Science Roundup

Here are a few interesting science stories I came across this week: I remember a few years ago when scientists reassessed the age of the universe down from 20 billion to a mere 14.5 billion years. The headlines blared, "Universe Much Younger than Previously Believed" and all the young-earth-creationists started celebrating like the evidence now confirmed their belief in a 6,000 year old cosmos. Well, I guarantee the same thing is going to happen with this story. New evidence suggests that moun