imitation of nature — biomimetics — is one of the hottest areas in science these days. Recent reports tell about research teams racing to move natural designs to market, and there's no end in sight... (6 reports).
[On >>more>> |
| Electricity Forms Your Heart Sat, 31 Jul 2010 |
| | July 31, 2010 — Did you know your heart is an electrical appliance? That's right. Currents of electrical ions are vital to its function as a contractile organ. Now, researchers at the University of California have found another thing electricity >>more>> |
| Getting Animals from Here to There Sat, 31 Jul 2010 |
| | July 30, 2010 — The world is a big place, and most animals are small. Yet many animals are found far from where their presumed ancestors lived. Most birds, naturally, can fly long distances, and some sea creatures can cross the oceans with >>more>> |
| Things in Space that Shouldn't Be Thu, 29 Jul 2010 |
| | July 29, 2010 — A history of astronomy and a history of surprise discoveries in space would track pretty well. Recent stories show that the trend continues even today (6 reports from solar system to stars).
An article on PhysOrg about >>more>> |
| Evolution of Segmentation Leads to Playing God Wed, 28 Jul 2010 |
| | July 28, 2010 — Most animals come in segments — body plans that are divided into more-or-less similar parts. Arthropods, worms and vertebrates are examples (including humans, with their vertebral segments and rough division into head, >>more>> |
| Is Our World Natural? Tue, 27 Jul 2010 |
| | July 27, 2010 — At first glance, the headline sounds absurd: is our world natural? Of course the world is natural. Nature is natural, isn't it? Often, though, we picture what humans do as unnatural — oil spills, landfills, pollution, >>more>> |
