United States lawmakers are considering a bill whose purpose is “to make energy more expensive, so people use less of it and to create a penalty for carbon-based fuels.”¹ Its intent is to reduce the emission of the greenhouse gases that are supposedly fueling global warming.

Harry Potter fans are looking forward to the boy wizard’s next screen adventure, when Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens this month. Pottermania broke loose when J. K. Rowling’s first book appeared on bookstands in 1997, prompting the creation of films, fan websites, and dozens of similarly themed books.

Ida is the stunningly well-preserved fossil that has been hailed as "our connection with the rest of all the mammals."¹ A massive publicity campaign, including books, videos, a website, and public unveilings, coincided with the May 2009 publication of a scientific study conducted on the fossil.² But published statements from creation and evolutionary scientists alike indic

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.”¹ And when asked about their colleagues’ actions, the falsification figure jumped to 14 percent.