Coronavirus Makes Climate Action More Urgent?

Early this week, the websites Phys.org and TheConversation.com published an editorial by John Hewson, former federal leader of the Australian Liberal Party, who claimed that the coronavirus pandemic has made it even more urgent for the world to respond to “climate change.”1,2 Because the issue of climate change intersects the origins debate in a number of ways, it is worthwhile to re


Dark Matter Search Keeps Coming Up Empty

A recent study has ruled out a possible candidate for dark matter, the mysterious invisible “stuff” said to comprise 85% of the matter in our universe.1,2 The Big Bang model needs dark matter for a number of reasons. So, this is bad news for the Big Bang model.


Supermoon Tonight

Tonight’s (April 7) full moon is special because it occurs when the moon is close to perigee, the point in its orbit where it is closest to Earth.1,2 This event is called a perigee-syzygy by astronomers, but it is informally known as a supermoon. Because the moon is a little closer than normal, it will be a little larger in the sky than normal.

Enjoying God’s Universe While Isolated, on a Budget

Around three thousand years, King David wrote,

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you visit him?1

The starry night sky is a good reminder of God’s greatness and power.

Fighting Coronavirus with Your PC or Mac

As of March 26, seven hundred thousand people involved in the Folding@Home project are using their home computers to form, in effect, the world’s fastest supercomputer.1 This virtual supercomputer can perform an astonishing billion, billion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000) calculations per second.2 These computers are being used to simulate the folding of proteins, including th

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