Life On Mars?
by Richard Peachey In August 1996, a group of scientists published their claim that life may have existed on Mars at one time (David S. McKay et al. 1996 [Aug. 16]. “Search for Past Life on Mars: Possible Relic Biogenic Activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001.” Science 273:924-930). Their claim was based
“Big Bang”: The Implausible Explosion!
Introduced by Richard Peachey The paragraphs below are excerpted from an article appearing in The Globe and Mail, Oct. 24, 1998, p. D5. The article, by Gregg Easterbrook, was based on his book Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt. (Observe that although this writer appears
Chemical Evolution: The Problem Of Improbable Proteins
by Richard Peachey Living cells employ proteins to perform a variety of important functions, including catalysis, structure, storage, communication, movement, transport, gatekeeping, and defense. To construct proteins from amino acid “building blocks,” cells use very complex procedures. But evolutionists suggest that these key molecules originally came into being through naturalistic,
Are “Vestigial Organs” Valid Evidence of Evolution?
by Richard Peachey What are “vestigial organs”? “Vestigial” or “rudimentary” organs are biological structures that have no function. In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin listed such human structures as wisdom teeth, the appendix, and the coccyx (“tailbone”) as “rudimentary organs” (Scadding 173f.). In his earlier book, The Origin of
Tina Hesman Saey, “12 reasons research goes wrong”
[from Science News 187(2):24f., Jan. 24, 2015; published as a sidebar to Saey’s article “Repeat Performance: Too many studies, when replicated, fail to pass muster“] 12 reasons research goes wrong Barriers to research replication are based largely in a scientific culture that pits researchers against each other in competition for