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• Biomolecules in fossil remains (pdf)

  June 1, 2002 Christina Nielsen-Marsh The Biochemist

• Best Big Bang Pictures Show New Wrinkles

  May 31, 2002 Charles Seife Science, v.296, n.5573, p.1588-1589

• "Sauropod Trackways, Evolution, and Behavior" requires free registration

  May 31, 2002 Julia J. Day, Paul Upchurch, David B. Norman, Andrew S. Gale, and H. Philip Powell Science, v.296, n.5573, p.1659

• GENOMICS: Charting a Genome's Hills and Valleys

  May 31, 2002 Elizabeth Pennisi Science, v.296, n.5573, p.1601-1603

  some of the noncoding DNA that was believed to be useless turns out to be highly conserved among humans and mice--an indication that it might have an important function after all

• A Challenge to Science and Nature

  May 31, 2002 Kendra Mayfield Wired News (Lycos)

  a new journal will challenge publishing behemoths by offering free access to research articles

• Republicans seek to loosen Darwin's grip in schools

  May 30, 2002 John Ibbitson Globe and Mail (Canada), p.A16

  new law mandates Ohio educators to teach religious alternatives, legislators believe

• "Estimating event rates in the presence of dating error with an application to lunar impacts"

  May 30, 2002 Andrew R. Solow Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 199, n.1-2, p. 1-6

• Stephen Jay Gould, 1942-2002: In Memoriam

  May 29, 2002 David Berlinski Discovery Institute

• Teaching Alternative To Evolution Backed

  May 29, 2002 Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post, p.A03

  Ohio lawmakers cite reform legislation

• Evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould Dies

  May 29, 2002 Al Dobras Culture & Family Report

  scientist tried to explain absence of evidence in fossil record

• Death of an Evolutionist

  May 28, 2002 John Wilson Christianity Today

  RIP Stephen Jay Gould

• Faces from the Ice Age

  May 28, 2002 David Whitehouse BBC

• Education Reform Legislation Language May Help Intelligent Design Theory

  May 28, 2002 Ted Olsen Christianity Today

• Life can go on forever

  May 27, 2002 Philip Ball Nature science update

  an accelerating universe does not have to fry life

• "PROFILE: Eugenie C. Scott"

  May 27, 2002 Myrna E. Watanabe The Scientist, v.16, n.11, p.60

  'giving ammo to the choir'

• Designing Science by Politics

  May 27, 2002 Barry A. Palevitz The Scientist, v.16, n.11, p.25

  "where biological evolution is taught, the curriculum should help students to understand why the subject generates so much continuing controversy, and should prepare the students to be informed participants in public discussions regarding the subject"

• "LETTER: Cloning, Science, and Beliefs"

  May 27, 2002 Tony Picking The Scientist, v.16, n.11, p.14

  being a scientist does not preclude a strongly Biblical, pro-life stance

• Evolving dispute aptly summed up

  May 26, 2002 Carlin Romano Philadelphia Inquirer

  author pits Gould against Dawkins

• Spacetime, Warped Branes, and Hidden Dimensions

  May 24, 2002 Ian Osborne, Linda Rowan, and Robert Coontz Science, v.296, n.5572, p.1417

• "The Intelligent Noncosmologist's Guide to Spacetime" requires free registration

  May 24, 2002 Charles Seife Science, v.296, n.5572, p.1418-1421

• "Extra Dimensions and Warped Geometries" requires free registration

  May 24, 2002 Lisa Randall Science, v.296, n.5572, p.1422-1427

• Measuring Spacetime: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

  May 24, 2002 Max Tegmark Science, v.296, n.5572, p.1427-1433

• "RESEARCH INTEGRITY: Pioneering Physics Papers Under Suspicion for Data Manipulation" requires free registration

  May 24, 2002 Robert F. Service Science, v.296, n.5572, p.1376-1377

• Can Chimps Ape Ancient Hominid Toolmakers?

  May 24, 2002 Gretchen Vogel Science, v.296, n.5572, p.1380

• "PALEONTOLOGY: Reversals Reveal Pitfalls in Spotting Ancient and E.T. Life" requires free registration

  May 24, 2002 Richard A. Kerr Science, v.296, n.5572, p.1384-1385

  a search for evidence of life from long ago result in difficulties

• Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation

  May 24, 2002 from The Seven Tablets of Creation (London, 1902)

• Seal of Disapproval

  May 24, 2002 Naomi Schaefer Wall Street Journal

  are evangelical views singled out for discrimination?

• Bottom-Up Apologist

  May 24, 2002 Karl W. Giberson Christianity Today

  John Polkinghorne -- particle physicist, Gifford lecturer, Templeton Prize-winner, and parish priest

• Creationism Scandalous

  May 24, 2002 Ted Olsen Christianity Today

  debate over evolution takes Britain by storm

• Evolution, Males, and Violence

  May 24, 2002 David P. Barash The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Missing matter glimpsed?

  May 24, 2002 Tom Clarke Nature science update

  astronomers see signs of cold dark matter clumped around galaxies

• New word in life's lexicon

  May 24, 2002 John Whitfield Nature science update

  researchers find 22nd amino acid in a microbe

• Figuring the Odds in God's Casino: Pascal Revisited

  May 24, 2002 Clay Farris Naff Center for the Advancement of Rational Solutions (Lincoln, Nebraska)

• Intergalactic Jesus

  May 23, 2002 Jerry Coyne London Review of Books, v.24, n.9

  review of: Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Re

• Hawking: God may play dice after all

  May 23, 2002 Mike Martin WorldNetDaily

  famed physicist presents divine-snowball theory for start of universe

• DNA traces found in ancient rock

  May 23, 2002 Ivan Noble BBC

• "Recovery of 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragments from ancient halite" requires free registration

  May 23, 2002 Steven A. Fish, Thomas J. Shepherd, Terry J. McGenity, and William D. Grant Nature, v.417, p.432-436

• Stop the Cloning

  May 23, 2002 David Cameron Technology Review

  forget religion and politics, a top researcher says -- reproductive cloning will never work because biology will always get in the way

• Psychology of an Evolutionist

  May 23, 2002 Eric Brandt Intelligent Design Undergraduate Research Center (Access Research Network)

• News Update/Commentary

  Image could show cosmos at 300,000 years old

  May 23, 2002 CNN

• Similar Graphs Raised Suspicions on Bell Labs Research

  May 23, 2002 Kenneth Chang New York Times

• In Guatemala, a Rhode Island-Size Jade Lode

  May 22, 2002 William J. Broad New York Times

• Sister develops tell-tale bulge

  May 22, 2002 Tom Clarke Nature science update

  after 1500 years of quiet an Oregon volcano threatens to blow

• Row unravels over claim of oldest DNA

  May 22, 2002 Emma Young New Scientist

  Traces of 425 million-year-old microbial DNA have been found in samples of rock salt. Some say this is the oldest DNA described to date. Other experts on ancient DNA are far from convinced.

• The Cobb County statement

  May 22, 2002 Kevin Griffis Creative Loafing Atlanta

  "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically examined."

• Carbon-14 in Coal Deposits

  May 22, 2002 Kathleen Hunt talk.origins

• Home-schoolers find intact dinosaur skeleton

  May 21, 2002 WorldNetDaily.com scientist says 22-foot animal likely died during cataclysmic flood

• Science Journalism with Genuine Balance

  May 21, 2002 Charles Colson BreakPoint

  a new documentary on the Mystery of Life's Origin

• Stephen Jay Gould dies

  May 21, 2002 John Whitfield Nature science update

  public face of evolution dies of cancer aged 60

• What is Science and How Open are Scientists to New Ideas?

  May 21, 2002 Robin Bernhoft Catholic Educator's Resource Center