The RATE Project

One focus of the RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth) project was radiohalos research.¹ It was concluded that the uranium (²³⁸U) and polonium (Po) radiohalos frequently found in granitic rocks had to have formed simultaneously.² This implies that hundreds of millions of years of radioactive decay (at today's rates) had to have occurred in a matter of a

One side of Darwin rarely discussed in popular and scientific literature was his powerful sadistic bent. One of his passions that reflected this was his love for shooting, hunting, and guns. Darwin's interest in shooting and hunting was not unusual in nineteenth century England, but he carried it far beyond that of most of his contemporaries.