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First SOBA Class Graduates
The Institute for Creation Research’s School of Biblical Apologetics (SOBA) is proud to announce the graduation of its first class.
Nine students have completed their Christian Education...
Christmas Gratitude
No matter what our personal situations may be, each Christmas we are reminded just how deeply and completely God loves us. His wondrous plan of salvation—first set in motion in the Garden of Eden...
Has Einstein's Limit on the Speed of Light Been Broken?
Introduction
A consortium of 174 scientists at the CERN and LNGS laboratories announced on September 23, 2011, that they had observed neutrinos traveling 0.0024 percent faster than the currently...
Distant Galaxies Look Too Mature for Big Bang
A gamma-ray burst passed through two far-distant galaxies on its way to earth, illuminating them like a cosmic backlight and shedding new light on models of the origin and structure of the universe....
More Transparency Needed in Science Textbooks, Museums
The number of retracted scientific papers has skyrocketed in the last decade. In 2010, two science editors started Retraction Watch, a blog dedicated to tracking science paper retractions. So far, the...
Mistakes and Misconduct in Science
"To err is human," according to the 18th-century English poet Alexander Pope.
Human error is not uncommon, even in the area of scientific investigations. But the number of scientific papers...
Bird Fossils Offer Clues to Dinosaur Question
According to Genesis, all creatures of the earth were created within days of each other—including dinosaurs and humans. A common question in response to this is "If dinosaurs and man lived...
New Insights into Earth's Nitrogen-Balancing System
All living animals—whether herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore—need food, and plants are at the beginning of the food chain.
Plants require a number of factors to regularly and reliably...
How Did Wolves Become Dogs?
From the tiny Chihuahua to the massive mastiff, the over 200 breeds of domesticated dogs come in a wide variety of different body sizes and proportions, hair lengths and textures, and demeanors.1...
Did Humans Cause Dinosaur Extinctions?
Like elephants and a few other animals, rhinoceroses are among the last of the large animals called "megafauna." Rhinos exist in African, Indonesian, Javan, Indian, and Sumatran varieties.1...
The Ingenious Way That Bacteria Resist Aging
Bacterial cells are singularly long-lived. They keep dividing for what seems like forever. But because they are made of biochemicals, their DNA and proteins should suffer damage similar to what any...
DNA Study Contradicts Human/Chimp Common Ancestry
Evolutionary biologists argue that since human and chimp DNA are nearly identical, both species must have evolved from a common ancestor. However, creation scientists have pointed out that their DNA...
'Dinosaur Plant' Evolution Stories Conflict
Cycads, also called "sago palms," are cone-bearing plants with long leathery shoots that often adorn dinosaur dioramas. Though there are about 11 living cycad genera, which further divide...
Top Geologist Releases Data on Noah's Ark Claim
One of the top geologists in the creation science community recently released data and analysis of wood samples allegedly taken from a structure on Mt. Ararat last year. Dr. Andrew Snelling, Director...
New Study Shows Enzymes Couldn't Evolve
According to evolutionary theory, chemicals must have somehow organized themselves into cellular life, presumably long ago. And that means that enzymes must have formed themselves, too.
But enzymes...
Dam Detonation Illustrates Noah's Flood
On October 26, strategically placed explosives breached the Condit Dam in Washington state in order to reopen the White Salmon River to salmon and other aquatic animals.
Upon detonation, the lake...
Archaeopteryx Is a Bird. . . Again
The fossilized bird known as Archaeopteryx has had quite a history of identity crises. Researchers once classified it as a "missing link" between dinosaurs and birds. It was considered to...
Dinosaurs Ate Rice
Just what did dinosaurs eat?
One way researchers are finding out is by studying coprolites, or fossilized dinosaur dung. And as it turns out, some dinosaurs ate rice plants. But if flowering plants...
Did Astronomers Find an Evolving Planet?
A Hawaii-based astronomer announced at an October 19, 2011, NASA meeting the discovery of a young-looking planet forming near the star LkCa 15. "You can actually see the planet forming, as the...
New Study Can't Explain Blue Stragglers' Youth
Blue stragglers, according to NASA, "are older stars that acquire a new lease on life when they collide and merge with other stars."1 But a new study calls into question whether...
November 2011
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With Grateful Hearts
Gratitude is worship. That phrase has stuck with me for 30 years since my time at Columbia Bible College and a well-spoken chapel message by Dr. Johnny Miller. I’m grateful that at this stage...
Sharing the Inheritance
…giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. (Colossians 1:12)
There are many references in the Bible to the inheritance...
Ongoing Telomere Research at Odds with Human-Chimp Chro.,.
Life sciences research at ICR has recently been focused on the cell’s telomere system. As described in earlier articles, the chromosome end-capping (telomere) system found in the cells of plants...
Human Suffering: Why This Isn't the 'Best of All Possib.,.
Many people have used the tragedies of human suffering as an excuse for rejecting the God of the Bible. Accordingly, skeptics rationalize this rejection by using syllogisms such as this:
If...
Darwin's Sacred Imposter: Natural Selection's Idolatrou.,.
A major university promoted an annual Diversity Day that featured almost any organization willing to set up a booth. At one booth, a student was given a small carved statue that, he was told, had the...
What the Fossils Really Say about Sauropod Dinosaurs
by Brian Thomas, M.S., & Frank Sherwin, M.A. *
Sauropods, such as Diplodocus and Apatosaurus, were immense, four-footed dinosaurs. By their fossils, researchers know that their skeletal...
Dr. Brad Forlow, Associate Science Editor
When Dr. Brad Forlow initially contacted the Institute for Creation Research, he was just looking for part-time work while he was in school.
But when hiring representatives saw that his resume included...
Call to Battle
Perhaps you have noticed the stewardship banner prominently displayed on this page. Like the original military banners carried into battle, ICR’s banner is designed to communicate important themes....
CLOUD Experiment Supports Global Warming Theory
Introduction
In several Acts & Facts articles over the past few years, I have addressed Henrik Svensmark’s theory that modulated galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) from outer space may be...
Earth Hit the 7-Billion Mark Too Late
The world's population will reach seven billion on October 31, 2011, according to the United Nations, and media outlets are heralding the issue of overcrowding on the planet. How long did it take...
Mercury's Fading Magnetic Field Fits Creation Model
Planets, including the earth, generate magnetic fields that encompass the space around them. Observations have shown that, like earth's, the planet Mercury's magnetic field is rapidly breaking...
Ancient Paint Workshop Challenges Human Evolutionary Story
In 2008, excavations in a South African cave uncovered two red-stained abalone shell bowls along with various tools in what was evidently a workshop where ochre and other ingredients were mixed, most...
Mercury's Surface Looks Young
NASA's Messenger spacecraft mission to Mercury has given scientists the opportunity to learn more about the properties of the solar system's innermost planet. After supposedly billions of years...
Could a Virus Jump-Start the First Cell?
Evolutionists have had a hard time imagining how mitochondria evolved. One theory is that these cellular powerhouses originated when bacteria invaded a primitive cell. A recent study deciphered the...
Did Dragonflies Really Predate Dinosaurs?
No flying machine or other creature has the aerial dexterity of dragonflies. They can fly upside-down and backward as easily as straight ahead. And they move so fast that researchers have to use high-speed...
Scientists Don't Know How Universe Works, Started
Perhaps no realm of inquiry is as fraught with fantastic speculation as the origin of the universe. Theories of how it could have come about naturally have regularly been proposed and discarded as new...
Mythical Planet Doesn't Solve Orbit Origins
It has always been impossibly difficult for astronomers to realistically explain how galaxies, stars, and planets might have formed through natural processes. To prop up their naturalistic theories,...
Scientists Discover New Clue to Geckos' Climbing Ability
Geckos can run just as easily along a wall or ceiling as they can across a floor. This is due to special pads on their toes, which can even grip glass. No man-made adhesive technology comes even close...
Letting the Science Speak for Itself
"Geology will survive creationist undermining," according to a recent commentary by Steven Newton in New Scientist. Newton is Programs and Policy Director for the National Center for Science Education...
Has Einstein's Limit on the Speed of Light Been Broken?
A consortium of 174 scientists at the CERN and LNGS laboratories announced on September 23, 2011, that they had observed neutrinos traveling 0.0024 percent faster than the speed of light.1...
That's a Fact
Here's something worth a post or a tweet.
Today, the Institute for Creation Research debuts a new series of online video shorts called That's a Fact. The show is aimed at delivering fascinating facts...
The Channeled Scablands
Perhaps the most well-known triumph of catastrophic thinking over strict uniformity is that of Dr. J. Harlen Bretz and the “channeled scablands.” Beginning in the 1920s, Bretz studied the...
So, What Is a Gene?
DNA is the famous molecule of heredity that carries the code of life—an altogether remarkable biopolymer (polynucleotide). As expected, the more research that is conducted on the DNA molecule,...
Thank God for Wood
Wood is a remarkable biological product that has long supplied mankind with strong construction material and fuel, as well as oxygen, enjoyable scenery, and shade. Some have suggested that wood is "simple,"1...
Spreading the Creation Message through ICR Events
The Institute for Creation Research’s mission to equip believers with the truth of God’s creation has not changed since its founding by Dr. Henry Morris over 40 years ago. One effective way...
Slow Death for a Tarantula: A Lesson in Arachnid Apologetics
In 1999, this author witnessed an unforgettable "air show" in which a dive-bombing maneuver resulted in the gruesome death of an unsuspecting victim who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was...
Benjamin Lee Whorf: An Early Supporter of Creationism
Introduction
Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941) is best known both for documenting the importance of language in shaping our innermost thoughts and for documenting the strong connection between language and...
Evaluating the Human-Chimp DNA Myth--New Research Data
A recent presentation at the 2011 Creation Biology Society (CBS) meetings has stirred the pot once again on the human-chimp DNA similarity issue among creationists, intelligent design proponents, and some...
Life Below the Surface
Very seldom do we bother to look at life below the surface. In our daily addiction to activity, we rarely take the time to plunge beneath the mundane and the ordinary and the obvious. Various reasons exist...
Genesis Under the Microscope
Teaching Genesis and Science to Honor the Creator
How does your understanding of science affect how you teach Genesis? Likewise, how does your understanding of Genesis affect the science that you teach?...
October 2011
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Acceptable Gifts of Power
Some years ago, a dear Christian lady began preparations to send a box of goods and supplies to missionaries from her church. A neighborhood child heard of her project and desired to help. But being only...
Ed Creek: ICR Volunteer
by Eric Latas & Christine Dao *
The Institute for Creation Research has a small but dedicated events staff committed to planning, directing, and staffing the various conferences and outreach...
Whale Study Confirms Evolutionary Trees Don't Work
"Phylogenies," or evolutionary trees, are diagrams that illustrate how certain plants or animals supposedly evolved and branched out from common ancestors. Charles Darwin drew one, usually referred to...
New Life Origins Theory Has Old Problems
Evolutionists have yet to figure out how life could have spontaneously developed from non-living chemicals. Richard Dawkins told New Scientist in 2009 that "the most profound unsolved problem in biology...
UK Atheists Push to Censor Academic Freedom
An atheist group is petitioning the British government to issue policy to censor academic freedom and push evolution-only indoctrination on primary school students in the United Kingdom.
Celebrity...
Trace Metals Study Confirms Fossil Has Original Feathers
In 1993, a fossil of a long-tailed bird was found in China that still contained feathers and bones. The fossilized Confuciusornis sanctus is supposedly 120 million years old, but observation has shown...
Have Scientists Finally Found 'Dinofuzz'?
If dinosaurs evolved into birds, then fossils should show plenty of sequential transitional features between the two groups. For example, some evolutionists speculate that the earliest stages of feather...
NASA's Ocean Currents Study Confirms Providential Care
Virtually everybody knows that the world's oceans have currents. But few know who first discovered them, why they are important, or what can be gained by mapping them in greater detail. NASA's Aquarius...
The Plague: Birth of a Killer
The bacteria that cause the plague have killed many people throughout history.1 Scientifically named Yersinia pestis, the bacteria enter human and animal bodies often through flea bites.
Although...
Design in DNA: Flexibility Is Just Right
Researchers are still uncovering the amazing properties of DNA, the long molecule used by living systems to carry information. It is the densest data storage system known. With all that biological information...
Transposon Behavior Negates 'Selfish Gene' Theory
In 1976, evolutionist Richard Dawkins eloquently described how he thought life on earth was characterized by selfish genes competing for propagation within the genomes of countless creatures.1...
Is Fossil Really a 'Game Changer' for Human Evolution?
Primate fossils discovered in South Africa in 2008 are being hailed as an evolutionary "game changer." ABC News recently reported that these fossils provide a "key link in the process of evolution that...
Nature Article Inadvertently Confirms Dinosaur Design
Sauropods, such as Diplodocus and Apatosaurus, were immense, four-footed dinosaurs. By their fossils, researchers know that their unique skeletal design features were specially equipped to support their...
Lightweight Star Should Not Exist
Astronomers have found a mysterious star that is made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium gas. According to naturalistic star formation theories, the star shouldn't exist, since it is missing massive...
Fossil Hand Points Away from Human Evolution
In 2010, a new candidate was announced for humanity's evolutionary tree…Australopithecus sediba.1 Now, recent analyses of its fossilized bones are being reported as further proof...
Study Says People Subconsciously Resist Creative Ideas
Most people would probably agree that creative ideas drive innovation. Along with many others past and present, recently retired Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs would certainly fall into the category...
50th Anniversary Edition of 'The Genesis Flood' Just Re.,.
How do you measure the impact of your life? Fortune? Fame? Power? What is it that determines your mark upon this world?
For believers in Jesus Christ, we measure our success by our obedience to God, regardless...
First Cell's Survival Odds Not in Evolution's Favor
How did life begin? For those who reject the testimony of Genesis, the search is restricted to clues in nature.
One such clue is the minimum essentials required for growth and reproduction. If that number...
Rare Supernova Recalls Missing Remnants Mystery
Astronomers have found "the supernova of a generation," according to University of California's Joshua Bloom.1 Sequential photographs show the star rapidly increasing in brightness as the supernova...
Were Viruses Created or Evolved?
Viruses have a bad reputation. They are ultra-tiny, well-designed machines that copy themselves in a process that sometimes causes disease in the organisms in which they reside. One class called retroviruses...
September 2011
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The Necessity of Preaching Genesis
Since God inspired the writing of the 66 inerrant books we call "the Holy Bible," it can be assumed that He wanted people to hear what each book says. Having served as a pastor, I know both the joy...
Evolution Ex Nihilo
Evolutionists have frequently criticized creationism as unscientific because of its basic commitment to the doctrine of creation ex nihilo…that is, "creation out of nothing." The idea that God simply...
Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity: Do Shared 'Mistakes' Pr.,.
The ICR life sciences team continues to tackle the problem of refuting the evolutionary tree of life1 and, specifically, the frequently cited claim that humans and chimpanzees have an unusually...
Biblical Devastation in the Wake of a 'Tranquil Flood'
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. (Genesis 6:17)
Floods...
Global Cooling Forecast
Introduction
It was announced at the recent annual meeting of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society (AAS/SPD) at New Mexico State University that the next 11-year solar sunspot...
Darwin's Sacred Imposter: The Illusion That Natural Sel.,.
Suppose in July 1969 two men watched the Saturn V rocket launch the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. One marveled at the power of nature’s cosmic siphon acting on the rocket to lift it off the pad...
The Rock Walls of Rockwall County
Situated just to the northeast of Dallas County is the county of Rockwall, with its capital city Rockwall, both derived from the frequent occurrence of underground rock "walls" that crop up around the...
From Rocks...to Brains
The secular mantra is ongoing: "Creationism is religion and evolution is science." When evidence is offered for The Non-Darwinian Alternative, evolutionists seem to respond by becoming even more dogmatic...
Yeast: Single Cells That Fit and Fill
Is there any evidence that organisms were programmed by God to quickly adapt to the earth’s changing environments?
Those who adhere to old-earth theories chide biblical creationists who propose...
User-Friendly Science Education
Education has always been a critical focus of the mission of the Institute for Creation Research. In fact, ICR was originally established as the research division of Christian Heritage College (now San...
'Tis the Fall Season
This coming fall season heralds an important time for nonprofit Christian ministries like ICR, marking the start of annual giving opportunities as we proceed toward the end of the tax year. In addition,...
Preaching Genesis
We are immersed in a secular culture, bombarded with an ever-increasing vitriol and hatred. In bestselling books such as The God Delusion, God Is Not Great, Breaking the Spell, and The End of Faith, well-known...
IBM Attempts to Build Computer 'Brain'
IBM researchers are working on a new computing device that could process massive data sets while using very little energy. It would also be able to quickly learn and remember patterns, which might make...
Human Languages Fit a Young Earth Model
According to the Bible, God introduced different human languages at Babel about 4,000 years ago.1 This brought about a dispersal and migration of the people assembled there, in accord with...
Eye Evolution: Assumption, Not Science
The vertebrate eye is very well-constructed. Its many critical parts work together so that individual light photons are captured and converted into data that the brain then translates into a coherent visual...
Christian Professor Claims Genetics Disproves Historica.,.
National Public Radio recently interviewed Trinity Western University biologist Dennis Venema, who stated his belief that humans did not descend from Adam and Eve.1 Venema, an evangelical evolutionist,...
Feathers Missing from 'Feathered Dinosaur' Display
The Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas is currently running an exhibit called "Chinasaurs" that features dinosaur fossils discovered in China. Some of these fossils supposedly represent transitional...
Do Eyes Carry 'Scars of Evolution'?
In a recent piece in Scientific American, neuroscientist Trevor Lamb wrote that vertebrate eyes contain numerous defects that he called "the scars of evolution." He cited these "flaws" as powerful evidence...
RNA Discoveries Refute Key Evolutionary Argument
Pseudogenes, or "false genes," were initially thought to be mutated and useless genetic "junk" since they don't code for proteins. When they were first discovered, evolutionists claimed they were leftovers...
Continents Should Have Eroded Long Ago
According to standard evolutionary models, the earth is supposed to be 4.5 billion years old, and its continents supposedly formed 3.5 billion years ago. But if this is true, why haven't earth's landforms...
Butterflies Mimic Other Species with 'Amazing Supergene'
To the untrained eye, certain butterflies can look essentially identical to corresponding varieties of another species. This way they can evade predators, who won't eat them because the insects they're...
Earliest Fossil Shows Wood Could Not Evolve
Wood has long provided mankind with construction material, fuel, enjoyable scenery, and shade. One of the most abundant biological products in the world, wood consists of the thickened cell wall deposits...
Why Would Parasitic Worms Help Bowel Disease?
According to a recent report, one biotech company has plans to test and market a rather unusual treatment for certain autoimmune intestinal ailments like Crohn's disease…a concoction containing...
County Fair's Creation Booth Smeared by Media
A part-time nurse from West Bend, Wisconsin, set up an interactive creation-based booth with a sign reading "Interpret the Evidence" at a local county fair. The Wisconsin State Journal reported on Mary...
Evolutionary Paradox: Embryos Resist Tinkering
What steps are required to build a snail? Can natural selection, as described by evolutionary biologists, accomplish any of these steps? These questions were investigated in a recent report by Biola University...
Laetoli Footprints Out of Step with Evolution
Something or someone supposedly walked across volcanic mud 3.66 million years ago, leaving behind footprints discovered in modern-day Laetoli, Tanzania.1 Many who think modern humans evolved...
Evolution Delays Discovery of Dolphin Sensory Ability
Scientists have known for a while that dolphins use vision and sonar to find food and identify objects. But researchers recently discovered that dolphins also have electric sensory perception. After decades...
More Evidence Neandertals Were Human
Neandertals were an ancient people whose remains have been discovered in European caves and a few other places. Evolutionists once ardently taught that Neandertals were links in human evolution. However,...
Did Natural Gas Take Millions of Years to Form?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are precious earth materials that are used to power many modern human activities. It is commonly believed that these "fossil fuels" formed over millions of years after plant...
Early Bird Gets the Boot: Researchers Reclassify Archae.,.
Archaeopteryx has long been hailed as a "missing link" between birds and dinosaurs. After a recent analysis of a different fossilized creature, however, Chinese researchers concluded that Archaeopteryx...
Origin of Cells Study Uses Bad Science
Animal and plant cell DNA is so complicated that all the cellular machines that process, regulate, and manipulate it are constantly in need of cellular fuel. In fact, each animal and plant cell uses so...
Water Near Edge of Universe Bolsters Creation Cosmology
A tremendous cloud of water vapor envelops a quasar in distant space, according to new reports. Where did the water come from? A straightforward understanding of the biblical account of creation provides...
The chromosome 2 fusion model of human evolution&hellip.,.
AUGUST 01, 2011
by Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Jerry Bergman, Ph.D.
In Journal of Creation 25 (2): 111-117, August 2011
A major argument for human evolution from a shared common ancestor with the great apes,...
The chromosome 2 fusion model of human evolution&hellip.,.
AUGUST 01, 2011
by Jerry Bergman, Ph.D., and Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D.
In Journal of Creation 25 (2): 106-110, August 2011
One of the leading molecular arguments for human evolution from a shared...
The Donkey Strategy
Seeking celebrity status is dangerous for Christian leaders. Examples abound where well-known Bible teachers have made the teachings of Christ a mockery as they paraded their odd views on network television...
Balaam's Error and Today's Evangelicals
If Balaam lived among today’s evangelicals, he would be considered a great man. His public sayings would be widely known, and his "ministry" would have great impact (Numbers 22:6). In his day, Balaam...
Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity: Refuting the Appeal to .,.
A current research emphasis of the ICR life sciences team is the "tree of life," a standard icon of the evolutionary paradigm.1 Evolutionists commonly try to buttress their claim of a universal...
The Failed Apologetic of the Wedge Strategy
How the Intelligent Design Movement Treats the Bible as Irrelevant
Is it possible to profess confidence in God’s Word, yet act like the Bible is not authoritatively relevant? Yes, according to the...
Both Argon and Helium Diffusion Rates Indicate a Young Earth
Introduction
In the final report of ICR’s Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) project, Dr. Russell Humphreys reported that helium diffusion from zircons in borehole GT-2 at Fenton...
Doubt Versus Unbelief
Teachers and Christian leaders often encourage students to question things, for this can be a real impetus to growth. There’s nothing wrong with asking questions or even with having doubts, for they...
Fishy Evolutionary Explanations
Evolutionists tirelessly beat the drum of humanity’s supposed fish ancestry. Paleontologist Jennifer Clack stated:
Although humans do not usually think of themselves as fishes, they nonetheless...
Fit for Flight
Why are pilots and airplane mechanics so meticulous in their upkeep and maintenance of aircraft? The fact that one critical misstep would spell disaster shows that anything that flies must have many interdependent...
Creation Expo VBS Reaches Thousands
Just imagine walking into the atrium of your church and seeing Triceratops prorsus, Albertosaurus sarcophagus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Thescelosaurus neglectus, Droaeosaurus albertensis, and Ichthyosaurus...
Can I Get a Witness?
As a child growing up in San Diego, I learned early on that my grandfather, Henry M. Morris, was a great man. Not a good man, mind you…but a truly great and remarkable man, uniquely gifted by God...
True Learning
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. (Deuteronomy 5:1)
In...
August 2011
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Fluctuations Show Radioisotope Decay Is Unreliable
Radioactive isotopes are commonly portrayed as providing rock-solid evidence that the earth is billions of years old. Since such isotopes are thought to decay at consistent rates over time, the assumption...
Messenger Spacecraft Confirms: Mercury Is Unique
Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, rotates so slowly that one day there lasts about 59 earth days. The planet has only three days in each of its years, and the sunny side is so hot that lead would...
Tadpole Faces Form by Bioelectric Patterning
How does a single-cell egg turn into a swimming, metabolizing, hunting tadpole? Common understanding holds that frog DNA carries the required instructional building plans. However, developmental biologists...
Evolution Controversy's Outdated, One-sided Exposure
Appealing to public emotions is a tool employed by politicians, media, and anyone trying to win supporters for a specific agenda. Naturally, such efforts can skew or omit facts, as is often the case...
Opals Can Form in Weeks
Modern geology is based on the notion that the physical properties of earth developed over long ages. But coal and oil can form quickly, even in hours.1 Mount St. Helens made mudstones in...
Do Hairless Fruit Fly Larvae Spell "Evolution"?
Does it matter whether the larvae of one fruit fly species have hairy backs while those of another are smooth? Well, for scientists who believe both species descended from the same ancestor population,...
Fossil Pigment Paints Long Ages into a Corner
The famous Confuciusornis sanctus fossil from China's northeast Liaoning Province contains patches that appear to be residue from the bird's original tissues. Long evolutionary ages should have made this...
Cambrian Shrimp Eyes Are 'Surprisingly Advanced'
Dragonflies dart with exceeding dexterity as they avoid obstacles and prey on other flying insects. This is made possible by the accuracy with which their eyes allow them to perceive their surroundings.
In...
Green Fossil Leaves Point to Recent Catastrophe
The term "fossil" is typically associated with once-living things that have been turned into rock. But wood, leaves, mosses, and insects from an ancient forest in Maine were found preserved...
Peer Review Fails in Soft Tissue Study
by Brian Thomas, M.S., & Randy J. Guliuzza, P.E., M.D. *
The biggest problem currently faced by evolutionary paleontologists is how to explain the fact that original soft tissue…which...
Yeast Adapt, But Don't Evolve
Researchers recently studied yeast populations to test the concept of "evolutionary rescue," which is the supposed ability of organisms to "adapt rapidly through evolution" in response to environmental...
NASA Data Derail Nebular Hypothesis
The solar system is packed with wonders, from examples of geometric precision to evidences of a youthful origin. For over a century, some astronomers have theorized that the sun, planets, moons, and comets...
The Human Mutation Clock Is Ticking
With more samples of human genomes now available, researchers are able to find solutions to questions that just a few years ago they could only dream of answering. For example, how many new mutations…copying...
Missouri Flood Carves 'Badlands' Landscape
In early spring 2011, crop yield in Missouri farmland along the Mississippi River looked promising, with rows of plants just beginning to grow. But record rainfall threatened to overfill the river and...
Latest Soft Tissue Study Skirts the Issues
For the past two decades, paleontologist Mary Schweitzer has been at the cutting edge of research demonstrating that certain dinosaur remains contain original soft tissue. Of course, since this material...
July 2011
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As a Matter of Fact
Facts are funny…sometimes. Not humorous, but odd, especially when two people see the same facts and describe them differently. I suppose that’s the problem with being finite and faulty human...
Three Reasons Why Genesis Matters
The Bible is an uncomfortable, yet undeniable book. From beginning to end, what is revealed about God Himself, His creation, His dealings with mankind, and His plans for the future makes sinful human beings...
Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity: Is the Evolutionary Dog.,.
One of the major missions in ICR’s current research emphasis is to scientifically challenge the evolutionary tree of life as a valid biological paradigm.1 A common manifestation of...
Culpable Passivity: The Failure of Going with the Flow
Swimming upstream is not easy…just ask a salmon. Why not just lazily drift along with the current? "Going with the flow" looks much more attractive and is certainly much more popular. Why struggle...
Darwin's Sacred Imposter: How Natural Selection Is Give.,.
In medicine, a patient’s symptoms may be explained by many causes. Experienced doctors train new physicians to keep an open mind and an active list of potential diseases until evidence indicates...
The Language of Evolution
In case you haven’t noticed, evolution has its own special language. Science properly uses specific words, often from Latin, to clarify information to those who know the "language," but evolution’s...
'Relatively Simple'
In his book Why Evolution Is True, evolutionist Jerry Coyne of the University of Chicago made the following jaw-dropping statement:
Around 600 million years ago a whole gamut of relatively simple but...
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Shows Adaptive Design
Bacterial survival in antibiotics has been taken as proof of evolution in action. But in-depth studies of the specific mechanisms for antibiotic resistance in bacteria show that no evolutionary processes...
Back to Genesis
The greatest Bible teacher of all time was the Lord Jesus Christ, and when He wanted to teach His friends about Himself and His great plan for the world, He began by teaching them the book of Genesis,...
The Impact of ICR
The Lord has been good to the ministry of the Institute for Creation Research. Over the last four decades, God has graciously increased the scope and influence of the ministry to truly global proportions,...
Universe's Matter Is Too Clumpy
On June 10, ICR News featured a report on the latest "sky map," an immense 3-D look at distant galaxies that clearly shows that matter is concentrated in massive clumps separated by giant voids.1...
Miss USA 'Believes' in Evolution
An interesting question on evolution cropped up during the web interviews for the contestants of the recent Miss USA pageant. The event aired on network television June 19, 2011, but the interviews...
Young Comet Challenges Solar System Formation Story
Comet Hartley 2 is an odd, dumbbell-shaped object that rotates as it tumbles along its orbit. One end spews carbon dioxide gas so violently that it regularly throws off chunks of ice as it travels around...
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Oil-eating Bacteria Are Cleaning Up Gulf
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has spawned concerns regarding the long-term negative impact on the area's ecology, and especially on local fisheries....
Earth: A Special Place
Secularists like to consider earth as just one of many millions of planets, occupying an obscure place in an insignificant galaxy in a sea of nothingness....
Study: Comets Did Not Supply Earth's Water
Slightly different versions of water's constituent elements, hydrogen and oxygen, are relatively common in the universe. But how did Earth's...
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Your Functional ''Yolk Sac''
For decades, evolutionists pointed to dozens of ‘useless artifacts’ of the human body to make their questionable case for evolution.
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Do People and Wild Apes Share a Common Language?
There are a host of scientific problems with evolution. One egregious difficulty is an untestable proposition that people (and primates) evolved from...
New Fossil Dolphin Species Discovered
Who doesn’t like to watch the antics of the friendly dolphin? They are classified as Cetaceans (which also includes the porpoise and the whale)....
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