A Family Breakup Kills the Dinosaurs

10/19/2007
by Dr. David Rogstad

In 1980 Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez and his geologist son Walter Alvarez proposed a provocative theory.  They suggested that the Earth had been struck by an asteroid in its past to explain the unusual amount of iridium in what is called the K-T extinction boundary of the Earth’s fossil record.

Aliens From Another World? Getting Here From There

4/1/2001
by Dr. Hugh Ross

A rising challenge to Christianity, both within and beyond the borders of America, springs from the popular obsession with UFOs (unidentified flying objects) and ETI (extraterrestrial intelligent life).

Designed To Live, Designed To Die

1/1/2008
by Dr. Hugh Ross

"Why don't we see new species emerging now?" Charles Darwin faced this question nearly 150 years ago when he proposed the theory of evolution. His answer–all Earth's habitats are full.

Extinction Risks And Speciation Models

10/12/2009
by Dr. Hugh Ross

When human beings first arrived on the terrestrial scene, more than 8,000 species of mammals and more than 21,000 species of birds existed. Today, the number of extant species of mammals stands at 5,020 and fewer than 11,000 species of birds remain.

Extinction Risks For Birds

4/1/2001
by Dr. Hugh Ross

One of the complex challenges facing evolutionists can be described in simple terms. It is the problem of time. For naturalistic evolution to work, the rate of speciation (introduction of new species) must, by nature alone, exceed the rate of extinction. Observed reality says it does not. In fact, extinction is accelerating (for some obvious reasons) while speciation has virtually stalled.

Gamma Rays Burst Biological Evolution

1/1/2003
by Dr. Hugh Ross

The energy released during a gamma ray burst strains the imagination. With the power of 10 billion billion suns, gamma ray bursts are the most brilliant photon emitters in the universe. By comparison, supernovae emit (at peak) the energy equivalent of 100 billion suns.

Mixotrophs - An Evolutionary "nice Try"

January 1, 2010
Dr. Hugh Ross

Amid all the celebration last year over the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of his most famous book, On the Origin of Species, I heard little or no mention of how often attempts to explain life’s history from an evolutionary perspective have provided stunning new evidence for creation.

Rapid Post-flood Speciation: A Critique Of The Young-earth Model

8/25/2004
by Greg Moore

Creationists disagree on the extent of Noah’s Flood. The main reason young-earth creationists insist the Flood was a global event is their model demands it. The Flood is the mechanism they use to explain the earth’s geological features. Rather than forming over millions or billions of years as most scientists believe, young-earth creationists maintain the earth’s features are the result of global floodwaters and processes that accompanied the Flood, like erosion, volcanism and tectonics.

The Dark And Bright Sides Of Cosmology

10/1/2007
by Dr. Hugh Ross

Astrophysics has its ironies. Here’s one: Studies of the brightest galaxies in the universe led to the discovery that 99 percent of all matter is "dark matter".1 But matter is only part of the universe (about a fourth). The rest is energy. Adding irony to irony, research focusing on the brightest stars in the universe shows that "dark energy" is far more abundant than dark matter, making up most of the rest of the universe.

What Wiped Out The Dinosaurs? Part 1: The Cause

3/15/2010
by Dr. Hugh Ross

In 1980, Luis Alvarez, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in physics, and his geologist son, Walter, touched off a controversy when they suggested they had discovered what killed the dinosaurs.

What Wiped Out The Dinosaurs? Part 2: The Effects

3/22/2010
by Dr. Hugh Ross

In last Monday’s article, I discussed the conclusions drawn by a panel of 41 scientists from their careful review of over twenty years’ worth of research findings concerning the cause of the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event

Where Did Earth Get Its Phosphorus?

10/13/2008
by Dr. Hugh Ross