Pituitary—A Miniscule Master
Tucked away at the base of your brain, behind your sinuses, is a pea-size gland called the pituitary. People once mistakenly thought this little organ simply made mucus when your nose runs. Now it is…
Carbon Dating: Questions Answered
The most well-known of all the radiometric dating methods is radiocarbon dating (or carbon dating). Although many people think radiocarbon is used to date rocks, it is limited to dating things that contain carbon and…
Fossil Fish Feces—a Reminder of the Flood
Before we answer that, consider a new study that scanned hundreds of coprolites to determine what was inside. What they found were bones, scales, and teeth—one very tiny coprolite even contained some skull bones and…
A Tale of Two Legacies + Match Big
Yes, our families are having to face giants in the culture we didn’t have to deal with as kids. Even when I was a teenager growing up in Australia, I didn’t hear about abortion, gay…
The Coriolis Effect, the Foucault Pendulum, and the Flat-Earth Movement
Nevertheless, I will once again take up the subject in an attempt to straighten out flat-earthers’ thinking about the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect is evidence that the earth spins. Because flat-earthers frequently demand evidence…