Geoscience Research Institute
News Archive (July 2000)
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represent endorsement by the Geoscience Research Institute, but are meant to
provide information from a wide range of viewpoints and expertise on scientific issues,
religious issues, and the interface between the two, particularly in the area of creation
and evolution.
JULY 31
- "Board
Decision on Evolution Roils an Election in Kansas" / July 29, 2000 / New York
Times
- "The Bible, as
History, Flunks New Archaeological Tests" / July 29, 2000 / New York Times
"Still, considerable disagreement exists among archaeologists on how to
interpret many recent finds."
- "They've
seen a ghost" / 8 July 2000 / Robert Irion / New Scientist, v.167, p.24
The quantum world is so spooky that we could make computers with atoms that
aren't really there.
- Trilobite!
Eyewitness to Evolution / October 2000 / Richard Fortey / Knopf (Random House)
see also Amazon
and review:
"Look back in wonder" / 22 July 2000 / Michael Taylor / New Scientist
- EDITORIAL: "The coming
revolution" / 1 July 2000 / New Scientist "I'm a
little confused on timing," said a reporter at the London press conference to
announce the working draft of the human genome. "You've mapped 97 per cent of the
genome, sequenced 85 per cent and finished 24 per cent. So why did you choose now to make
your announcement?"
- "Just a
normal town..." / 1 July 2000 / Ian Sample / New Scientist, v.167, p.20
...but out of nowhere a wave of chaos was to wash over that world. In a
millisecond it was gone. And then the blind panic set in. What's going on?
- Creationism:
Unnatural selection / 22 April 2000 / New Scientist an overwhelming
response
- "Deluge" / 1908 (1999) /
A. J. Maas / The Catholic Encyclopedia
- "Noah" / 1911 (1999) / F.
Bechtel / The Catholic Encyclopedia
JULY 28
- "RATE Group to Release Book"
(Adobe's Acrobat Reader format [.PDF]) / August 2000 / Acts & Facts,
Institute for Creation Research 700 page book to be printed by the end of
September on Radioisotope Dating, Radioactive Isotopes in the Earth, the Mineral Isochron
Method, Geochemical Processes, Accelerated Radioactive Decay, and Radiohalos
- "Polonium Radiohalos: Still 'A
Very Tiny Mystery'" / August 2000 / Andrew A. Snelling / Impact #326,
Institute for Creation Research
- God and
Evolution in Kansas Classrooms / July 27, 2000 / Ted Koppel / ABC News, Nightline
unedited, uncorrected transcript; includes interview with Phillip Johnson
- "Scopes
in reverse" / July 24, 2000 / Nancy R. Pearcey / The Washington Times
As Kansas wound down its week-long observance of the 75th
anniversary of the Scopes Trial, a striking irony largely escaped notice.
- Monkey
Trial: Debate Over Creationism and Evolution Still With Us / July 23, 2000 / Claire
Moore / ABC News
- Dinosaur Through the Eyes
of a Child / 2000 / Douglas W. Phillips / Institute for Creation Research review
of the new Disney movie Dinosaur
JULY 27
- Wedge issues: An
intelligent discussion with Intelligent Design's designer / July 29, 2000 / Nancy R.
Pearcey / World Magazine, v.15, n.29 interview with Phillip
Johnson; ARN copy
- Scopes Trial
Anniversary & Teaching Evolution / July 21, 2000 / National Public Radio Join
Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson for a look back at the trial on its 75th
anniversary, and at the ongoing battle over teaching evolution in the public schools.
Plus, a talk with Michael Behe, author of Darwin's Black Box, about his theory of
intelligent design.
- The fairy tales of
evolutionary psychology: Of Vice and Men / April 3, 2000 / Jerry A. Coyne / New
Republic Online In science's pecking order, evolutionary biology lurks
somewhere near the bottom, far closer to phrenology than to physics.
- "The Search
for Intelligent Design in the Universe" / January 9, 2000 / Michelle Quinn / San
Jose Mercury News Johnson is a new breed of creationist, one who uses
books and articles rather than a pulpit to argue his position. He says even more should be
taught about evolution -- including its contradictions. Johnson argues that, like
him, most Americans believe in a mixture of evolution and creation theory, but their
opinions have been shut out of scientific and public debates.
JULY 26
- Where's God in the
Machine? / July 24, 2000 / Wired News Francis Collins the scientist
(director of the Human Genome Project) is engaged in an internal battle with Collins the
believer (Christian) over just how far is far enough in the quest to learn how humans
work.
- ARN-Announce, No. 6 / July
10, 2000 / Access Research Network upcoming events and new articles, books,
videos and other resources on Intelligent Design
- "Copying the Human
Script: Genome Project Raises Hopes, Fears" / July 8, 2000 / Nancy R. Pearcey / World
Magazine, v.15, n.27
- Teaching Moments from Disney's Dinosaur
/ July 7, 2000 / Dennis Wagner / Access Research Network, Library Files
- "Creation
Mythology: Defenders of Darwinism resort to suppressing data and teaching outright
falsehoods" / June 24, 2000 / Nancy R. Pearcey / World Magazine, v.15,
n.25
- "Overcoming the
Scandal of the Christian Mind" / February 2000 / J. Budziszewski / First
Things, v.100, p.52-56 review of: How
Now Shall We Live? / Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey / Tyndale
- Body & Soul: Human
Nature & the Crisis in Ethics / 2000 / J. P. Moreland and Scott B. Rae /
InterVarsity Press see also Access Research Network and Amazon
- Ballard & the Black Sea: The
Search for Noah's Flood / 1999 / National Geographic
- "Has Noah's Ark Been
Found?" / May 20 & 27, 1993 / David Merling / Adventist Review,
p.13-15 & p.16-17 see also responses: "Noah's Ark
The
Other Side" / Ron Wyatt, Richard Rimmer, Marguerite Lacey Flemming, and Andrew Jones
/ July 15, 1993 / Adventist Review, p.2 -AND- "Where Is the Golden Ark of the
Covenant?" / August 26, 1993 / David Merling / Adventist Review, p.16-18
- Creation vs. Evolution /
November 1991 / Gallup Poll
JULY 25
- Travelling over c /
20 July 2000 / Nature see also: "Gain-assisted
superluminal light propagation" / 20 July 2000 / Nature, v.406,
p.277-279
- "Spider
manipulation by a wasp larva" requires free
registration / 20 July 2000 / William G. Eberhard / Nature,
v.406, p.255-256
- Evolution's next step in Kansas:
Ballot box / July 19, 2000 / Mary Beth Marklein / USA Today
- Annual Highlights Issue: 1999
Discoveries and Research Trends / July 2000 / Geotimes SOLID
EARTH: Volcanoes, Structure and Tectonics, Sediments, Caves and Karst; LIFE THROUGH TIME:
Vertebrates, Geoarchaeology; OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE: Paleoceanography, Marine Geology;
BEYOND EARTH: Meteorites, Planetary Geology
- "Wrath of the
Gods: Earthquake in Turkey; A History Forged by Disaster" / July 2000 / Rick Gore
/ National Geographic, v.198, p.32 Last year two massive quakes
tore through Turkey, killing tens of thousands and leaving many more homeless. The
relentless tectonic forces that have rocked the region for millennia nurtured myths of
Poseidon and tales of Troy and may explain why Noah had to build an ark.
- "Ancient History"
/ January 1998 / Discover, v.19 fossilized tree resin (amber)
apparently isn't such a foolproof preservative of ancient insect DNA as once thought
- "Cretaceous Pompeii"
/ January 1998 / Discover, v.19 a scene of mass death in Liaoning
Province, China; hundreds of birds, dinosaurs, fish, insects, and plants all died suddenly
on the shores of an ancient lake and their remains are numerous and well-preserved
- Tennessee
vs. John Scopes / 1925 / University of Missouri - Kansas City, Law School famous
trials in American history: details of the "Monkey Trial"
JULY 24
- Getting
There Faster: Light's Speed Accelerated / July 20, 2000 / Yahoo! News
- Parasite's
web of death / 19 July 2000 / BBC News on the evening of the day that it
will kill the spider, the wasp larva induces the spider to spin an unusual web
- Auction of winged reptile
fossil stirs debate / July 18, 2000 / CNN.com
- "Stellar
Production Rates of Carbon and Its Abundance in the Universe" requires free registration
/ 7 July 2000 / H. Oberhummer, A. Csótó, H. Schlattl / Science, v.289, p.88-90
outside a narrow window of 0.5 and 4% of the values of the strong and
Coulomb forces, respectively, the stellar production of carbon or oxygen is reduced by
factors of 30 to 1000; see also Star Physics
Prove the Delicacy of Life
- "Neighborhood
Gamma Ray Burst Boosts Theory" requires
free registration / 7 July 2000 / Govert Schilling / Science,
v.289, p.29
- "The Nature of
Evidence" requires free registration
/ 7 July 2000 / Boyce Rensberger / Science, v.289, p.61
- "A New Source
of Gamma Rays" requires free
registration / 30 June 2000 / R. P. Fender / Science,
v.288, p.2326
- "Making a
Splash With a Hint of Mars Water" requires
free registration / 30 June 2000 / Richard A. Kerr / Science,
v.288, p.2295-2297
- "New
Feathered Dino Firms Up Bird Links" requires
free registration / 9 June 2000 / Dennis Normile / Science,
v.288, p.1721
- "Learning to
Dissect Dinosaurs--Digitally" requires
free registration / 9 June 2000 / Erik Stokstad / Science,
v.288, p.1728-1732
- Natural
Disasters, 2nd ed. / 1999 / Patrick L. Abbott / McGraw-Hill see
also Amazon
JULY 20
- Biting
beetle gives away secrets / 16 July 2000 / BBC News
- Kansas
poll evolves into a debate on Darwin / 14 July 2000 / Electronic Telegraph, UK
- Scopes
Trial Revisited / July 13, 2000 / ABC News (Associated Press) trial
still relevant, but now creationists claim censorship
- Earth's ancient
atmosphere trapped in rocks / July 13, 2000 / CNN.com
- 'Fossil
air' provides climate clues / 12 July 2000 / BBC News
- Darwinism,
Design and the Consequences for American Education / 11 July 2000 / U.S. Newswire
Discovery Institute Fellows will be the main speakers at a national
symposium in Kansas City on July 15
- Snow
microbes found at South Pole / 10 July 2000 / BBC News
- Modern
Darwinism: better engines through natural selection / July 5, 2000 / CNN.com
- "Creationists Open a New Front"
/ July 2000 / David Applegate / Geotimes advocates of intelligent
design theory bring their message to Congress
- Kansas
evolution decision got widespread criticism and praise / July 1, 2000 / Kate Beem / Kansas
City Star
- Scientists
crack human code / 26 June 2000 / BBC News rough draft of the entire
human genetic code as "the most wondrous map ever produced by human kind"
- Water may
flow on Mars / 23 June 2000 / BBC News
- Earliest
feathers fan controversy / 22 June 2000 / BBC News
- Visual
evidence suggests water springs on Mars / June 22, 2000 / CNN.com
- NASA: Mars Is All Wet / June 25, 2000
/ Sharon Begley and Erika Check / Newsweek Hints of recent water
flows on the Red Planet raise new hope that life once existed there and could still
- Tyrannosaurus
Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought over T-Rex Ever Found /
May 2000 / Steve Fiffer / W.H. Freeman see also Amazon
- The First Fossil Hunters:
Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times / April 2000 / Adrienne Mayor / Princeton
University Press see also Amazon
and review:
"Greek Myths: Not Necessarily Mythical" / July 4, 2000 / John Noble Wilford / New
York Times
- Eggs, Nests, and
Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction / November 1999 / Kenneth
Carpenter / Indiana University Press see also Amazon
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