Some Birds Were Created to Boogie

Snowball is a sulfur-crested cockatoo. He’s also a YouTube sensation, as this bird dances by bobbing his head and lifting his feet to a musical beat.


Stem Cells from Blood Render Embryonic Sources Obsolete

On the heels of President Barack Obama’s March 9 order to use public monies to support embryonic stem cell research,1 another source of stem cells has become available—blood. Blood would be an ideal supplier for stem cells because it is a renewable tissue and harvesting blood components does not end life.


Chimp Study Reveals Humans Are Uniquely Wired

Chimps are physically stronger than humans, as demonstrated in recent national news when a chimpanzee severely mauled a Connecticut woman. Police were forced to shoot and kill it after its owner failed to subdue it with a knife from her kitchen.1


Retinal Coordination: Picture Perfect Presentation of Design

Evidence abounds that vertebrate eyes cannot be the result of chance formation. Recently, scientists found even more evidence when they discovered that retinal neurons work together to provide the brain with a finely-tuned visual picture.


Stone Blades Cut Back Evolutionary Dates

Evolutionary anthropologists once thought that stone knives were developed in the late Stone Age, around 40,000 years ago. That figure was later revised to 200,000, around the Middle Stone Age, when stone blades were discovered in lower strata.

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