Facing up to design
Our incredible facial expressivity—able to represent 21 distinct emotions—would appear to be overdesigned.
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Black butterfly wings inspire solar cell design
Solar cell modelled on butterfly wing absorbs twice as much sunlight
An eggcellent design
Eggshell nanostructure shows purposeful construction
Pigeon Revision: Brainy birds trump bookish baboons
The ability to distinguish the style of a Picasso from a Monet puts a whole new perspective on ‘bird-brainy’
Unmasking natural selection
A review of ‘40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s finches on Daphne Major Island’ by Peter and Rosemary Grant.
Blue eyes mutation
Many people of European descent have less melanin in their eyes, and it’s got nothing to do with evolution
Why don’t we live as long as Methuselah?
Modern science is catching up with what the Bible tells us about people living for hundreds of years.
The albatross—master aviator of the ocean winds
Powered by ocean wind shear, the dynamic soaring of the albatross enables it to fly for thousands of miles just above the sea surface without flapping its wings.
Creationist modelling of the origins of Canis lupus familiaris—ancestry, timing, and biogeography
When and how did dogs diversify after Noah’s Flood?
The surprising ‘belwhal’
DNA reveals beluga-narwhal hybrid
The Red Blanket
The furry carnivore which rapidly spread across the globe.
From a rib to a 206-bone human
Did Eve transition from a single bone to a 206-bone human? What about the transition from molecules to man?