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Is There Some Truth to Dragon Myths?


Harry Potter fans are looking forward to the boy wizard’s next screen adventure, opening this month. Pottermania broke loose when J. K. Rowling’s first book appeared on bookstands in 1997. Rowling’s world of wizardry has even inspired the name of a dragon-like dinosaur fossil.

But serious researchers are seeing evidence that dragons were more than just fantastical creatures. More...

Study Shows Many Scientists Manipulate Results


Survey data collected from 1986 to 2005 revealed disturbing information about scientific reporting across a host of fields. Almost two percent of scientists personally admitted to having “fabricated, falsified, or modified data or results.”

And when asked about their colleagues’ actions, the falsification figure jumped to 14 percent. More...

Evolutionary Connection to Increased College Drinking


Researchers recently published a study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs that found alcohol abuse among college students has been steadily increasing for about a decade, even while effective prevention strategies are simultaneously being developed.

Concerned parties are seeking new interventions, but these strategies can only go so far with college students who live for fun. More...

Jay Talking


The brains of birds are tiny, but many contain the right programming to make them the best talkers in the animal kingdom. In addition to the parrot’s talking skill set, a new study found that Siberian jays show “complex communication.”

Why would a “lower” order of animal have this ability? More...

Botox: Toxin Becomes Treatment


Botox treatments are popularly known for their cosmetic application in reducing facial wrinkles. They also have been used successfully to treat disorders in eye muscles.

And a newly discovered application involves using Botox injections to help patients who suffer from overactive bladders. More...

It Takes More Than Eyes to See


The eye is an amazing instrument, but no mental image will form at all unless the brain is properly equipped to manage the visual input. One data processing feature of the brain ensures that when the eye moves rapidly, the viewer sees a steady image rather than streaks and blurs.

New research from Rutgers University offers insights into how brains accomplish this. More...

Astronomers Surprised by Unnatural Star Cluster


While examining an area near the center of the Milky Way, astronomers saw something they were not expecting. An inordinately high number of average-looking stars are grouped there, which is surprising since it is located so near to the black hole at the heart of the galaxy.

The stars’ normal appearance is not predicted by naturalistic models of star and galaxy formation. More...

Image Credit: NASA

Egg-laying Echidna Could Not Have Evolved


A research intern for the Wildlife Conservation Society, Muse Opiang, completed the first field study ever conducted on the long-beaked echidna, an egg-laying mammal found only in New Guinea.

The echidna’s strange combination of mammalian and reptilian features defy a Darwinian description of origins. More...

Fixed Bird Thigh Nixes Dino-to-bird Development


New research from Oregon State University revealed that a bird’s bone configuration is essential to the unique way it breathes. The study, published online in the Journal of Morphology, effectively determined that if a bird’s legs or ribs were removed or significantly altered, it would suffocate.

The discovery demonstrates that, in spite of popular belief, dinosaurs could not have evolved into birds. More...

Engineers Have an 'Ear' for Natural Design


The human ear is an amazing device. In a recent press release, an MIT engineer said that the ear is “like a super radio with 3,500 parallel channels.”

In fact, its design inspired the development of a new space and energy-saving radio receiver chip. More...

Flat-Faced Fossil Fails to Fit Evolution


Portions of a primate’s fossilized face and jaw were recovered near Barcelona in 2004. The discovery of the bones was recently hailed as “an enormous step forward in the understanding of the origin of our own family, the Hominidae.”

But the fine print reveals that evolutionists are just walking in circles, since the tiny extinct primate’s unique features do not support an evolutionary interpretation. More...

Image Credit: PNAS

 

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