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Happy Birthday, Sue; How Old Are You?
The people of Faith, South Dakota, recently celebrated the “birthday” of the discovery of the world’s most famous T. rex fossil, called “Sue” after its discoverer, Susan Hendrickson. But creation science advocates have stepped forward to say that the number of candles on her cake should be a lot fewer than 66 million.
Could Sue be a lot younger? Read the entire article.
How Long Do Frozen Greens Keep?
A large bed of moss was recently discovered under Antarctic ice. The moss was not fossilized, but frozen—for the last 14 million years, according to the standard story.
Even in the freeze-dried and buried conditions in which the moss was found, could it have been around that long, with cell structures still intact? Read the entire article.
Optimism in Evolution?
Optimism in evolution…the words form a contradiction, considering that according to macroevolutionary theory, “progress” can only take place through eons of death and destruction. Yet that was the title of a column that recently appeared in The New York Times.
What evolution has to offer is hardly a cause for optimism. Read the entire article.
California Judge Rules Against Academic Freedom
In another restriction of academic freedom, a federal judge has allowed the University of California to continue denying course credit for college preparatory classes to applicants from Christian high schools which use textbooks that reject evolution and declare the Bible to be infallible.
The court’s judgment has serious implications for non-evolution-based teaching systems. Read the entire article.
Astronomers Speak: Our Solar System Is "Special"
New research is shedding surprising light on the uniqueness of our solar system. Over 250 planet-like objects (mostly gas giants) have been observed in distant space, and researchers are curious about how they formed and how they compare with earth and its neighboring planets.
A study from Northwestern University has found that extrasolar planets don’t look like our local planets at all. Read the entire article.
Better Treatments Will Stem from New Cell Lines
New developments in stem cell research have set the stage for scientists to investigate treatments for specific diseases—investigations that won’t require the destruction of human embryos. A suite of newly-developed stem cell lines has been produced to specifically investigate 10 different diseases.
These new stem cell lines are additional examples of the dramatic success that researchers have had in using mature stem cells as their starting material. Read the entire article.
Ancient Computers?
A 2,000-year-old computing device may change the way we think about ancient civilizations. The mechanical star-positioning instrument was discovered in a shipwreck at the turn of the 20th century, and until recently, no one had figured out how it worked.
Research suggests that the device is more advanced than previously thought. It was able to track the motions of the sun and moon, even predicting eclipses, the irregular orbit of the moon, and possibly the positions of the planets. Read the entire article.
ICR Receives the Independent Charities Seal of Excellence
The Institute for Creation Research has received the “Independent Charities Seal of Excellence” for meeting the highest standards of public accountability and program cost effectiveness. Less than 0.2 percent of the estimated 1 million charities operating in the U.S. today have received this recognition.
The Seal was awarded during a recent review process in which ICR received formal approval to participate in the Combined Federal Campaign at the national level. Read the entire article.
Wave Power and Ventilating the Ark
A British company is making waves, or more like harnessing them, in the field of renewable energy research. Wavegen, located in Scotland, has built a device that harnesses the oscillations of waves and converts that energy to electricity.
Similar wave power technology has been proposed as a possible means of ventilating the massive Noah’s Ark. Read the entire article.
PBS Bible-bashing? Wait and See.
The two-hour NOVA program titled “The Bible’s Buried Secrets,” slated to air on November 18, was featured in an Orlando Sentinel story. Sentinel TV critic Hal Boedeker wrote that the documentary “is likely to cause a furor” as it “challenges long-held beliefs. Abraham, Sarah and their offspring probably didn’t exist, says Carol Meyers, a religion professor at Duke University.”
NOVA has portrayed bias and partial truths in past programming, so suspicions regarding its take on biblical history may prove to be well-founded. Read the entire article.
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A Vocal Vestigial Organ?
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Whales Inspire New Turbine Design
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Tasmanian Devils: Extinction, not Macroevolution
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Fossil Feathers Convey Color
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ABC News: Camels Are American Emigrants
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World's First Artificial DNA Molecule (Well, Almost)
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A Natural Cause of Greenhouse Gas
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National Geographic's Flatfish Story Falls Flat
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