Geoscience Research Institute
    — News Archive (October 2001)

DISCLAIMER:  The following links do not necessarily 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.

OCTOBER 12

• "The earliest known fully quadrupedal sirenian" requires free registration / 11 October 2001 / D. P. Domning / Nature, v.413, p.625-627
• Design theorists leave many holes in argument / October 10, 2001 / Massimo Pigliucci / The Daily Beacon, v.88, n.35 (University of Tennessee)
• Weekly Wedge Update / October 9, 2001 / Phillip Johnson / Access Research Update — my return to public lecturing, and the New York Review of Books plays its part in the Wedge strategy
• The threat to life from Eta Carinae and gamma ray bursts / 8 October 2001 / Arnon Dar and A. DeRujula / Los Alamos preprint server
• "ESSAYS ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: Is a New Eugenics Afoot?" requires free registration / 5 October 2001 / Garland E. Allen / Science, v.294, p.59-61
• Jurassic Park Institute / Universal Studios & Amblin Entertainment
• "The Early Church Defended Creation Science" / October 1986 / Louis Lavallee / Impact, n.160 (Institute for Creation Research)

OCTOBER 8

• Straddling a Speeding Proton / 5 October 2001 / Geoff Brumfiel / Physical Review Focus — protons undergoing acceleration either decay or collide, depending on your perspective, according to a paper in the 8 October print issue of Physical Review Letters
• Language gene found / 4 October 2001 / John Whitfield / Nature science update — the first linking of a gene to language could speed our understanding of this most unique and most controversial of human abilities
• Black Death's DNA / 4 October 2001 / John Whitfield / Nature science update — the plague bacterium joins the ranks of completed genomes
• CERN to spew black holes / 2 October 2001 / Philip Ball / Nature science update — mini black holes could reveal hidden dimensions of space
• The Recession of the Moon and the Age of the Earth-Moon System / December 1999 / Tim Thompson / Talk.Origins Archive

OCTOBER 5

• Life's Greatest Miracle / November 2001 / NOVA, PBS — latest advances in our understanding of fertilization and embryonic and fetal development
• Neanderthals on Trial / November 2001 / NOVA, PBS
• Dawn of galaxies now in focus / October 5, 2001 / Robert C. Cowen / The Christian Science Monitor
• Think PBS' 'Evolution' nailed it? Think again / October 4, 2001 / David Buckna / Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana)
• Educators, students pleased with 'Evolution' series / September 29, 2001 / Naomi Reese / Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana) — a NOVA series this week on PBS featuring students from Jefferson High School has teachers, students and administrators grinning with pride
• How the Camel Got Its Hump, One Protein at a Time / September 28, 2001 / Lila Guterman / The Chronicle — scientists study enzymes for clues to the way organisms adapt
• Eggs Hold Skulls of Titanosaur Embryos / September 27, 2001 / Bijal P. Trivedi / National Geographic News
• National Center for Science Education — defending the teaching of evolution in the public schools
  • Discovery Institute "Don't know much about history" - 10/3/2001
  • "0 for 3", The Discovery Institute Strikes Out - 10/3/2001
  • Critics Wrongly Accuse PBS of Ignoring Controversy - 10/1/2001
  • Congregational Study Guide for Evolution Series Now Available - 9/27/2001
  • Discovery Institute Quotes Scientist Out of Context - 9/26/2001
  • Press Release: Creationists Wrong Again - 9/25/2001
• The Genetic Codes / October 2000 / Andrzej (Anjay) Elzanowski and Jim Ostell / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Bethesda, MD
• The Craig-Pigliucci Debate: Does God Exist? / July 2000 / Leadership University
• "Teaching and Propaganda" / June 2000 / Mano Singham / Physics Today, v.53, p.54-55
• Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids / November 1997 / Gerrit L. Verschuur / Oxford University Press — see also Amazon

OCTOBER 3

• 'Spooky action at a distance' / October 4, 2001 / Peter N. Spotts / Christian Science Monitor — on quantum mechanics
• "Palaeolithic paintings: Evolution of prehistoric cave art" requires free registration / 4 October 2001 / H. Valladas, et al. / Nature, v.413, p.479
• The Genome Doctor / October 1, 2001 / Christianity Today — an interview with Francis Collins -- the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute answers questions about the morality of his work
• Scholars Find Further Signs of Big Flood Evoking Noah / October 1, 2001 / John Noble Wilford / New York Times
• Manipulating the Linguistic Code / October 1, 2001 / John Wilson / Christianity Today — religious language falling into the hands of scientists can be a fearful thing
• Testing the Cosmic Coincidence Problem and the Nature of Dark Energy / 1 October 2001 / Neal Dalal, Kevork Abazajian, Elizabeth Jenkins, and Aneesh V. Manohar / Physical Review Letters, v.87, 141302
• The Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man / October 2001 / Andrew Brown / Simon & Schuster
• "Genome Decay in the Mycoplasmas" / October 2001 / Todd Charles Wood / Impact, n.340 (Institute for Creation Research)
• "The Outer Darkness" / October 2001 / Henry M. Morris / Back to Genesis, n.154 (Institute for Creation Research)
• "RATE Group Confirms Fast Diffusion of Helium in Rocks" (.pdf) / October 2001 / Larry Vardiman / Acts & Facts, v.30, n.10, p.1-3 — report of progress of RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth) research group
• Sadly, an Honest Creationist / Fall 2001 / Richard Dawkins / Free Inquiry magazine, v.21, n.4 — about Kurt Wise
• Trillion-atom triumph / 27 September 2001 / Philip Ball / Nature science update — physicists take first step towards practical teleportation
• Einstein's Theory of Relativity Must Be Rewritten / September 10, 2001 / Cosmiverse
• Creationism Versus Physical Science / November 2000 / Stephen G. Brush / APS News (American Physical Society), p.8
• Disseminating Darwinism: The Role of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender / December 1999 / Ronald L. Numbers and John Stenhouse (eds.) / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon

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