Human creative genius has left its mark on our world. It has advanced civilization by improving human living conditions. Think about the creative inventions that have drastically altered and improved our lives: airplanes, cars, light bulbs, telephones and television, just to name a very few. Man is virtually defined by creativity—in manufacturing, art, literature, music, humor, and virtually every other field of activity. ...

Neanderthals: Extinction by BBQ?

Larry O'Hanlon

Humans may have treated Neanderthals no better or worse than the other large ice age mammals they hunted, ate, and helped drive to extinction.

Antievolution bills die in Missouri

Glenn Branch

Two antievolution bills died in committee in the Missouri House of Representatives on May 17, 2013, when the legislature adjourned.

Science’s Unsung Heroes: The Importance Of Model Organisms

Nadia Ranieri

Model organisms play a central role in scientific research as they allow us to manipulate, analyse and understand a huge assortment of variables in an in vivo setting. Model organisms generally possess three main characteristics: rapid growth and short generation time, minimal creation and maintenance costs, and ease of manipulation. In scientific research a wide [...]

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What pastors really think about science and human origins

Stephen Mapes

What do today’s pastors think about science? What views do they hold on creation and...

We have to stop state legislators from sneaking creationist and revisionist textbooks into public schools

Louisiana's legislators are continuing their legislative jihad to keep the theory of evolution out of the state's public school science classrooms. On 1 May, legislators killed a bill to repeal Louisiana's creationism law, the misnamed Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA)...