Category: Evolution
Fossil Friday: Flowering Plants — Darwin’s Abominable Mystery
Flowering plants or angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Lower Cretaceous (about 130 million years ago).
Noncoding RNA Research Gaining Ground Over “Junk” Label
Perhaps it won’t be long before everyone, critics included, looks at the “junk DNA” concept in the rear-view mirror.
Bioengineer Matti Leisola: From Darwin to Design
Dr. Leisola also relates some of the irrational reactions he sometimes met with from colleagues, and how he navigated those tense situations.
“Poor Design”? Human Skeletal Joints Demonstrate Engineering Genius
Stuart Burgess answers evolutionist Nathan Lents, who has argued that human joints are poorly designed.
Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words
Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument.