Government officials in Turkey recently approved a plan to preserve and reconstruct areas of the ancient and Biblical city of Ephesus. The Selcuk Municipality Assembly said that part of the plan includes the creation of new walking lanes and gates leading into the city, making the area more visitor-friendly for tourists. The city will be […]
In an article released by GQ Magazine yesterday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio outlined that he is unsure whether or not the Biblical account of creation is literal. Rubio, who is a practicing Roman Catholic, recently told the publication when asked about the age of the earth that although he understands what the Bible says about […]
Scientists in the U.S. have been experimenting with the possibility of creating three-parent babies, according to reports. The process involves using genes from one man and two women, as the birth mother’s nucleus is infused into the donor woman’s egg, fertilized and then implanted into the uterus of the birth mother. It all takes place […]
A university dean in Florida, who moonlights as an Episcopal priest and is an admitted lesbian, recently caused controversy after a video surfaced on the web that provided snippets of a lecture she delivered to her Epistemology class, in which she discusses religion and evolution. “This is a book of myth, and that’s going to offend some […]
A new study released by NASA claiming a discovery that many galaxies throughout the universe are undergoing an evolutionary process is being questioned by a noted astronomer. The Astrophysical Journal published a report this week on the “DEEP2 survey,” in which the noted space research agency stated that it had observed signs of change within […]
A United States Congressman recently told an audience that he believes that evolution and the Big Bang Theory are “lies straight from the pit of Hell.” Republican Representative Paul Broun from Georgia was speaking to a group of Christians at a sportsmen’s banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell when he made the statement. In […]
WASHINGTON – Scientists have found a cosmic supermom. It’s a galaxy that gives births to more stars in a day than ours does in a year. Astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-Ray telescope to spot this distant gigantic galaxy creating about 740 new stars a year. By comparison, our Milky Way galaxy spawns just about one […]
Physicists in Geneva announced Wednesday their belief that they have discovered what appears to be the Higgs boson, also known as “the God particle.” The particle is part of a 50-year-old theory proposed by physicist and atheist Peter Higgs, who believed that a subatomic particle existed that held everything together and is what gives matter […]
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a public school teacher who was fired for questioning evolution in his classroom. John Freshwater, a science teacher at Mount Vernon Middle School, had approached school officials in 2003 to request that he be allowed to explain to students the various disagreements that exist […]
Concerns are being expressed following test results on the world’s first genetically-modified babies. To date, thirty children have been born through genetic modification, a process which is stated as a “last resort” for women that struggle with infertility. Half of the babies have been born within the last three years. The project is an “experiment” […]