http://www.icr.org/articles/type/9/ Copyright 2012, Institute for Creation Research Thu, 31 May 2012 10:30:02 CST Thu, 31 May 2012 10:30:02 CST en icrscienceupdatehttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/PHWIN4FYGz8/ Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6883/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/mammoth_fossil.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Giant mammals roamed North America during the Ice Age, but were humans among them? A site in Vero Beach on Florida&rsquo;s East coast contains mammoth, mastodon, giant ground sloth&mdash;and human fossils. The problem is that humans were not yet supposed to have been there, according to the standard story told to generations of archaeologists.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6883/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=PHWIN4FYGz8:wVqM_b8MHgs:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=PHWIN4FYGz8:wVqM_b8MHgs:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/PHWIN4FYGz8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6883/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/2fR7WnqCqnE/ Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6882/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/human_brain_genes.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Did the human brain evolve from an ape-like brain? Two new reports describe four human genes named SRGAP2A, SRGAP2B, SRGAP2C, and SRGAP2D, which are located in three completely separate regions on chromosome number 1. They appear to play an important role in brain development. Perhaps the most striking discovery is that three of the four genes (SRGAP2B, SRGAP2C, and SRGAP2D) are completely unique to humans and found in no other mammal species, not even apes.&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6882/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=2fR7WnqCqnE:8zocqnndlbM:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=2fR7WnqCqnE:8zocqnndlbM:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/2fR7WnqCqnE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6882/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/lyO4D1UeYDQ/ Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6874/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/humans_used_fire.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>According to standard notions of human evolution, the controlled use of fire represented a key turning point in the development of modern humans from ape-like ancestors. So, evolutionary paleoanthropologists have been interested in pinpointing when humans began using fire. New evidence from South Africa&#39;s Wonderwerk cave has established that someone was burning wood and bones much earlier than widely thought. But is its age assignment trustworthy?</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6874/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=lyO4D1UeYDQ:CcB0Yoj0nVU:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=lyO4D1UeYDQ:CcB0Yoj0nVU:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/lyO4D1UeYDQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6874/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/-xOKqVB804g/ Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6872/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/stickleback(1).jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>The same basic kind of fish, called the stickleback, inhabits salt or fresh water and lakes or streams. Strikingly, however, those living in salt water are much larger and have different colors and different scale armor than their freshwater counterparts with whom they can interbreed. One generation of the marine variety can give rise to a generation of freshwater versions, and vice versa. Are these fish evolving, or were they created to make these kinds of body changes within their kind?</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6872/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=-xOKqVB804g:ZW0othu0rY0:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=-xOKqVB804g:ZW0othu0rY0:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/-xOKqVB804g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6872/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/O-Llw-Dox1M/ Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6855/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/blond_melanesians.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Solomon Islanders have very dark skin. Most also have dark hair, but about one in ten of them have strikingly blond hair. How is this blond trait inherited, and do the people of the Solomon Islands inherit it the same way that other blond populations do? If appearances change slowly and gradually like Darwin taught, then it seems unlikely that the human &ldquo;races&rdquo; originated at Babel as recently as the Bible indicates. And if traits are conferred to creatures by their environments performing natural selection, then why would a single environment select multiple traits in the same creature? A fascinating study recently discovered the genetic basis behind blond Solomon Islanders, and the results shed light on these issues.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6855/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=O-Llw-Dox1M:Di5gAxUXUkM:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=O-Llw-Dox1M:Di5gAxUXUkM:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/O-Llw-Dox1M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6855/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/jtvbk48f-Us/ Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6814/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/no_nearby_dark_matter.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>A new Chilean study has found that there is essentially no &ldquo;dark matter&rdquo; in the solar neighborhood. Dark matter is the name of an as-yet-unobserved material whose existence is inferred by its gravitational effects on visible objects. Three independent lines of evidence support the existence of dark matter, so why was it not detected in this study?</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6814/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=jtvbk48f-Us:4ve08yDNjZ8:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=jtvbk48f-Us:4ve08yDNjZ8:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/jtvbk48f-Us" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6814/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/FP1Ds5raBYE/ Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6774/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/fossil_limestone.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Russian scientists announced the discovery of the world&rsquo;s oldest fossil worm burrows in Ediacaran rocks, even though very few fossils are typically found below Cambrian rock layers. Do these worm burrows help answer the longstanding challenge to evolution called the Cambrian Explosion of life? Evolutionary researchers used warped reasoning in their explanations about how burrowing worms may have impacted ancient life.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6774/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=FP1Ds5raBYE:D_gJAkHNVhk:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=FP1Ds5raBYE:D_gJAkHNVhk:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/FP1Ds5raBYE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6774/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/VkeYc893bJQ/ Wed, 9 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6773/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/polar_bear.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Biologists agree that polar bears, brown bears, and black bears all descended from a prototype of the bear kind. Some researchers infer from the biblical record that bears rapidly and recently diversified from a representative bear pair on board Noah&rsquo;s Ark, while those who reject the biblical record derive age information from other sources.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6773/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=VkeYc893bJQ:VSkGyMDv60s:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=VkeYc893bJQ:VSkGyMDv60s:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/VkeYc893bJQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6773/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/I5a8Dri3b-g/ Mon, 7 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6772/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/cattle_origins.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Archaeologists concur that modern domestic cattle descended from wild aurochs in the Middle East. But recent DNA analysis showed that many aurochs were actually included in the first domesticated herd. And like other studies of plant and animal origins, these results show that cattle history matches best with biblical history.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6772/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=I5a8Dri3b-g:7IdVrjP_3S8:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=I5a8Dri3b-g:7IdVrjP_3S8:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/I5a8Dri3b-g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6772/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/6A4YG_DqpXA/ Fri, 4 May 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6771/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/bird_brains.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Being called a &ldquo;bird brain&rdquo; implies that an individual is scatterbrained and flighty. Through the decades, however, ornithologists have grown to appreciate the amazing design and abilities of these feathered creatures. From their respiratory system to intricate vocalization patterns, birds reveal profound sophistication.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6771/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=6A4YG_DqpXA:_eQTGzHZWps:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=6A4YG_DqpXA:_eQTGzHZWps:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/6A4YG_DqpXA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6771/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/vVmFAEDZnQg/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6770/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/backward_evolution.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Microbiologists contend that instead of increasing complexity, evolution of some systems&mdash;like interdependent microbial communities&mdash;can occur by losing complexity. How accurate or meaningful is this new idea about &ldquo;reductive evolution,&rdquo; whereby life evolves by losing genes?</p><br /> <p><br /> The authors described their new hypothesis of evolution in the online journal mBio. They formulated this reductive evolution concept after they observed ocean-living bacteria losing genetic information.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6770/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=vVmFAEDZnQg:uSKkJAD8cDk:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=vVmFAEDZnQg:uSKkJAD8cDk:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/vVmFAEDZnQg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6770/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/iE14C2Kye0o/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6769/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/one_ton_dino.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Media reports are buzzing with misleading headlines. <em>Wired Science </em>reported, &quot;Giant Feathered Tyrannosaur Found in China.&quot; Even the technical description, published in <em>Nature</em>, is titled, &quot;A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China.&quot; Despite these assertions, the fossils&#39; details show no actual feathers or feather imprints.</p><br /> <p><br /> The <em>Christian Science Monitor</em> covered the story, too. The report might lead readers to believe that paleontologists actually found feathers, but they didn&#39;t.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6769/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=iE14C2Kye0o:aJtpWilqhV8:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=iE14C2Kye0o:aJtpWilqhV8:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/iE14C2Kye0o" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6769/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/1LR-uXm5rWY/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6768/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/biologic_breakthrough.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Physicists have spent enormous amounts of time and billions of dollars building supercolliders to search for fundamental particles, including the European Large Hadron Collider, which is designed to find the elusive Higgs boson.</p><br /> <p><br /> A recent article in <em>Nature</em> asked what kinds of discoveries in biology would garner similar attention&mdash;&quot;the biological Higgs.&quot;</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6768/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=1LR-uXm5rWY:54kaNtIPYXw:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=1LR-uXm5rWY:54kaNtIPYXw:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/1LR-uXm5rWY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6768/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/qCzL2hiJp_g/ Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6767/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/ancient_raindrops.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>What was the earth&#39;s atmosphere like when ancient rocks were forming? Was it cold and thin because the sun was supposedly dimmer back then?</p><br /> <p><br /> Researcher Sanjoy Som tried to answer these questions by analyzing tiny craters left by raindrops landing in volcanic ash, which has long since turned to stone. However, his research actually indicated that the earth and its atmosphere aren&#39;t very old at all.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6767/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=qCzL2hiJp_g:VhOzEcAGNYY:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=qCzL2hiJp_g:VhOzEcAGNYY:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/qCzL2hiJp_g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6767/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/8eLkIwcAdvM/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6766/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/evidence_assumed.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>A recent news feature in <em>Nature</em> described the work of molecular biologist Joe Thornton, who studies the biology of toxins. He found that they often operate by mimicking very specific chemicals that fit into receptor proteins like keys into door locks. He told <em>Nature</em>, &quot;I wanted to know where that system came from.&quot;</p><br /> <p><br /> But his specific research questions clearly show that he was only willing to entertain <em>evolutionary</em> origins, even if the data suggested non-evolutionary causes.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6766/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=8eLkIwcAdvM:DBbOqTfKr2U:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=8eLkIwcAdvM:DBbOqTfKr2U:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/8eLkIwcAdvM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6766/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/DwfXeLCxANA/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6765/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/chewed_dino_bones.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>A new cache of fossils found in Arlington, Texas, contains plenty of clues that are best explained by Noah&#39;s Flood.</p><br /> <p><br /> More specifically, the circumstances surrounding these remains match a hypothesis proposed by creation scientist Michael Oard that describes how swamp plants and land creatures could have mixed with sea creatures several months into the year-long Flood.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6765/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=DwfXeLCxANA:mq9nCicokE4:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=DwfXeLCxANA:mq9nCicokE4:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/DwfXeLCxANA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6765/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/-hFqMcVms5k/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6753/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/fossil_pterosaur.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>A newly described fossil consists of a flying reptile with a smaller fish in its throat and a larger fish biting its wing.</p><br /> <p><br /> The flying reptile, a <em>Rhamphorhynchus</em> pterosaur discovered in southern Germany, had apparently been skimming the water surface when a large extinct fish called an <em>Aspidorhynchus</em> caught its wing. The violent scene seems similar to Native American legends of flying reptiles.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6753/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=-hFqMcVms5k:F2FyXHm-ZtQ:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=-hFqMcVms5k:F2FyXHm-ZtQ:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/-hFqMcVms5k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6753/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/CpzOM8PBEIk/ Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6752/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/stone_age_art.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Ancient cave art can give modern observers a unique glimpse into the minds of people who lived long ago. Stone Age art in European caves is best known for its beautiful paintings of animals like deer, horses, and mammoths.</p><br /> <p><br /> Recently, researchers investigated seldom-studied symbols appearing non-randomly among the paintings that may indicate that Stone Age people could communicate with written symbols.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6752/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=CpzOM8PBEIk:415N_UKayWo:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=CpzOM8PBEIk:415N_UKayWo:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/CpzOM8PBEIk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6752/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/F6cVgTzlFeM/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6750/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/ancient_rock_pattern.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>Marine biologists have scoured sea floor sediments for decades, finding living creatures in the mud but never fossils in the process of forming. That&#39;s because when a sea creature dies, its carcass is totally recycled within weeks.</p><br /> <p><br /> So, if a creature&#39;s soft parts are going to fossilize, it has to happen extremely fast.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6750/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=F6cVgTzlFeM:-ZZdS_F4JBQ:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=F6cVgTzlFeM:-ZZdS_F4JBQ:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/F6cVgTzlFeM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6750/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/CTnGAK7gXl0/ Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6749/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/ancient_forest.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>The area surrounding what is now Wuda, Inner Mongolia, once teemed with tropical plants before a tremendous ancient volcanic explosion overwhelmed it.</p><br /> <p><br /> The ash-entombed forest, buried between coal layers, left such remarkably preserved fossilized plants that artists and paleontologists have been able to reconstruct the former wet-forest landscape.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6749/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=CTnGAK7gXl0:olMUiRXkljo:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=CTnGAK7gXl0:olMUiRXkljo:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/CTnGAK7gXl0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6749/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~3/3qJC_qdiAxg/ Fri, 6 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST <p><br /> <a href="/article/6748/"><img align="right" alt="" height="124" hspace="7" src="http://static-www.icr.org/i/articles/news/brain_function.jpg" vspace="5" width="200" /></a>A pair of recent reports in the journal <em>Science</em> have added new insight into the incredible design and function of the human brain. The studies focused on the cortex&mdash;the part of the brain in the forefront that controls behavior, cognitive processes, and perception.</p><br /> <p><br /> Both studies used advanced brain scanning and genetic techniques.</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icr.org/article/6748/" title="Read entire article">More...</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=3qJC_qdiAxg:bjHFuRSC7U8:UT3xtbGYFzA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=UT3xtbGYFzA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?a=3qJC_qdiAxg:bjHFuRSC7U8:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/icrscienceupdate?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/icrscienceupdate/~4/3qJC_qdiAxg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.icr.org/article/6748/