The top US military officer said Monday he was "stunned" by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed.

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Monday the agency needs more transparency from Syria and other nations to determine whether traces of uranium found at a site bombed by Israeli planes indicate Damascus was building a nuclear reactor there.

Given the speed at which the federal government is throwing money at the financial crisis, the average taxpayer, never mind member of Congress, might not be faulted for losing track. Try $4.28 Trillion!

Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.

More than 100 retired generals and admirals called Monday for repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays so they can serve openly, according to a statement obtained by The Associated Press.

President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday said that the United States faces an economic situation worse than anything since the Great Depression and that his administration will do "whatever it takes" to address the problem, including more stimulus spending, increased help for homeowners and aid to automakers.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged Monday to press ahead with legislation giving government aid to Detroit's ailing auto makers, but prospects for passage before a new Congress arrives next year remained dim.

Three of the six reviewers of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are recommending that students apply less, rather than more, critical thinking when studying evolution. In Part 1 I discussed the recommendations of David Hills, and in Part 2, I discussed the recommendations of Ronald Wetherington. Like Wetherington and Hillis, TEKS reviewer Gerald Skoog wants the TEKS to include many more standards on evolution which dogmatically only present the evidence for evolution. Here are some of the new standards he wants the TEKS to include: "EXPLAIN HOW NATURAL SELECTION AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES PROVIDE A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION FOR...

In Part 1 I discussed how some Darwinist reviewers of the Texas Science Standards are opposing giving students the opportunity to use critical thinking skills when learning the modern Darwinian theory of evolution. One glaring difference between the reviews submitted by those opposing critical thinking on evolution and the reviews of those supporting it is the lengths of the respective sets of reviews. The TEKS reviews submitted by Stephen Meyer, Ralph Seelke, and Charles Garner in support of students applying critical thinking skills to evolution were each over 25 pages in length. In contrast, two of the three Darwinist reviewers...

In Origin of Species, Charles Darwin famously wrote, ''A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.'' One might think that modern proponents of Darwins ideas would endorse his approach to scientific thinking within evolution education, but its not so. The Texas State Board of Education recently received reviews of the proposed Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) from six science reviewers. Three of those reviewerswho are scientific skeptics of Darwinian evolutionsupport TEKS that would give students a strong grounding in critical thinking skills by asking them...

Anyone who was awed when they watched Jurassic Park and saw realistic-looking dinosaurs walking around on the big screen for the first time should take a moment to remember Michael Crichton. Crichton, a famous science-fiction author, wrote the books that became the Jurassic Park movie series, as well as many other popular novels. He also had an appreciation for the importance of dissenting views within the scientific community and was a keen observer of how some in the scientific community use rhetoric to quash minority scientific viewpoints. Crichton passed away earlier this month after losing a battle with cancer, so...

One Grand Prize Winner will take home $500 Discovery Institute is sponsoring a student video and essay contest to commemorate Academic Freedom Day, February 12, 2009, on Charles Darwins bicentennial. Darwin once wrote, A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question. That famous quote will be the touchstone for students to communicate support for academic freedom to explore the evidence for and against Darwinian evolution. The next generation values open dialogue in a way that is aptly expressed in their creativity and imagination, Discovery Institute Director...

Kenneth Richard SamplesAs a speaker at a theological conference I was asked the following provocative question: How is it possible for Christ to have suffered the eternal wrath of God in just several hours on the cross when human recipients of God’s judgment suffer for all eternity?The crux (Latin for “cross,” English for “central [...]

by Hugh Ross The oxygen-antioxidant paradox seriously challenges all naturalistic models attempting to explain the history of life on Earth. Consequently, confirming its validity would do much to establish a biblical creation model. The results of a recent test have provided that validity.Advanced life requires the efficient processing of energy to perform work. Only [...]

Was Solomon, the wisest man according to Scripture, really going to cut a baby in half to solve a dispute?

Christians have gleaned many valuable lessons from Noah and the Ark. But one fact is often overlooked.

Your job today is to invent a chain that can tie itself in a knot. The chain can contain little magnets and electrical parts, but when you let go of the ends, a knot will spontaneously form. This means that one end must form a loop and the other end must thread the loop. Give up? Maybe you should learn how cells do it. There are certain chains of amino acids coming out of the ribosome translation machine that will tie a perfect trefoil knot every time.

The C-14 dates associated with smelting debris layers from Khirbat en-Nahas in Jordon demonstrate intensive 10th9th century B.C. industrial metallurgical activities conducted by complex societies, consistent with the biblical description of Solomon's kingdom.