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Insect Designed with a Spring in Its Step
Scientists are discovering engineering details of the biological structures that enable some animals to jump exceedingly far for their sizes. Froghoppers are insects that can jump 100 times their body length, and it turns out that sheer muscular strength is not nearly sufficient to account for this feat.
Research shows that the froghopper has three anatomical features that are the correct size, shape and strength to enable its leaping prowess. Read the entire article.
Bursting Big Bang's Bubble
New investigations into a potential light-bending bubble in space may push the envelope on standard thinking about starlight. If the earth is somewhere inside a giant cosmic bubble of low matter density, then starlight behavior could be explained without the need for cold, dark matter.
But this benefit comes at a price: the admission that earth occupies a "special place" in the universe. Read the entire article.
Image credit: NASA/ESA/JPL/Arizona State Univ.
7 Wonders Creation Museum Celebrates 10-year Anniversary
The 7 Wonders Creation Museum near Silver Lake, Washington, celebrated its 10th anniversary on September 27. The young-earth museum was established near Mount St. Helens to provide information on the significance of the volcano’s May 18, 1980, eruption and aftermath.
The museum provides an interpretation of the events at Mount St. Helens, and demonstrates that geologic features can result from catastrophic processes that occur in hours or days, rather than requiring thousands of years. Read the entire article.
Biomineralization: An Engineering Masterpiece
Researchers are optimistic that a new form of high-resolution CT scanning at the molecular level will give them new information about the formation of shells, bones, and other hard structures. They hope to learn how to mimic the strength of these natural structures in the manufacture of similar man-made materials.
How do we explain the origin of these engineering masterpieces? Read the entire article.
The Finest Solar Technology Doesn't Come from a Lab
Advances in solar cell technology have produced a new European record of 39.7 percent efficiency. Although other labs have solar cell prototypes that have reached and exceeded 40 percent efficiency, some researchers are concerned that unless an improvement in energy storage is achieved, trying to make progress in harvesting solar energy might be a waste of time.
We do, however, already have an example of efficient solar energy capture and storage mechanisms—in plants. Read the entire article.
Temple of Science Exhibits the Religion of Science
One argument that secular humanists and neo-Darwinists can’t stand is when their blind belief in, and zealous defense of, the evolutionary interpretation of unobservable past processes is labeled as “religion.” Yet one San Francisco artist has gone a step further by producing his very own Temple of Science.
Billed as “a secular temple devoted to scientific worship,” will it be welcomed by evolutionary believers? Read the entire article.
Earth's Oldest Rock Has the Wrong Date
McGill University researchers recently published a study on what they believe is earth’s oldest rock, giving it an age of about 4.28 billion years. Can it really be this old?
Creation science has challenged the ever-changing “standard” age given to the earth. Following are four of a host of revelations that have emerged from relevant creation science research. Read the entire article.
Camel Remains Show Camels Remain Camels
The jawbone of a very small camel was unearthed in Syria in August 2008. According to Heba al-Sakhel, head of the Syrian National Museum, it is the oldest fossil camel on record, clocking in at one million years.
The basis for this age is not given, but like those who are famous for being famous, it is most likely based on a sheer presumption. Read the entire article.
Will the True Tetrapod Transition Please Step Forward?
Have “primitive fingers” really been discovered in a fossil fish? Many fish, fossilized or live, show bone structure in their fins, and evolutionary scientists have believed this to be evidence that land creatures evolved from fish.
So many different fish kinds have been honored as our true evolutionary ancestors that it seems likely that these interpretations have not been based on the fossil evidence, but rather on the assumption of evolution itself. Read the entire article.
How Did American Iguanas Get to Fiji?
A new species of iguana was recently discovered in central parts of Fiji. Named Brachylophus bulabula, it is the third iguana species that has been found in the Pacific islands.
The find also presents a mystery—specifically, how did these reptiles get there? Read the entire article.
Photograph by Paddy Ryan/Ryan Photographic
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