Has Dinosaur DNA really been found?
There are very serious claims that Dinosaur DNA has been discovered in 75 million year old bones. There are also serious challenges to this.
Natural History
Climate warming disrupts tree seed production
New study uses 39 year dataset to show that Climate change is disrupting masting (seed production) and its associated functions.
How did they date the oldest stardust material?
Analysis of samples from meteorite reveals stardust that is 7 billion years old, far older than our sun & earth. How did they work this out?
The Jurassic challenge to God – ichthyosaur
The discovery of specimens such as the ichthyosaur was a bold wakeup call that prevailing beliefs were wrong – Thankfully people did listen.
Fossils from the day the dinosaurs died
66 million years ago 99.9999% of all living things died. A new discovery of fossils from the day it happened has opened a new window into this
Today is Darwin Day
The 12th February is officially International Darwin day. I tend to have a Charles Darwin posting up to mark the occasion, and so here are a few samples from previous years … 2015: Was Darwin a racist, and does evolution promote racism? – #DarwinDay (Hint … No) 2016: Why is Today Darwin Day and what is … Read more