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Geologic Controversies
Theories past and present that arouse heat as well as light.
What Use Is Gaia?
The idea that Earth acts like an organism never made scientific sense, but something like it still deeply influences geology today.
The Snowball Earth
The "snowball earth" is just what science needs: a provocative hypothesis.
A New Case for Atlantis
Recent geologic field work points west of Gibraltar.
The Quaternary Refuses to Die
How the whole Quaternary Period was erased in 2004 and restored in 2009.
The Piltdown Plot
"As we approach the 100th year anniversary of Piltdown Man, there is still no certainty on just who created the greatest hoax in the history of science." A thorough treatment by two professors at Clark University.
A Hotspot Alternative
The rise of a surface-related explanation for hotspots is turning traditional plate tectonics upside down--or bringing out its full potential.
GeoForecaster Exposed
This firm offering weekly earthquake forecasts treats its data with smoke and mirrors. The state is leaning on it--not for fraud, but for not having a license.
A Modest Proposal
An old man dreams of damming the Mediterranean Sea to save the world from global COOLING.
Logos versus Lithos: Creationism versus Evolution
How Adam saw Eden is not how Darwin saw Earth.
True Polar Wander
A crazy idea resurfaces to knock Earth--and Earth science--upside the head.
Snowballs Keep Falling On Our Heads
The small-comet hypothesis raises a scientific ruckus.
The Nuclear Core
A bedazzled scientist proposes a deep-Earth theory no one needs: the core contains a uranium-based nuclear reactor.
The Comeback of Noah's Flood
The book "Noah's Flood" has brought the Bible back into science for the kernel of truth that might lie in the Flood story.