Geoscience Research Institute
    — News Archive (November 2002)

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NOVEMBER 27

• Throwing Einstein for a Loop / December 2002 / Amanda Gefter / Scientific American — physicist Fotini Markopoulou Kalamara has developed a way to connect relativity with quantum theory--while making sure that cause still precedes effect
• Stem Cell Mixing May Form a Human-Mouse Hybrid / November 27, 2002 / Nicholas Wade / New York Times
• A Wanderer at Home in Grass and Stardust / November 26, 2002 / Dennis Overbye / New York Times — on the source of human life
• Scientists condemn new gene technique / November 24, 2002 / Antony Barnett and Robin McKie / Guardian Unlimited Observer (UK)
• Stone Age man kept a dog / 22 November 2002 / Kendall Powell / Nature science update — genes and behavior show ancient ties for man and mutt
• From Wolf to Dog, Yes, but When? / November 22, 2002 / Nicholas Wade / New York Times
• Scientists Hope to Make New Bacterium / November 22, 2002 / Paul Recer / Washington Post (Associated Press)
• Scientists Planning to Make New Form of Life / November 21, 2002 / Justin Gillis / Washington Post
• Scientists Want New Form of Life / November 21, 2002 / Washington Post (Associated Press)
• Scientists Try to Create New Life / November 21, 2002 / ABC News (Associated Press) — a government grant will help scientists try to create a new form of life in the laboratory in an effort to develop new sources of energy and detect biological weapons
• Scientists 'to create new life-form' / 21 November 2002 / Ananova
• Scientists Want A Life / November 21, 2002 / CBS News (Associated Press) — gene scientist J. Craig Venter and Hamilton Smith, a Nobel laureate, hope to create a single-celled, partially man-made organism with the minimum number of genes necessary to sustain life
• Fossil forgery's front half revealed / 21 November 2002 / Henry Gee / Nature science update — the head end of Archaeoraptor, the notorious fake dinosaur, ate fish
• Satellites spy on meteorite explosions / 21 November 2002 / Philip Ball / Nature science update — defense data lower forecast for asteroids exploding in Earth's atmosphere
• After Two Scandals, Physics Group Expands Ethics Guidelines / November 19, 2002 / Dennis Overbye / New York Times
• Tanker spills oil on Spanish coast / 14 November 2002 / Tom Clarke / Nature science update — rare birds and plants threatened by growing slick
• "Why does Venus lack a magnetic field?" / November 2002 / Francis Nimmo / Geology, v.30, n.11, p.987-990
• Greater than 98% Chimp/human DNA similarity? Not any more / 2002 / David A. DeWitt / Answers in Genesis — a common evolutionary argument gets reevaluated -- by evolutionists themselves

NOVEMBER 25

• Evolving Education: "Teach the Controversy" / November 25, 2002 / Leadership University (Campus Crusade for Christ)
• 'Intelligent design' theory threatens science classrooms / November 22, 2002 / Alan I. Leshner / Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Will scientists create new life forms—and what would it prove? / 22 November 2002 / Jonathan Sarfati / Answers in Genesis
• Ohio Baptists encourage schools to present intelligent design / November 22, 2002 / Baptist Press News
• Black holes on a collision course / November 19, 2002 / MSNBC (Associated Press) — scientists say Chandra provides first evidence that two such mysteries can coexist in one galaxy

NOVEMBER 18

• Research News & Opportunities in Science and Theology / supported by the John Templeton Foundation

NOVEMBER 15

• A Prayer Before Dying / December 2002 / Po Bronson / Wired — a doctor who subjected faith to the rigors of science and then became a test subject herself
• The New Convergence / December 2002 / Gregg Easterbrook / Wired — a convergence between science and religion
• Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World / December 2002 / Margaret J. Osler / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
• "U.N. Split Over Full or Partial Cloning Ban" requires free registration / 15 November 2002 / Gretchen Vogel / Science, v.298, n.5597, p.1316-1317
• "A New Window to the Early Universe" requires free registration / 15 November 2002 / Eric Hivon and Marc Kamionkowski / Science, v.298, n.5597, p.1349-1350
• Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction / September 2002 / Gary B. Ferngren (editor) / Johns Hopkins University Press — see also Amazon

NOVEMBER 14

• 'Little' Big Bang stumps scientists / November 13, 2002 / Richard Stenger / CNN
• "PALEOCEANOGRAPHY: Inconstant Ancient Seas and Life's Path" requires free registration / 8 November 2002 / Richard A. Kerr / Science, v.298, n.5596, p.1165-1166
• Inflation, Quantum Cosmology and the Anthropic Principle / 8 November 2002 / Andrei Linde / arXiv ... to appear in: Science and Ultimate Reality: From Quantum to Cosmos, J. D. Barrow, P.C.W. Davies, & C.L. Harper, eds. Cambridge University Press (2003) — a justification of the anthropic principle that has seemed to many scientists to be too metaphysical
• Of Moths and Men Revisited / November 4, 2002 / Kevin Padian and Alan Gishlick / Christianity Today — a Darwinian debate
• "ANTHROPOLOGY: Going Head-to-Head Over Boas's Data" requires free registration / 1 November 2002 / Constance Holden / Science, v.298, n.5595, p.942-943
• The Peppered Myth / September-October 2002 / Jonathan Wells / Christianity Today — of moths and men: an evolutionary tale
• The Universe Next Door: The Making of Tomorrow's Science / March 2002 / Marcus Chown / Oxford University Press — see also Amazon
• Origins of Life, 2nd edition / September 1999 / Freeman J. Dyson / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon

NOVEMBER 12

• ARN-Announce, n.26 / November 1, 2002 / Dennis Wagner / Access Research Network
• "Radiohalos - Significant and Exciting Research Results" / November 2002 / Andrew A. Snelling / Impact, n.353 (Institute for Creation Research)
• Research and Progress in Intelligent Design (RAPID) conference / October 25-27, 2002 / Biola University, La Mirada, California
  • Becoming a Disciplined Science: Prospects, Pitfalls, and a Reality Check for ID / 25 October 2002 / William A. Dembski — keynote address
• "Teaching the Controversy" Wins in Ohio / October 23, 2002 / Mark Hartwig / Wedge Update (Access Research Network)
• ARN-Announce, n.25 / October 22, 2002 / Dennis Wagner / Access Research Network
• A solution evolves / October 17, 2002 / Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) — the State Board of Education could have done a lot worse by Ohio's science standards
• Who Could Argue With Teaching Good Science? / October 2002 / John D. Morris / Acts & Facts, v.31, n.10 --- Online Issue, n.26 (Institute for Creation Research)
• "Nuclear Decay: Evidence for a Young World" / October 2002 / D. Russell Humphreys / Impact, n.352 (Institute for Creation Research)
  • More Faulty Creation Science from The Institute for Creation Research / October 23, 2002 / J. G. Meert / Gondwana Research
  • Humphreys responds to Joe Meert about helium diffusion
• "Magnetic and electric field observations during the 2000 activity of Miyake-jima volcano, Central Japan" / 2002 / Yoichi Sasai, et al / Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.203, n.2, p.769-777
• The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future / August 2002 / Richard B. Alley / Princeton University Press — see also Amazon
  • review: The Religious Success Story / November 7, 2002 / Jared Diamond / New York Review of Books
• The Big Questions: Probing the Promise and Limits of Science / June 2002 / Richard Morris / Times Books (Henry Holt) — see also Amazon
• Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society / Spring 2002 / David Sloan Wilson / University of Chicago Press — see also Amazon
• The Prophet and the Astronomer: A Scientific Journey to the End of Time / May 2002 / Marcelo Gleiser / W.W. Norton — see also Amazon
• Children of the Stars: Our Origin, Evolution and Destiny / May 2002 / Daniel R. Altschuler / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
• Instability Rules: The Ten Most Amazing Ideas of Modern Science / March 2002 / Charles Flowers / John Wiley — see also Amazon
• The Big Bang: What It Is, Where It Came From and Why It Works / February 2002 / Karen C. Fox / John Wiley — see also Amazon
• Light Years and Time Travel: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination With Light / January 2002 / Brian Clegg / John Wiley — see also Amazon
• Darwin Report / Answers in Genesis Ministries
• The End of the Dinosaurs: Chicxulub Crater and Mass Extinctions / October 1999 / Charles Frankel / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
• The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang / November 1998 / Marcelo Gleiser / Plume (Penguin Putnam) — see also Amazon
• To Interpret the Earth: Ten Ways to Be Wrong / August 1998 / Stanley A. Schumm / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
• Philosophical Concepts in Physics: The Historical Relation between Philosophy and Scientific Theories / February 1998 / James T. Cushing / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
• Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Theory: Reflections on Bell's Theorem / 1989 / Ernan McMullin and James T. Cushing (editors) / University of Notre Dame Press — see also Amazon

NOVEMBER 11

• Books & Culture Corner: Weird Science? / November 11, 2002 / Jonathan Wells / Christianity Today — a Darwinian debate continues
• French Physicists' Cosmic Theory Creates a Big Bang of Its Own / November 9, 2002 / Dennis Overbye / New York Times
• U.S., Pushing for Broader Ban, Blocks U.N. Anti-Cloning Move / November 8, 2002 / Julia Preston / New York Times
• Evolution -- and Alternatives -- in the Classroom / November 8, 2002 / Stephen Meyer, Kenneth Miller, Lawrence Krauss, and Deborah Owens Fink / Science Friday (NPR)
  • Internet Infidels Discussion Forum
• Interview: John Polkinghorne / November 4, 2002 / Dick Staub / Christianity Today — the 2002 Templeton Prize winner sees the Bible as "the laboratory notebook" of the Holy Spirit
• Darwin and Design / October-November 2002 / William A. Dembski and H. Allen Orr / Boston Review — a debate about the latest defense of intelligent design
• Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA / October 2002 / Brenda Maddox / HarperCollins — see also Amazon
• Flash! The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe / April 2002 / Govert Schilling / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
• Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" / February 2002 / Philip C. Plait / John Wiley — see author's description and website; see also Amazon
• Disseminating Darwinism: The Role of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender / August 2001 / Ronald L. Numbers and John Stenhouse (eds.) / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
  • review: Darwinism Gone to Seed / March-April 2001 / James Moore / Christianity Today
• Why the Big Bang is Wrong / John Kierein
• Earth History and the Evolution of Life Must Be Taught: Creationism Is Not Science / December 1999 / American Geophysical Union
• Meteorite Craters and Impact Structures of the Earth / September 1994 / Paul Hodge / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon

NOVEMBER 6

• The Great Debate: Atheism vs. Christianity (broadcast) / December 8, 2002 / Michael Newdow, Cliffe Knechtle, Lee Strobel, and Mark Mittelberg / Christianity Today — can the truth of Christianity stand up to scrutiny
• Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America / December 2002 / Larry A. Witham / Oxford University Press — comprehensive and even-handed account of one of America's longest-running cultural conflicts; see also Amazon
• AAAS Board Resolution Urges Opposition to "Intelligent Design" Theory in U.S. Science Classes / 6 November 2002 / Ginger Pinholster / American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • AAAS Board Resolution on Intelligent Design Theory / October 18, 2002
• Ohio should keep `Intelligent Design' out of science class / November 6, 2002 / Alan I. Leshner / Beacon Journal (Ohio)
• French TV Stars Rock the World of Theoretical Physics / November 5, 2002 / Richard Monastersky / Chronicle of Higher Education
  • The Bogdanov Affair / November 6, 2002 / John Baez / Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside
• New Theory on Dinosaurs: Multiple Meteorites Did Them In / November 5, 2002 / William J. Broad / New York Times
• Eagle Scout Faces Official Challenge Over His Lack of Faith / November 3, 2002 / Dean E. Murphy / New York Times
• Origins debate rages toward next chapter / November 3, 2002 / letters to the editor / Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
• Moon might reveal first life on Earth / 2 November 2002 / Tom Clarke / Nature science update — lunar rocks retain memories long since lost down here
• By Design: Science and the Search for God / November 2002 / Larry A. Witham / Encounter Books — see also Amazon
• USC Scientists Uncover Secrets of Feather Formation / October 31, 2002 / University of Southern California — "Jurassic Chicken" project may help studies of human development and evolution of dinosaurs
• Astronomers test star's metal / 31 October 2002 / Tom Clarke / Nature science update — galactic fossil holds answers to origins of elements
• No time like the present / 30 October 2002 / Philip Ball / Nature science update — intelligent life might be more likely in a Universe in flux
• A Moonwalker's Perspective 30 Years Later / October 29, 2002 / Geological Society of American Release No. 02-46 — Harrison Schmitt to offer “shocking revelations” at GSA annual meeting
• Ark of Covenant reported to be in Ethiopia / October 29, 2002 / Beth Potter / United Press International
• A New View of Our Universe: Only One of Many / October 29, 2002 / Dennis Overbye / New York Times
• Wave devastated Seattle area / 28 October 2002 / Tom Clarke / Nature science update — ancient tsunami provides clues to future threat
• Thoughts on a beach / October 27, 2002 / Peter Bronson / Cincinnati Enquirer — Are we children of God or cousins of seaweed?
• Answers in Genesis' message being heard / October 26, 2002 / Kevin Eigelbach / Kentucky Post
• Paleontological data better than expected / 25 October 2002 / Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Tech / EurakAlert! — researchers study possible bias in the fossil record
• A waste of time / October 17, 2002 / Cliff Radel / Cincinnati Enquirer — school board mentality is unevolved
• The Empirical Stance / April 2002 / Bas C. van Fraassen / Yale University Press — see also Amazon
• God's Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science / January 2002 / Kenneth James Howell / University of Notre Dame Press — see also Amazon
• Creation-Evolution Headlines — up-to-date news
• Creation/Evolution: The Eternal Debate — up-to-date news
• On Attempts to Salvage Paley's Argument from Design / 1997 / Marie George / Jacques Maritain Center: Thomistic Institute
• Evolution's Tiny Violences: "Three Ring Circus," the Po-Halo Mystery / December 22, 1992 / John Brawley / The Quantum Sword Information Website— an amateur scientist examines pegmatitic biotite mica
• Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives / 1991 / John Hedley Brooke (editor) / Cambridge University Press — see also Amazon
• The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation / 1989 / Robert K. Adair / Oxford University Press — see also Amazon

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