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Pterosaur Contours Look Engineered - Dec 30, 2021
/article/pterosaur-contours-look-engineeredBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Flying reptiles once flew through ancient skies. Most of our knowledge of these fascinating animals, called pterosaurs, comes from their fossils. But how well-suited were they for flight? Details from one newly analyzed specimen upgrade our...
Spider Silk Secrets Stun Scientists - Dec 20, 2021
/article/spider-silk-secrets-stun-scientistsBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Two separate spider research projects published remarkable results, both in the journal Current Biology. These spiders’ specific features show their miniature skills, and cause us to marvel at their Maker. Andrew Gordus is a neurobiologist...
New Evidence of Flood in Grand Canyon - Dec 9, 2021
/article/evidence-flood-grand-canyon-coconinoBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - The Coconino Sandstone, famously exposed near the top of Grand Canyon’s splendid sedimentary layers, remains a controversial rock. Two counterclaims vie for its origin. If wind formed the Coconino’s now-hardened sand dunes, then the...
ICR’s First Dinosaur Excavation - Nov 30, 2021
/article/icr-first-dinosaur-excavationBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - ICR conducted its first paleontological excavation on September 4-5, 2021. Last years’ inspection of a site on private property in Wyoming concluded that bone material partly exposed from a Morrison Formation outcrop might indicate a dig...
Haleakala National Park: One of Many Young-Looking Volcanoes - Nov 30, 2021
/article/haleakala-national-park-young-looking-volcanoesBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - You can start the day atop the cold peak of Mt. Haleakala and end it on a warm beach on Maui. The sprawling volcanic mountain rises 10,000 feet above sea level. Nēnē birds, cattle, horses, and people populate its slopes and summits. When did...
Did Dinosaur Herd Behavior Evolve? - Nov 22, 2021
/article/did-dinosaur-herd-behavior-evolveBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - It is hard to identify the behavior of creatures just from their fossils. An international team of paleontologists tried just that on a big group of dinosaur fossils from Argentina. Their Mussaurus specimens included developmental stages from egg...
Fossil Chromatin Looks Young - Oct 11, 2021
/article/fossil-chromatin-looks-youngBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - What are the odds that a buried animal would still have intact DNA after 125 million years? Researchers publishing in the journal Communications Biology said exactly that.1 But it’s what they elected not to say that tells just as big a...
Three Hurdles for Evolution - Aug 31, 2021
/article/three-hurdles-for-evolutionBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Sure, finch beaks shift their shapes, but does that mean nature invented beaks and birds from stardust? Evolution’s proponents often speak as though we witnessed the supposed steps from dust to planets, and from single cells to humans. This...
Waco Mammoth National Monument - Aug 31, 2021
/article/waco-mammoth-national-monumentBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - Hunters in the 1970s discovered mammoth bones exposed in sediments near the confluence of the Bosque and Brazos Rivers in north central Texas. They notified scientists, who began excavating the site. Decades later, in 2015, the site and...
Does Ganymede Look Young? - Aug 23, 2021
/article/ganymede-looks-youngBrian Thomas, Ph.D. - On June 7, 2021, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede than any spacecraft had ever before. Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System—a body larger than the planet Mercury. Its frozen surface holds...
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"Excess Argon": The "Archilles' Heel&quo.,.
For more than three decades potassium-argon (K-Ar) and argon-argon (Ar-Ar) dating of rocks has been crucial in underpinning the billions of years for...