How did evil evolve, and why did it persist?
Source: BBC By Lucy Jones Evil, it can seem, is all around us. Hitler. The Rwandan genocide. Ted Bundy. Every time you read the news or watch television, bad behaviour […]
The surprising origin of humanity’s most deadly disease
Source: BBC Malaria is one of several deadly diseases that has jumped the species barriers from animals into humans. It kills almost half a million people per year, and can […]
Darwin’s Best Quote on Religion and Science
“To conclude, therefore, let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well-studied in the book of God’s word, or in the book of God’s works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men […]
Bonsai apple tree growing a full sized apple
From Wikipedia Bonsai (盆栽?, lit. plantings in tray, from bon, a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings, pronunciation (help·info))[1] is a Japanese art form using miniature trees […]
‘I see colours you cannot perceive or imagine’
Source: BBC A few years ago, the artist Concetta Antico discovered that she was carrying a genetic mutation that gave her astonishingly sensitive perception of colour – seeing a spectrum […]
The incredible bond between mother and child captured in 22 heartwarming photographs
Source: BBC It is said there is nothing like a mother’s love, and you don’t need to look far to find proof. This Mother’s Day, BBC Earth is celebrating the […]
Nuclear technology provides new tool against mosquito-borne diseases: expert
Source: New China MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) — Two UN agencies have developed a new technology involving ionizing radiation as a weapon in the fight against mosquitoes carrying Zika […]
Chimps believe in God?
New footage shows chimpanzees engaging in bizarre behaviour — which might be a form of sacred ritual that could show the beginnings of a kind of religious belief. Chimpanzees in […]
Now that Ben Carson is out of Presidential Debate, Challenging Him to a Written Debate About Facts of Evolution from Molecular Biology
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I had issued this challenge originally in November of 2015. However, now that Dr. Carson has […]
It’s Now Possible to Make Mouse Sperm in a Lab
Source: Time The research has implications for infertile couples Stem cells are a promising resource for replenishing the body with healthy cells, but so far, making eggs and sperm from […]
Ken Ham of Noah’s Ark, Key to Understand Trump’s Lure
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Donald Trump had a sweeping victory in Nevada, last night, despite his spat with the Pope, his […]
Video Collection: Evolution, Guided or Blind, Every Thing You Need to Know?
In just 4-5 hours of interesting videos, you can master the debate that has been brewing, every where since 1859, when Darwin published his famous book:
Mystery ancient hobbit ‘was not human’
Source: BBC In 2003 a mysterious tiny species of hominin (early human) was discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores. It was given the scientific name Homo floresiensis, but it’s […]
Amazing Flowers that even Darwin can’t explain – Mother Nature
Not touched by Photoshop Hooker’s Lips (PsychotriaElata) Dancing Girls (ImpatiensBequaertii) Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrysbbomyblifora) Swaddled Babies (AnguloaUniflora) Parrot Flower (ImpatiensPsittacina) Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major) An orchid that looks remarkably like a tiger Happy Alien (CalceolariaUniflora) And his friends… Angel […]
On Darwin Day, 5 facts about the evolution debate
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci, who is a senior writer/editor focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. Today is the 207th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, a day now […]
Should we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth?
Source: The Guardian By Archie Bland Even before the Zika virus, mosquitoes were the deadliest creatures on the planet. But gene modification means these blood suckers’ days might be numbered. […]
Strange monsters that prowled Australia
Source: BBC If you think modern Australian animals are scary, spare a thought for the country’s earliest human inhabitants. They had to contend with huge kangaroos and 5-metre carnivorous lizards […]
How bacteria invented gene editing
Source: BBC This week the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority okayed a proposal to modify human embryos through gene editing. The research, which will be carried out at the […]
Headteacher mocked on Twitter for claiming evolution is not a fact
Source: The Guardian A primary school headteacher has been mocked on Twitter after claiming that evolution was “a theory” and there was “more evidence that the Bible is true”. Christina […]
The country that supplies eyes
Source: BBC To restore sight to damaged eyes, doctors often need to transplant the cornea – the transparent covering of the iris and the pupil – from a donor’s dead […]