Geoscience Research Institute
    — News Archive (August 2003)

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AUGUST 28

• Science and Faith: Friends or Foes / September 2003 / C. John Collins / Crossway Books
• Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius / September 2003 / William R. Shea and Mariano Artigas / Oxford University Press — see also Amazon
• Galileo's Mistake: A New Look at the Epic Confrontation Between Galileo and the Church / July 2003 / Wade Rowland / Arcade Publishing — see also Amazon
• The Face in the Mirror: The Search for the Origins of Consciousness / July 2003 / Julian Keenan and Gordon G. Gallup / Harper Collins — see also Amazon
• Isaac Newton / May 2003 / James Gleick / Pantheon Books (Random House) — see also Amazon
• Reflections of Our Past: How Human History is Revealed in Our Genes / April 2003 / John H. Relethford / Westview Press (Perseus Books) — see also Amazon
• Darwin's Children / April 2003 / Greg Bear / Del Rey (Random House) — see also Amazon
• The Origins of Life and the Universe / March 2003 / Paul F. Lurquin / Columbia University Press — see also Amazon
• Developmental Plasticity and Evolution / February 2003 / Mary Jane West-Eberhard / Oxford University Press — see also Amazon
• The Case Against Darwin: Why the Evidence Should Be Examined / December 2002 / James Perloff / Refuge Books — see also Amazon
• World Without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism / November 2002 / Michael C. Rea / Oxford University Press — see also Amazon
  • review: July 14, 2003 / Troy Cross / Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
• Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society / June 2002 / David Sloan Wilson / University of Chicago Press — see also Amazon
  • review: Summer 2003 / Richard Faussette / The Occidental Quarterly, v.3, n.2
• Gaining Ground: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods / May 2002 / Jennifer A. Clack / Indiana University Press — see also Amazon
• Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of Darwinism / July 1999 / James Perloff / Refuge Books — see also Amazon

AUGUST 27

• From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany / 2004 / Richard Weikart / Palgrave Macmillan, New York
• Perspectives on an Evolving Creation / October 2003 / Keith B. Miller (editor) / Eerdmans — see also Amazon
• Great Mysteries of Human Evolution / September 2003 / Carl Zimmer / Discover, v.24, n.9 — new discoveries rewrite the book on who we are and where we came from
• They Came From Outer Space / September 2003 / Karen Wright / Discover, v.24, n.9 — Does the very existence of cosmic rays defy the laws of physics?
• Can It Be? The End of Evolution? / August 24, 2003 / Nicholas Wade / New York Times
• "The Emperor Seamounts: Southward Motion of the Hawaiian Hotspot Plume in Earth's Mantle" requires free registration / 22 August 2003 / John A. Tarduno, et al. / Science, v.301, n.5636, p.1064-1069
• Boiling seas linked to mass extinction / 22 August 2003 / Tom Clarke / Nature science update — methane belches may have catastrophic consequences
• Earth-like planets probably water-logged / 21 August 2003 / Philip Ball / Nature science update — simulation suggests formation of wet worlds is easy
• New findings could dash hopes for past oceans on Mars / 21 August 2003 / James Hathaway, Arizona State University / EurakAlert!
• My So-Called Universe / August 20, 2003 / Jim Holt / slate.msn — our cozy world is probably much bigger -- and stranger -- than we know
• Lice genes date first human clothes / 20 August 2003 / John Whitfield / Nature science update — garments appeared 70,000 years ago, suggests parasite DNA
• Written Testimony to the State Board of Education of Texas / August 18, 2003 / Steven D. Schafersman / Texas Citizens for Science — (1) analysis of the science textbook adoption process, (2) answers to the Discovery Institute, (3) scientific review and exposι of website by creationist Mark Ramsey, (4) refutation of the pseudoscientific book Icons of Evolution by creationist Jonathan Wells of the Discovery Institute
• A New Day, Some New Science / August 15, 2003 / Pete Winn / CitizenLink — Move over, Darwin. Intelligent Design has arrived, and it's time to welcome the new kid to town.
• "340,000-Year Centennial-Scale Marine Record of Southern Hemisphere Climatic Oscillation" requires free registration / 15 August 2003 / Katharina Pahnke, Rainer Zahn, Henry Elderfield, and Michael Schulz / Science, v.301, n.5635, p.948-952
• "Superlakes, Megafloods, and Abrupt Climate Change" requires free registration / 15 August 2003 / Garry Clarke, David Leverington, James Teller, and Arthur Dyke / Science, v.301, n.5635, p.922-923
• Iceman mystery solved: it was murder / August 13, 2003 / Araminta Wordsworth / National Post (Canada) — an old and cold case
• Nuclear waste could bury itself / 13 August 2003 / Tom Clarke / Nature science update — geologists calculate melted granite would contain high-level waste
• Star supply dwindling / 12 August 2003 / Tom Clarke / Nature science update — lights will go out on Universe in 10 billion years
• Scientific research put under spotlight / 10 August 2003 / BBC News — Britain's academy of science is to set up an inquiry into how scientific research is made public
• "Passages Found Through Labyrinth of Bacterial Evolution" requires free registration / 8 August 2003 / Elizabeth Pennisi / Science, v.301, n.5634, p.745-746 — many genes have jumped between microbial species
• "PALAEONTOLOGY: Spider-web silk from the Early Cretaceous" requires free registration / 7 August 2003 / Samuel Zschokke / Nature, v.424, p.636-637
• Nanofossils may be digested organic matter / 6 August 2003 / Philip Ball / Nature science update — alleged remains of tiny ancient bacteria could just be balls of protein
• "Evolutionists and the Moth Myth" / August 2003 / Henry M. Morris / Back to Genesis, n.176 (Institute for Creation Research)
• "Sea Dragons" / August 2003 / Mace Baker / Impact, n.362 (Institute for Creation Research)
• New ice core records 120,000 years? / 30 July 2003 / Michael J. Oard / Answers in Genesis
• General relativity sinks submarine / 30 July 2003 / Philip Ball / Nature science update — gravity solves paradox raised by Einstein's theory
• BBC 'proves' Nessie does not exist / 27 July 2003 / BBC News
• There is Something Wrong With Humanism / 24 July 2003 / Jeremy Stangroom / butterfliesandwheels.com — there is a tension right at the heart of humanist philosophy
• Scientists hunt for evidence of Noah's flood in Black Sea / July 16, 2003 / USA Today
• Parallel Universes / May 2003 / Max Tegmark / Scientific American — not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations
• The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis / May 2003 / Leon R. Kass / Free Press — see also Amazon
  • review: A Bioethicist's Take on Genesis / August 2, 2003 / Edward Rothstein / New York Times
• The Edge of Physics / Spring 2003 / Scientific American, Special Edition — Warp drive. Teleportation. Wormholes. A unifying "theory of everything"--maybe. In recent years scientists have been pushing the boundaries of physics, with fascinating results.
• The Intelligent Design Network / New Mexico Division
• Creation Education Resources / Orange Park, FL
• John Baumgardner — online home of work related to the Genesis flood
• Question Evolution
• Theory of Interaction: The Simplest Explanation of Everything / June 2002 / Eugene Savov / Geones Books — see also Amazon
• The Hidden Mind / Spring 2002 / Scientific American, Special Edition — the brain, the most complex organ in the human body, has proved to be a most elusive organ, hiding the inner workings of the mind, which defines and creates our unique personalities, intellect and consciousness
• Monkey Business / January 11, 2001 / Lauren Kern / Dallas Observer — William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. He didn't know he'd be crucified for his cause.
• What Every Theologian Should Know about Creation, Evolution, and Design / November 15 1998 / William A. Dembski / Access Research Network
• Naturalism: Is it necessary? / 1997 / John Wilkins / Talk.Origins
• Creature Mortality: From Creation or the Fall? / March 1992 / John C. Munday, Jr. / Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, v.35, n.1, p.51-68

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