In Nash County, North Carolina, a father-son treasure-hunting duo bought a piece of land in 2016 on the exact spot where the Portis Gold Mine once operated from 1835 during the North Carolina Gold Rush—America’s first real gold rush. Adventure was in store there, Tim Fisher, 60, and his son Ross, 31, knew. They started…
Gold Hunters Unearth 100-Year-Old Dredge Ship From North Carolina Gold Rush in Creek Bed
Australia’s Barrier Reef Erupts in Color as Corals Spawn
CANBERRA, Australia—Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes. Scientists on Tuesday night recorded the corals fertilizing billions of offspring by casting sperm and eggs into the Pacific Ocean off the Queensland state coastal city of Cairns. The spawning event…
The Heavens Declare (Episode 6): The Starlight Travel Dilemma Part2
This episode addresses the perceived problem of light travel of distant stars and how the universe can still be young. The experts introduce the idea of an expanding universe and the dynamics of the speed of light. They then delve into general relativity and present several creationist models for solving the light travel dilemma. Several…
Tens of Millions of Red Crabs Form Scarlet Sea as They Migrate Across Christmas Island to Spawn in Ocean
Nature lovers each year flock to Christmas Island, Australia, around late November to witness a scarlet sea of tens of millions of red crabs migrating down from the forest to mate and spawn on the shoreline. Male red crabs set out on the journey first, triggered by the first rainfall of the wet season; they…
Drone Video Shows Extent of La Palma Lava Delta
Aerial footage filmed on Tuesday by geology experts studying the volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma showed the extent of a new lava delta that was created in recent days. The lava flow, which is the third to reach the Atlantic Ocean, first dropped off a cliff and into the sea on Monday….
France Backs Poland Over Belarus but Warns EU Row Not Over
PARIS/WARSAW—France assured Poland on Wednesday of European Union support in its stand-off with Belarus, but reminded Warsaw it needed to resolve a row with the bloc over its values and the rule of law. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met French President Emmanuel Macron as part of a diplomatic effort to rally support for a…
Joe Robinet Makes the Wilderness Approachable
With 1.5 million subscribers, Joe Robinet’s YouTube channel has become a go-to for people who want to learn about wilderness camping, backpacking, and solo bushcraft. Yet unlike many other outdoorsmen, he doesn’t call himself a survivalist. “I’m not trying to face nature one-on-one and battle it and get by eating bugs,” he told The Epoch…
New Russian Module Launched to International Space Station
MOSCOW—A Russian rocket blasted off successfully on Wednesday to deliver a new docking module to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 6:06 p.m. (1306 GMT) from the Russian launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying the Progress cargo ship with the Prichal (Pier) docking module attached to it. The craft…
NASA Launches Test Mission of Asteroid-Deflecting Spacecraft
LOS ANGELES—A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. The DART spacecraft soared into the night sky at 10:21 p.m. PT on Tuesday from…
Flood Geology Series (Episode 6): The Missoula Flood Part1
In the 1920’s J. Harland Bretz, a secular geologist proposed a massive flood across eastern Washington. He was rejected by his colleagues because the flood seemed too “biblical”. He was shunned, for forty years, until satellite images proved him right. Scientist Michael Oard explores the Missoula Flood, demonstrating how the geologic features are a small…
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