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Venus flytrap
09 Jun 2006
Scientists have finally worked out how the Venus flytrap snaps shut on insect prey. But they are still baffled about the same thing Darwin was: how did this mechanism evolve?
Amazing Abalone Armour
27 May 2006
The incredible toughness of abalone shells is the envy of materials scientists.
Designer didn’t design junk
26 Aug 2020
Portions of the genome thought to have no purpose—disparagingly named ‘junk DNA ’—are now known to contain patterns suggesting instead an important functional role.
by David Catchpoole
Excellent Eye Better than any camera
21 Jun 2006
The eye can adapt to a greater range of light intensities than the best man-made detectors. The iris is the best known mechanism. But new discoveries show that intricate micro-machinery is at work as well.
Evolutionary theologian thinks aliens would have more advanced religion
This article continues our series on the crisis in ostensibly evangelical Bible colleges. That is, many of their lecturers have evolutionary worldviews, which have baneful repercussions on their entire theology, not just about origins.
The Heliconius hybrid butterfly: speciation yes, evolution no
23 Jun 2006
The ‘re-creation’ of the South American butterfly Heliconius heurippa in the lab has been heralded as ‘evolution’. But a closer look at the facts shows otherwise.
Scientists finally copy Creator’s super-rubber
Scientists manage (at last!) to copy insect ‘super-rubber’—a rubber so astonishingly stretchy, it makes synthetic types pale by comparison.
SETI—religion or science?
18 Aug 2006
George Basalla, professor emeritus of history at the University of Delaware, says that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is more of a faith than a science.  But SETI disputes this—on the basis of evolution.
Petulant parrot proves a point—but atheists can’t (or won’t) see it
26 Sep 2006
When parrots show they can deliberately give every possible wrong answer, this demonstrates high intelligence. But when atheists seem to do it, it’s a different story.
The Simpsons and Scopes
04 Oct 2006
When a popular satirical TV show gets into creation/evolution, at least you know that it is a ‘live’ issue in the culture
by Shaun Doyle
The Bronze Tree of Sanxingdui
05 Sep 2006
The Bronze Tree of Sanxingdui: Is it the oldest man-made Genesis artefact?
Hobbit: New news is good news
25 Aug 2006
New research on a tiny human fossil angers prominent anticreationists, and it seems more consistent with a biblical worldview than ever.