ITHACA, NY — The world didn’t end on December 21, 2012 — Mayan doomsday calendar notwithstanding — and despite some recent close calls with meteors and asteroids, it appears Armageddon is on hold for now. Beliefs about how, when and why the world will come to an end will be discussed in two upcoming events sponsored by the ...

 ITHACA, NY — The executive director of the National Center for Science Education, who has been involved in the creationism/evolution controversy for over 25 years as both a researcher and an activist, will give a free public talk at Ithaca College on Wednesday, March 28.

Eugenie Scott will present...

ITHACA, NY — New computer methods are being used to shed light on a number of recent controversies in the world of art. For example, fractal analysis has cast doubt on the authenticity of a cache of paintings attributed to Jackson Pollock, while an international group of computer and image scientists is studying the brushstrokes in paintings by van Gogh to detect forgeries. What can...