Geoscience Research Institute
News Archive (May 2004)
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.
MAY 28
- A
Geologic Time Scale 2004 / October 2004 / Felix Gradstein, Jim Ogg,
and Alan Smith / Cambridge University Press
see also
Amazon
-
Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing / June
2004 / William A. Dembski (editor) / Intercollegiate Studies Institute
see also
Amazon
- "New
Measurement of Stellar Fusion Makes Old Stars Even Older"
requires free registration
/ 28 May 2004 / Kim Krieger / Science, v.304, n.5675, p.1226
- "Ultraconserved
Elements in the Human Genome"
requires free registration
/ 28 May 2004 / Gill Bejerano, Michael Pheasant, Igor Makunin, Stuart Stephen,
W. James Kent, John S. Mattick, and David Haussler / Science, v.304,
n.5675, p.1321-1325
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'Youngest planet' flouts theory of formation / 28 May 2004 / Stephen
Battersby / New Scientist
-
NASA Telescope Finds Likely Young Planet / May 27, 20004 / Marcia Dunn /
Yahoo! News
- Chimp chromosome
creates puzzles / 27 May 2004 / Laura Nelson / Nature science
update first
sequence is unexpectedly different from human equivalent
- Hippos create
their own sunscreen / 26 May 2004 / CBC News (Canada)
- Then a Miracle
Occurs / May 10, 2004 / Michael Shermer / e-Skeptic magazine (Skeptics
Society) an
obstreperous evening with the insouciant Kent Hovind, young earth creationist
and defender of the faith
- Viruses, Genes, and Sin:
A look at Bioethics, the Bible and Theology / February 2004 / Robert
Sheldon (NASA)
-
Evolution, Randomness, and Hashkafa / 1998 / Lee Spetner
MAY 26
- "The
Anti-Creationists" / June 2004 / Henry M. Morris / Back to Genesis,
n.186 (Institute for Creation Research)
- "A Story of Two
Professors" / June 2004 / Jerry Bergman / Impact, n.372 (Institute
for Creation Research)
- What Came Before
DNA? / June 2004 / Carl Zimmer / Discover, v.25, n.6
will scientists soon reveal how
life began on Earth by creating a primordial organism in the lab
-
Useless Body Parts / June 2004 / Jocelyn Selim / Discover, v.25,
n.6
what do we need sinuses for, anyway
-
Origin of species / May 27, 2004 / Deborah Smith / Sydney Morning
Herald our
closest relative, the chimpanzee, is not quite as close to us as was thought
- Dust rocks
Martian river theory / 25 May 2004 / Philip Ball / Nature science
update signs
of water may really be slumping sand
- Ancient
continents sent flying / 21 May 2004 / Mark Peplow / Nature science
update shifting
core may have accelerated land movements
- "Survival
in the first hours of the Cenozoic" / May 2004 / Douglas S. Robertson,
Malcolm C. McKenna, Owen B. Toon, Sylvia Hope, and Jason A. Lillegraven /
Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., v.116, n.5, p.760-768
- "Rethinking
the emplacement and evolution of zoned plutons: Geochronologic evidence
for incremental assembly of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, California" / May
2004 / Drew S. Coleman, Walt Gray, and Allen F. Glazner / Geology,
v.32, n.5, p.433-436
MAY 24
-
Rethinking Genetic Determinism / May 24, 2004 / Paul H. Silverman / The
Scientist, v.18, n.10, p.32
with only 30,000 genes, what is it
that makes humans human?
-
Four-winged birds may have been first fliers / 23 May 2004 / Jeff Hecht /
New Scientist
- An Open Letter to the
Scientific Community / 22 May 2004 / Halton Arp, et al. /
New Scientist, p.20
opponents of the big bang theory of the universe are being
unjustly starved of funds, says a group of dissenting cosmologists
- Science
"Discovers" Our Need for God / May 21, 2004 / Jennifer Roback Morse /
ToTheSource scientific evidence
indicates humans are biologically primed to seek moral and spiritual meaning
-
Grand Canyon Mystery Tour / May 2004 / Phillip E.Johnson / Touchstone
recently bookstores in Grand Canyon National Park sold a book
entitled Grand Canyon: A Different View that argued for the creationist
flood geology
MAY 21
-
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution / October
2004 / Richard Dawkins / Houghton Mifflin
-
Without A Doubt: Answering The 20 Toughest Faith Questions / July 2004
/ Kenneth R. Samples / Baker Book House
see also
Reasons to Believe and
Amazon
-
A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy / June 2004 / Hugh
Ross / NavPress see also
Reasons to Believe and
Amazon
- Collie or
Pug? Study Finds the Genetic Code / May 21, 2004 / Mark Derr / New York
Times
-
Theory proposes new view of sun and Earth's creation / May 21, 2004 /
Arizona State University / brightsurf.com
- "Galaxy
Clusters Bear Witness to Universal Speed-Up"
requires free registration
/ 21 May 2004 / Adrian Cho / Science, v.304, n.5674, p.1092
- "EXOPLANETS:
Hotter-Than-Hot Newcomers Push the Planetary Envelope"
requires free registration
/ 21 May 2004 / Govert Schilling / Science, v.304, n.5674, p.1092
- "Iranian
Dig Opens Window on New Civilization"
requires free registration
/ 21 May 2004 / Andrew Lawler / Science, v.304, n.5674, p.1096-1097
- "The
Cradle of the Solar System"
requires free registration
/ 21 May 2004 / J. Jeff Hester, Steven J. Desch, Kevin R. Healy, and Laurie A.
Leshin / Science, v.304, n.5674, p.1116-1117
- "Rapid
Rise of Sea Level 19,000 Years Ago and Its Global Implications"
requires free registration
/ 21 May 2004 / Peter U. Clark, A. Marshall McCabe, Alan C. Mix, and Andrew J.
Weaver / Science, v.304, n.5674, p.1141-1144
- "Discovery
and Directed Evolution of a Glyphosate Tolerance Gene"
requires free registration
/ 21 May 2004 / Linda A. Castle, et al. / Science, v.304,
n.5674, p.1151-1154
- "The
Involvement of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in the Experience of Regret"
requires free registration
/ 21 May 2004 / Nathalie Camille, Giorgio Coricelli, Jerome Sallet, Pascale
Pradat-Diehl, Jean-Renι Duhamel, and Angela Sirigu / Science, v.304,
n.5674, p.1167-1170
- Claim made for
new form of life / 19 May 2004 / Paul Rincon / BBC News
doctors claim to have uncovered
new evidence that the tiny particles known as "nannobacteria" are indeed alive
and may cause a range of human illnesses
- Geological time
gets a new period / 17 May 2004 / BBC News
geologists
have added a new period to their official calendar of Earth's history - the
first in 120 years
- "Cretaceous
flowers of Nymphaeaceae and implications for complex insect entrapment
pollination mechanisms in early Angiosperms" / May 17, 2004 / M. A.
Gandolfo, K. C. Nixon, and W. L. Crepet / Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
- Earth Impact Effects
Program / Robert Marcus, H. Jay Melosh, and Gareth Collins
/ Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
interactive web site for estimating the regional environmental
consequences of an impact on Earth - ejecta distribution, ground shaking,
atmospheric blast wave, thermal effects, crater size
- Reclaiming
Evolution for the Fossils / 30 August 2002 / Graham Budd / Palaeontologia
Electronica
MAY 20
MAY 19
- "Articulated
Palaeozoic fossil with 17 plates greatly expands disparity of early chitons"
requires free registration
/ 20 May 2004 / Michael J. Vendrasco, Troy E. Wood, and Bruce N. Runnegar /
Nature, v.429, p.288-291
- "Evolutionary
biology: Lamprey Hox genes and the evolution of jaws"
requires free registration
/ 20 May 2004 / Yoko Takio, Massimo Pasqualetti, Shigehiro Kuraku, Shigeki
Hirano, Filippo M. Rijli, and Shigeru Kuratani / Nature, v.429
- "John Maynard
Smith (1920-2004)"
requires free registration
/ 20 May 2004 / Eφrs Szathmαry and Peter Hammerstein / Nature, v.429,
p.258-259
- Galaxy
cluster X-rays confirm dark energy / 18 May 2004 / Stephen Battersby /
New Scientist
- Hubble snaps new
world / 14 May 2004 / Mark Peplow / Nature science update
Is this the first photo
of a planet beyond our solar system?
-
NOAA, partners film active deep-sea volcanic activity / May 13, 2004 /
contact: Fred Gorell / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
liquid CO2,
rare mix of chemical, sunlight-based life
-
Disaster Movie Makes Waves / 12 May 2004 / Mark Peplow / Nature
science update
but
could the climate crash 'the day after tomorrow'?
-
In Wisconsin Rock, Traces of a Meteor / April 27, 2004 / New York Times
- "Nonavian
Feathers in a Late Triassic Archosaur"
requires free registration
(pdf) /
23 June 2000 / Terry D. Jones, et al. / Science, v.288, n.5474,
p.2202-2205
- On the Alleged Dinosaurian
Ancestry of Birds / April 2000 / Ashby L. Camp / Origins (British
Creation Society)
MAY 16
MAY 14
-
Jacob's
Ladder: The History of the Human Genome / July 2004 / Henry Gee / W.W.
Norton
see also
Amazon
- ARN-Announce,
n.38 / May 14, 2004 / Dennis Wagner / Access Research Network
- "Evidence
of Huge, Deadly Impact Found Off Australian Coast?"
requires free registration
/ 14 May 2004 / Richard A. Kerr / Science, v.304, n.5673, p.941
- "GEOCHEMISTRY:
Life's Chemical Kitchen"
requires free registration
/ 14 May 2004 / Barbara Sherwood Lollar / Science, v.304, n.5673,
p.972-973
- "Hyperactive
antifreeze protein in a fish"
requires free registration
/ 13 May 2004 / Christopher B. Marshall, Garth L. Fletcher, and Peter L.
Davies / Nature, v.429, p.153
- Handsome
men evolved thanks to picky females / 12 May 2004 / Andy Coghlan / New
Scientist
-
"Surprise
Hummingbird Fossil Sets Experts Abuzz"
requires free registration
/ 7 May 2004 / Erik Stokstad / Science, v.304, n.5672, p.810-811
-
New Crater Beckons Mars Rover / May 7, 2004 / Kenneth Chang / New York
Times
the Mars rover Opportunity took
a panoramic photograph of the 430-foot-wide crater known as Endurance, which
scientists are eager to explore with the rover's instruments
- Life In The
Universe Could Be Just About Everywhere / May 6, 2004 / Dan Whipple /
SpaceDaily.com (UPI)
- Ancient
arthropod caught moulting / 6 May 2004 / BBC News
-
Californians Say Teach Scientific Evidence Both For and Against Darwinian
Evolution, Show New Polls / May 3, 2004 / Discovery Institute
- Mars rovers
begin marathon trek / 3 May 2004 / Mark Peplow / Nature science
update
aims change as Opportunity
contemplates Endurance
-
Synthetic Life / May 2004 / W. Wayt Gibbs / Scientific American
biologists are crafting
libraries of interchangeable DNA parts and assembling them inside microbes to
create programmable, living machines
-
Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes / May 2004 / Simon Lamb / Princeton University Press
see also
Amazon
- "Earliest
Signs of Human-Controlled Fire Uncovered in Israel"
requires free registration
/ 30 April 2004 / Michael Balter / Science, v.304, n.5671, p.663-665
- Earliest fire
sheds light on hominids / 30 April 2004 / Nadja Neumann / Nature
science update
- Darwin back in
Italy's schools / April 29, 2004 / Rossella Lorenzi / The Scientist
science and education minister
changes her mind on teaching evolutionary theory
- Explorers plan
quest in search of Noah's Ark / April 27, 2004 / Hope Yen / MSNBC News
(Associated Press)
-
Entrepreneur to fund Ark search / April 26, 2004 / Julia Duin /
Washington Times
- In Harm's Way:
Population and Volcanic Risk / April 2004 / John W. Ewert and Christopher
J. Harpel / Geotimes
- Paths of
Destruction: The Hidden Threat at Mount Rainier / April 2004 / Lisa M.
Pinsker / Geotimes
- Coming
to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology /
April 2004 / Darrel R. Falk / Intervarsity Press
see also
Amazon
-
The
Constants of Nature: The Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the
Universe / March 2004 / John Barrow / Pantheon Books
(Random House) see also
Amazon
-
The Book
Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus / March
2004 / Owen Gingerich / Walker & Co
see also
Amazon
-
Dragon Bone Hill: An Ice-Age Saga of Homo Erectus / February 2004 /
Noel Thomas Boaz and Russell L. Ciochon / Oxford University Press
see also
Amazon
-
God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory /
January 2004 / Niall Shanks / Oxford University Press
see also
Amazon
-
Intelligent Design: Giving creation back to God / 2004 / Casey Luskin /
pastors.com
- ArcImaging
Archaeological Imaging Research Consortium is focused
on researching biblical and historic cities, sites, objects and locations
based on the scientific means of archaeological imaging, ground penetrating
radar, satellite imagery, and airborne remote sensing with follow up on-site
archaeological studies
- Ark Research Project
the search for Noah's ark
-
Noah's Ark Search
-
Mission Noah
-
The Biology of Death: Origins of Mortality / November 2003 / Andrι
Klarsfeld and Frιdιric Revah / Cornell University Press
see also
Amazon
-
Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society /
October 2003 / David Sloan Wilson / University of Chicago Press
see also
Amazon
-
The Five Biggest Unsolved Problems in Science / September 2003 /
Arthur W. Wiggins and Charles M. Wynn / John Wiley & Sons
see also
Amazon
-
Doubts About Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design / July 2003 / Thomas Woodward / Baker Book House
see also
Amazon
-
Darwin and Design:
Does Evolution Have a Purpose? / May 2003 / Michael Ruse / Harvard
University Press
see also
Amazon
-
Darwin In the Genome: Molecular Strategies in Biological Evolution /
October 2002 / Lynn Helena Caporale / McGraw-Hill & Contemporary Books
see also
Amazon
-
The Dream of Eternal Life:
Biomedicine, Aging and Immortality / February 2002 / Mark Benecke / Columbia University Press
see also
Amazon
-
Substantial Numbers of Americans Continue to Doubt Evolution as Explanation
for Origin of Humans / March 5, 2001 / Deborah Jordan Brooks / Gallup News
Service
-
Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Design / March 2001 /
William A. Dembski and James M. Kushiner (editors) / Brazos Press
see also
Amazon
-
The Genesis Debate:
Persistent Questions About Creation and the Flood / January 2000 / Ronald
F. Youngblood (editor) / Wipf & Stock Pub.
see also
Amazon
-
Beliefs and
Values in Science Education / June 1995 / Michael Poole / Open
University Press
see also
Amazon
-
Is There Scientific
Evidence for the Existence of God? /
September-October 1994 / Walter L. Bradley
/ The Real Issue
how the recent discoveries
support a designed universe
MAY 11
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