Neurobiology of Dreams and Revelation
Source: Muslim Sunrise Winter 2018 Volume. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In, “Ancient Greece and ancient Rome — people did not happen to […]
Did Eve Come from Adam’s Rib — That is the Question?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The very first or the second verse of Surah Nisa, which would be translated as the chapter about […]
It’s still hard to teach evolution in too many public school classrooms
Source: Los Angeles Times By Ann Reid Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby. Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Obergefell vs. Hodges. Supreme Court cases involving the role of religious beliefs […]
The Monkey Trial Movie — Antidote to Trumpism
Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, directed by Stanley Kramer. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry Drummond and Fredric […]
BBC Video: How chimpanzees reveal the roots of human behavior
Source: BBC News Eminent anthropologist Frans de Waal explains that politicians have a lot to learn from how chimpanzees show empathy. Read more Additional Reading Two Hundred Verses about […]
Noah’s Ark Creationist Ken Ham Wants You To Warn Kids About Hell On Halloween
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza “Halloween is all about scary and spooky things,” he said. Ken Ham, the creationist behind a Noah’s Ark attraction in Kentucky, is calling on […]
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Gazing monkeys image wins
Source: BBC By Jonathan Amos; BBC Science Correspondent Two snub-nosed monkeys are pictured resting on a stone and staring intently into the distance. What are they looking at, and what are […]
Bones reveal Neanderthal child was eaten by a giant bird
Source: CNN By Ashley Strickland When researchers discovered the oldest human remains ever found in Poland a few years ago, they didn’t realize that the bones were hiding a grisly […]
‘Science not fairy tales:’ Teachers speak out against proposed science standards
Source: Arizona Central By Lily Altavena, Arizona Republic Parents and teachers on Monday rallied outside an Arizona Board of Education meeting, and then took turns during the meeting blasting a proposal […]
Indian education minister dismisses theory of evolution
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Delhi India’s minister for higher education has been condemned by scientists for demanding that the theory of evolution be removed from school curricula because no […]
Researchers Suggest Big Toe Was Last Part of Foot to Evolve
Source: SmithSonian By Meilan Solly The earliest hominins split their days between the trees and the ground, alternately adopting ape-like tree-swinging behaviors and human-like bipedalism, or walking upright on two feet—albeit in a […]
The Elephants May Hold Key to Prevent Cancers in Humans
Elephants rarely get cancer. Here’s why this matters to humans Source: CNN By Michael Nedelman, CNN You’d think elephants would be getting cancer left and right: They are giants of […]
Creating God
Source: NPR BY Shankar Vedantam ,Laura Kwerel,Tara Boyle ,Rhaina Cohen,Parth Shah,Lucy Perkins and Jennifer Schmidt Let’s take a moment to go back in time. For most of human history, we […]
Israel opening nature museum, with evolution exhibit
Source: Associated Press By ILAN BEN ZION TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After decades of planning and delays, Israel is opening the doors of a new national natural history museum […]
Evolution wording removed from draft of Arizona school science standards
Source: AZCentral The Arizona Department of Education hopes to make changes to science standards, which will affect K-12 districts and charter schools. The changes include removing the word “evolution” in […]
Ancient Finger Bone Found in Saudi Arabia Reveals a New Clue About Early Humans
Source: Time By MALCOLM RITTER / AP (NEW YORK) — An ancient human finger bone found in Saudi Arabia provides a new clue about when and how our species migrated out […]
A 6-year-old girl goes digging in the dirt at her sister’s soccer game — and finds a 65 million-year-old fossil
Source: CNN CNN)Naomi was bored. A 6-year-old can stay riveted by her older sister’s soccer game for only so long. So she went over to some sagebrush by the soccer […]
Mysterious Denisovans interbred with modern humans more than once
Source: CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN)Neanderthals, Denisovans and our ancestors were mixing and mingling a long time ago — and some of our genetics can be traced back to these […]
The cliff that revealed Earth’s history
Source: BBC By David Cox A rocky, remote outcrop in Scotland inspired the realisation that the Earth was millions of years old – and led Charles Darwin to his theory […]