To the constant amusement of us creationists, scientists continue to find evidence that the world's geologic features were formed by floodwater. The latest announcement is that the island of Britain was cut off from the continent by "perhaps the biggest flood on Earth we have evidence for," in the words of one researcher. By mapping the ocean floor around the English Channel, a team of scientists found characteristic gouging patterns that indicated a massive water flow. The megaflood theory of Britain has apparently been around for awhile, with some criticism, but now it appears that even the skeptics are convinced. I'm rooting for the day when a few non-creationist geologists piece together all these local floods around the world and suggest a single, global deluge. Think it'll ever happen? Maybe, and hopefully the research of creation geologists like those gathering for this conference next week will play a part in convincing them.

An Assyriologist is excited after discovering a Babylonian cuneiform tablet inscribed with the name of a person mentioned--only in passing--in the Bible. Nabu-sharrussu-ukin, aka Nebo-Sarsekim, was King Nebuchadnezzar's "chief eunuch" or "chief officer," and is mentioned in Jeremiah 39 (verse 3, from what I can tell). The discovery shows the historical validity of the Bible, even in the details. (HT to Young Cosmos)

 While the New York Times speculates whether the mass death of honeybees is a crisis or just a temporary problem, a scientist from Spain says he's solved the riddle of their demise. He attributes honeybee death to a an Asian parasite called Nosema ceranae.

Don't bother taking vitamin C to stave off a cold: A study shows that in most cases the vitamin neither wards off or decreases the symptoms of the common cold--at least not to any substantial effect.

Meanwhile, a Muslim who is an old earth creationist has joined the fight against evolution by mailing his 800-page, 12-pound "Atlas of Creation" to professors and scientists in the U.S. and Europe. He says evolution contradicts the Koran.