Biology

The Giving Tree: Dallas Urban Forest Chair Gets Bush Volunteer Award

Off the Killing Floor

Dallas-based Supreme Beef wins a major round in its court battle with the USDA

It's Science: Ninety-Nine Percent of Texas Science Professors Surveyed Don't Believe in Intelligent Design

Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, titled Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the ... More >>

Hot Dish

Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, titled Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the ... More >>

Events for the week

Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, titled Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the ... More >>

Quest for fire

The Dallas Museum of Natural History seeks a hot new concept to save itself from extinction

Epidemic of hope

A new family of drugs may offer AIDS patients a new lease on life

Footprints of Fantasy

Creation scientist Dr. Carl Baugh claims he's found evidence that will explode the 'myth' of evolution. But the biggest myth is Baugh himself.

Death on tap

Cryptosporidium kills AIDS victims in Dallas. Who will the pathogen claim next?

Vicious cooties

Cryptosporidium kills AIDS victims in Dallas. Who will the pathogen claim next?

Jurassic bucks

Trade in dinosaur bones pits entrepreneurs against scientists

Bloodhounds

New DNA evidence points to a gruesome end for atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Oyster Lovers Unite

Now may be your best chance for a little raw love

Evolutianity

Now may be your best chance for a little raw love

Deep Freeze

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World

Arguments Creationists Make to Counter Evolution

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World

Walk The Dinosaur

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World

Dinosaurs, Evolved

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World

God in the Details

For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs. Along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.

Cinemasaur

When dinosaurs ruled the screen

They're Alive!

When dinosaurs ruled the screen

All Apologies

Hey, man. Dave's coming.

Life, Death and Money

Will Texas pony up bucks to lead in stem cell research? Pro-lifers hope not.

Best Outdoor Sculpture

The Chromosaurs, Dallas Museum of Natural History

Best Quilter

Sue Benner

Genetic Criminals

A DNA researcher tracks down the causes of hereditary illnesses

Bugs in the Tubs

Texas consumers take on the whirlpool business--and that mysterious black crud shooting out of their bathtub jets

Planet Mold

The latest environmental hazard in Dallas and the country is displacing homeowners, covering walls and pets, and making lawyers even richer. Welcome to the weird world of "black mold."

Monkey Business

William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. He didn't know he'd be crucified for his cause.

Slaughterhouse Jive

Dallas-based Supreme Beef fought what it believes are unfair regulations, only to wind up on the USDA's killing floor

Seeds of Discontent

Can growing protests stem the tide of genetically engineered crops?

Dino-might

Life and Death in the Big Bend

From Russia, with bugs

Scientists from the former Soviet Union's top-secret biological weapons lab join with Dallas researchers to fight a common enemy: the deadly Ebola virus

Mesozoic mess

The Disney formula goes disturbingly awry in the off-putting Dinosaur

Cupcakes On The Schedule

The folks from Sprinkles just sent a box of cupcakes and a press release. The cupcakes feature a blue star on white icing (though the cake itself is the color of algae). The press release speaks of their arrangement with the Dallas Cowboys.Apparently if you buy these Cowboys-themed cupcakes (from Se ... More >>

95 Million Reasons Why Unfair Park Needs More Dallas Dinosaur News

Courtesy Karen CarrKaren Carr, a New Mexico artists who used to live in Dallas, offers this peek at what Aetodactylus halli might have looked like back in, ya know, the day.​Big breaking news in the world of paleontology today: Back in '06, Lance Hall, a member of the Dallas Paleontological Societ ... More >>

Welcome... To Jurassic Books

Courtesy Karen CarrKaren Carr, a New Mexico artists who used to live in Dallas, offers this peek at what Aetodactylus halli might have looked like back in, ya know, the day.​Big breaking news in the world of paleontology today: Back in '06, Lance Hall, a member of the Dallas Paleontological Societ ... More >>

Fight To The Dino Death

Courtesy Karen CarrKaren Carr, a New Mexico artists who used to live in Dallas, offers this peek at what Aetodactylus halli might have looked like back in, ya know, the day.​Big breaking news in the world of paleontology today: Back in '06, Lance Hall, a member of the Dallas Paleontological Societ ... More >>

Next Week at SMU, the Discovery Institute's Finally Nailing Darwin For Good

​If you fell prey to the siren call of the Discovery Institute's 2007 Darwin vs. Design conference at Southern Methodist University, well, dust off your fossil records and get your ape suit to the dry cleaners, because next Thursday night we're gonna do it all again.Next week's panel discussion, " ... More >>

What Lies Beneath

​If you fell prey to the siren call of the Discovery Institute's 2007 Darwin vs. Design conference at Southern Methodist University, well, dust off your fossil records and get your ape suit to the dry cleaners, because next Thursday night we're gonna do it all again.Next week's panel discussion, " ... More >>

Museum of Nature and Science Paleontologist, SMU Prof Proposes Dinosaur Crap Helped Contribute to Climate Change

​Tony Fiorillo curates the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science's paleontology collection, and he's spent every summer since 1998 in Alaska, studying dinosaurs' tracks and bones. It wasn't till last year that he seriously considered all their crap. Fiorillo's also an adjunct professor at SMU, and h ... More >>

If You've Ever Wanted to Own a Complete Dinosaur Skeleton, or Four, Now's Your Chance

Heritage expects the Allosaurus and Stegosaurus skeletons will go for upwards of $3 million. But that's for the pair. A bargain.​I've taken the almost-8-year-old who lives in my house to several of 'cross-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries' dinosaur auction previews, because, right, ki ... More >>

Say These Names Three Times Fast

Heritage expects the Allosaurus and Stegosaurus skeletons will go for upwards of $3 million. But that's for the pair. A bargain.​I've taken the almost-8-year-old who lives in my house to several of 'cross-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries' dinosaur auction previews, because, right, ki ... More >>

How an Evolution Denier Shaped Texas Board of Ed's Science-Book Decisions Yesterday

​The State Board of Education met yesterday to debate which supplemental materials the state should use to update its outdated science textbooks. To make things easier, before the meeting, the board's choices were narrowed down by allegedly reliable panels of stakeholders. But when it came t ... More >>

Science Wins In Evolution Denier's Campaign To Scrub Evolution From Texas Textbooks

​In July we told you about Dr. David Shorrman, author of The Exchange of Truth: Liberating the World From the Lie of Evolution and a member of the state biology panel making recommendations to the Texas Board of Education. Turns out, Shorrman (pictured to the right) was riding in the vanguard ... More >>

The Wrath of Everyday Life

​In July we told you about Dr. David Shorrman, author of The Exchange of Truth: Liberating the World From the Lie of Evolution and a member of the state biology panel making recommendations to the Texas Board of Education. Turns out, Shorrman (pictured to the right) was riding in the vanguard ... More >>

There Are No Texas Oysters in Your Near Future

Steven Doyle​Houston-based food journalist Robb Walsh wrote yesterday about the red tide outbreak, which has caused the delayed opening of Texas' oyster beds. Oyster harvesting was closed until further notice by the Texas Department of Health State Services (DSHS) on October 26, leaving Walsh ... More >>

UT Southwestern Docs May Have Found the Pathway to Revolutionary Cancer Treatment

Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis​Researchers at UT Southwestern published a study in the journal Nature Sunday identifying a cancer-specific metabolic pathway that fuels only the growth of certain kinds of kidney and adrenal tumors. This is a pretty remarkable finding, chiefly because if you can halt th ... More >>

Roll Red Tide: Still No Good News for Oyster Lovers from the Coastlines of Texas

Steven Doyle​Red tide, the naturally occurring algae bloom that causes toxicity in shellfish, continues to plague the state's coastline -- keeping Texas oysters out of local restaurants and threatening the $18.5 million Texas oyster industry. The state closed the entire coast of Texas to oyst ... More >>

North Texas Bets Big on Pumping from Lake Texoma

Environmentalists fear plan will let invasive zebra mussels spread.