Geoscience Research Institute
News Archive (September 2003)
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.
SEPTEMBER 23
- God, Man, and
E.T. (conference) / October 25, 2003 / University of Wisconsin
Is there any evidence for an intelligent extraterrestrial
presence? If so, could the traditional Judeo-Christian faith survive such a
revelation?
- What
the Monkeys Can Teach Humans About Making America Fairer / September 21,
2003 / Adam Cohen / New York Times
- Fossil
reveals world's oldest genitals / 20 September 2003 / Rob Edwards / New
Scientist proof that
little has changed over the last 400 million years -- at least for
daddy-long-legs
- "The
Anatomy of the World's Largest Extinct Rodent"
requires free registration
/ 19 September 2003 / Marcelo R. Sαnchez-Villagra, Orangel Aguilera, and Inιs
Horovitz / Science, v.301, n.5640, p.1708-1710
- "The
Small Ones Can Kill You, Too"
requires free registration
/ 19 September 2003 / Richard A. Kerr / Science, v.301, n.5640, p.1647
asteroids too small to wipe out civilization, but big enough to
destroy a major city or trigger a deadly tidal wave
- Monkeys strike
for justice / 18 September 2003 / John Whitfield / Nature science
update Capuchin umbrage
suggests sense of fairness extends beyond humans
- Grand Canyon born
on East coast / 16 September 2003 / Betsy Mason / Nature science
update uranium-dating
reveals origin of western US sandstone
- "Mediated
Design" / September 2003 / Todd Charles Wood / Impact, n.363
(Institute for Creation Research)
-
Intelligent Design and that Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (pdf) / September
2003 / Paul R. Gross / Science Insights, v.7, n.4
- E.T. and
God / September 2003 / Paul Davies / Atlantic Monthly
Could earthly religions survive the discovery of life elsewhere
in the universe?
- Prestigious
Journal Endorses Basics of Creationist Cosmology / 2003 / D. Russell
Humphreys / Institute for Creation Research
- Scibel / 2003 / United Kingdom
committed to promoting understanding of the harmony between
mainstream Christian faith and modern science
- "Extremely
Large Variations of Atmospheric 14C Concentration During the Last
Glacial Period"
requires free registration
/ 29 June 2001 / J. Warren Beck, et al. / Science, v.292,
n.5526, p.2453-2458
- "Diapiric
Flow at Subduction Zones: A Recipe for Rapid Transport"
requires free registration
/ 29 June 2001 / Paul S. Hall and Chris Kincaid / Science, v.292,
n.5526, p.2472-2475
- Bishop Ussher Dates the
World: 4004 BC / 1996 / Colin Groves / Archaeology in Oceania,
v.31, p.145-151
SEPTEMBER 19
- Christianity and the
Soul of the University: Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community /
March 25-27, 2004 / The Baylor Institute for Faith and Learning and The
Council of Christianity Scholarly Societies (Baylor University, Waco, Texas)
-
Christian Faith & Natural Sciences: Friends or Foes? / October 3-4, 2003 /
Alister McGrath (Professor of Historical Theology, Oxford University) / Falls
Church, VA see also
pdf
- Genetic
Basis to Fairness, Study Hints / September 18, 2003 / Nicholas Wade /
New York Times
- Monkeys show
sense of justice / 17 September 2003 / David Whitehouse / BBC News Online
Monkeys have a sense of justice. They will protest if they see
another monkey get paid more for the same task.
-
Religious right monkeying with our kids' textbooks again / September 14,
2003 / Jan Jarboe Russell / San Antonio Express-News
it's monkey business time again in
Texas
-
Microscopes have no morals / September 13, 2003 / Colin Tudge / The
Guardian (UK) science
needs the ethical underpinning that religion can best provide
- Craters in a Sandbox / 12
September 2003 / Kim Krieger / Physical Review Focus
large lunar craters have stories
to tell about explosive collisions of meteorites with the moon
- "Nuclear
DNA sequences detect species limits in ancient moa"
requires free registration
/ 11 September 2003 / L. Huynen, C. D. Millar, R. P. Scofield, and D. M.
Lambert / Nature, v.425, p.175-178
- Radio-dating
backs up biblical text / 11 September 2003 / Helen R. Pilcher / Nature
science update Siloam
Tunnel located and dated to 700 BC
- Scientists
back Biblical tunnel / 10 September 2003 / Richard Black / BBC
Israeli scientists have used radiometric dating to show when a
tunnel in Jerusalem, described in the Bible, was excavated
-
Testimony for Textbook Hearing, Austin, Texas (pdf) / September 10, 2003 /
William A. Dembski
-
Groups debate how origin of life should be taught in Texas / September 10,
2003 / April Castro / Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Associated Press)
-
Biology textbooks spark ideological fireworks at hearing / September 10,
2003 / R. A. Dyer / Centre Daily Times (Pennsylvania)
-
New poll shows overwhelming majority of Texans favor teaching both strengths
and weaknesses of Darwins theory of evolution / September 8, 2003 /
Discovery Institute (Seattle, WA)
-
Fur flies as dinosaur experts feud / September 8, 2003 / Robin McKiethe
/ Taipei Times, p.7 the row about what wiped
out the dinosaurs has sparked allegations of deception and unethical behavior
in scientific circles
-
Themes from Creation's Blueprint / August 15, 2003 / Vernon Jenkins
-
A Short History of Nearly Everything / May 2003 / Bill Bryson /
Broadway Books (Random House) see also
Amazon
-
Connecting Quarks With the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century
/ April 2003 / Board on Physics and Astronomy
/ National Academies Press see also
Amazon
- Comparing
Hostage-Takers / May 15, 1997 / Phillip E. Johnson / Access Research
Network This paper, which
appeared even before the publication of Darwin on Trial, shows Phillip
Johnson attempting to find common ground with theistic evolutionists. All such
attempts failed.
SEPTEMBER 9
-
Science cannot provide all the answers / September 4, 2003 / Tim Radford /
The Guardian (UK) Why do
so many scientists believe in God?
- Lion man takes
pride of place as oldest statue / 4 September 2003 / Rex Dalton /
Nature science update
30,000-year-old carving might be work of Neanderthals or modern
humans
- Earthquake fired
steam-powered boulders / 3 September 2003 / Philip Ball / Nature
science update heat
from sliding rocks created pressure-cooker effect
-
Universe grows faster than we thought / September 3, 2003 / Ian Hoffman /
Oakland Tribune
- "Ancient
Weapon of Mass Destruction: Methane Gas?"
requires free registration
/ 29 August 2003 / Erik Stokstad / Science, v.301, n.5637, p.1168
What wiped out the vast majority of species at the end
of the Permian?
-
Evolutionist overreacts / August 18, 2003 / Editor, Standard Times
(San Angelo, Texas)
- 8th European
Creationist Congress / August 15-20, 2003 / Sweden
- 400
Fragile Regions in Human Genome Vulnerable to Evolutionary 'Earthquakes' /
17 June 2003 / University of California, San Diego
- How
Many Times Does "Mitochondrial Eve" Have to Die? / 2003 / Bert Thompson
and Brad Harrub / Apologetics Press
- Accuracy in Genesis
- Mitochondrial
Eve -- An Explanation / 2002 / BBC (UK)
- "Aquinas
and the Big Bang" / November 1999 / William E. Carroll / First Things,
n.97, p.18-20
- "Is it Possible to
be a Christian and an Evolutionist?" / September-November 1989 / Duane
Gish / Creation Ex Nihilo, v.11, n.4, p.21-23
a leading creationist answers an
often-asked question
SEPTEMBER 8
- "The Discovery of
Rapid Climate Change" August 2003 Spencer
Weart Physics Today, v.56, n.8, p.30-36 Only
within the past decade have researchers warmed to the possibility of abrupt
shifts in Earth's climate. Sometimes, it takes a while to see what one is not
prepared to look for.
- "Science Fashions
and Scientific Fact" August 2003 Michael
Riordan Physics Today, v.56, n.8, p.50-51
SEPTEMBER 4
- International Conference on Creationism
/ August 4-9, 2003 / Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
some Research Papers,
Institute for Creation Research:
-
Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (pdf) / Larry Vardiman, Steven A.
Austin, John R. Baumgardner, Eugene F. Chaffin, Donald B. DeYoung, D. Russell
Humphreys, Andrew A. Snelling
-
Measurable 14C in Fossilized Organic Materials: Confirming the
Young Earth Creation-Flood Model (pdf) / John R. Baumgardner, D. Russell
Humphreys, Andrew A. Snelling, Steven A. Austin
-
Accelerated Decay: Theoretical Models (pdf) / Eugene F. Chaffin
-
Radiohalos A Tale of Three Granitic Plutons (pdf) / Andrew A. Snelling
and Mark H. Armitage
-
Helium Diffusion Rates Support Accelerated Nuclear Decay (pdf) / D.
Russell Humphreys, Steven A. Austin, John R. Baumgardner, Andrew A. Snelling
-
Whole-Rock K-Ar Model and Isochron, and Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and Pb-Pb Isochron,
"Dating" of the Somerset Dam Layered Mafic Intrusion, Australia (pdf) /
Andrew A. Snelling
-
The Relevance of Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and Pb-Pb Isotope Systematics to Elucidation of
the Genesis and History of Recent Andesite Flows at Mt. Ngauruhoe, New
Zealand, and the Implications for Radioisotopic Dating (pdf) / Andrew A.
Snelling
- "Earth's
earliest microbial mats in a siliciclastic marine environment (2.9 Ga Mozaan
Group, South Africa)" / August 2003 / Nora Noffke, Robert Hazen, and Noah
Nhleko / Geology, v.31, n.8, p.673-676
- "New
model for the emplacement, bioturbation, and preservation of fine-scaled
sedimentary strata" / August 2003 / S.J. Bentley and A. Sheremet /
Geology, v.31, n.8, p.725-728
- "Archaeology,
history, and geology of the A.D. 749 earthquake, Dead Sea transform" /
August 2003 / Shmuel Marco, Moshe Hartal, Nissim Hazan, Lilach Lev, and
Mordechai Stein / Geology, v.31, n.8, p.665-668
- "Granite
recrystallization: The key to the nuclear waste problem?"
/ August 2003 / Fergus G. F. Gibb and Philip G. Attrill
Geology, v.31, n.8, p.657-660
high-temperature, high-pressure experiments show
that granite can be partially melted and completely recrystallized on a time
scale of years as opposed to millennia as widely believe
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