Tag: Carboniferous Period
Grandeur in Extinctions?
New corollary to an old law: Put Darwinian assumptions in, and you will get Darwinian models out.
The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained
Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy.
Why Do We Not Spontaneously Combust?
James Lovelock has pointed out that atmospheric levels of oxygen much above about 25 percent, let alone 30 percent, would cause raging conflagrations today.
A Smell Test for Design v. Evolutionary Explanations
One of the reasons cockroaches are so successful is their keen sense of smell.