25 days ago by healingdepression

Sandra and I live in Michigan. Until a few days ago I wondered if we had shifted into a more temperate weather zone. I wondered this because only one week ago the temperature here registered at 45 degrees. In January 45 degrees is pretty much unheard of in this northern state. Of course our honeymoo ...

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36 days ago by jlwile

The Human Appendix (Gray's Anatomy Image) For many, many years, evolutionists have called the human appendix a vestigial organ. In their view, our supposed ancestors needed a large cecum for digestive purposes. Over time, however, we evolved so that we didn’t need such a large cecum anymore. However ...

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62 days ago by John Farrell

There have been several books published recently touting the historical contributions of Islamic scholars to the early history of science (in the Middle Ages), but fewer assessing the relationship between Muslim tradition and the challenges that modern science presents to it today. Nidhal Guessoum, ...

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67 days ago by jlwile

An artist's rendering of Kepler 22b. NASA image in the public domain. More than a year ago, I discussed a planet named Gliese 581g. It was hailed as a “Goldilocks planet,” which means it is not too far away from its star and not too close to its star. Instead, it is at just the right distance, allow ...

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68 days ago by Jaxon Hallahan

A lot of rock bands visit the NPR studios with maybe a fiddle or two in tow. But Miracles of Modern Science are not a typical rock band. the group boasts a mandolin, upright bass, cello, violin, drums — and absolutely no electric guitar. Evan Younger, Josh Hirshfeld, Kieran Ledwidge, Tyler Pines and ...

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75 days ago by jlwile

Dr. Seth Shostak has a B.S. in physics from Princeton and a PhD in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. Obviously, then, he knows a thing or two about astronomy. His original research started out using radio telescopes to measure the motion of distant galaxies, but for quite some t ...

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89 days ago by Bret Littlefield

www.pregnacyadvicecenter.com Tweet For anyone who is pregnant for the first time, the idea of childbirth can be frightening and a bit overwhelming. Typically, a pregnancy takes anywhere from 38 to 42 weeks. Though many first-time mothers indicated that their babies were delivered past their due date ...

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89 days ago by jlwile

Most birds aren’t very active in the rain. They can fly in the rain if they have to, but they prefer not to. After all, the longer they are in the rain, the soggier they get. This adds to their weight, meaning they have to work harder to generate the lift necessary to stay in the air. So in general, ...

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96 days ago by jlwile

Steven Newton is the Programs and Policy Director at the National Center for Science Education. He has a B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley and a M.S. in Geology from California State University at Hayward. Most importantly, he is a fervent believer in evolution. Because o ...

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99 days ago by jlwile

A commenter left this link on an unrelated post. Since the commenter has, in the past, tried to support several unscientific positions, I assume he or she thought that the experiment demonstrated the plausibility of abiogenesis, the the idea that life might have emerged through a series of incredibl ...

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