When conventional scientists call a fossil an early step in animal evolution, the claim may rest more on a reading of the fossil than on the fossil itself. In a new study, sharper images revealed that what had been identified as animal trails were actually fossilized microbes.1
The study reexamined tiny fossils from Brazil’s Tamengo Formation. Earlier work had treated some marks on the fossils as burrows made by ... More...
Conventional scientists have been baffled for many years by the small arms of Tyrannosaurus rex. To many, they just seem disproportionately small compared to other theropod dinosaur arms. The question is often asked: What use could these tiny arms be for such a large predator? A recent study claims to have solved this enduring enigma.1 And yet, a simple visit to a playground teeter-totter would have likely saved them a lot... More...
Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate freedom with flags, fireworks, and familiar words, such as this line from the Declaration of Independence, “All men . . . are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” This foundational American document thus begins with a truth about humanity: all people should enjoy freedom because of their God-given rights and worth in their Creator’s eyes.
People hav... More...
On Tuesday, June 30, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the rights of West Virginia and Idaho to ban transgender women, who are biological males, from competing in women’s sports. In a ruling that covered both West Virginia v. B. P. J. and Little v. Hecox, the Court decided six to three that neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause are violated by states that do not allow transgender-identifying student athletes t... More...
A butterfly wing may look like painted glass, but beneath its beauty is a living control system. A recent study on South American butterflies and a day-flying moth found a striking theme. Two genes, ivory and optix, help make similar colors in insects that conventional scientists place far apart on the family tree.1 The study presents this as evidence that evolution has repeated itself. Yet the finding points to a s... More...