©Copyright 2018 GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
11060 Campus Street • Loma Linda, California 92350 • 909-558-4548
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.
-
Morality: Beyond intuition
October 19, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782
-
News Update/Commentary
Cane toads are evolving into super-invaders
October 19, 2010 BBC News
-
Heresy in Israel! Chief education scientist dismissed for denying evolution and global warming
October 19, 2010 Creation Ministries International
-
Kitchen sink experiment simulates exotic white holes
October 19, 2010 New Scientist, n.2783, p.13
white holes -- theoretical opposites of black holes -- so far exist only on paper, but a new experiment confirms we simulate their behaviour whenever we turn on the kitchen tap
-
Don't be afraid -- science can make us better
October 19, 2010 p.41-43
we should embrace rather than fear the knowledge science brings as it unravels morality's muddles
-
Beyond intuition
October 19, 2010 p.42-43
some philosophers say intuitive moral responses are what count -- but evidence on the nature of morality undermines this authority
-
Infant origins of human kindness
October 19, 2010 p.44-45
the behaviour of babies shows that we've got kindness built in, but extending it to strangers takes some work
-
Our hidden judgements
October 19, 2010 p.45
our moral judgements affect our thinking in surprising ways ... test your own intuition
-
Do your worst, virtually
October 19, 2010 p.47
immersive virtual reality technology allows researchers to see how people respond to real and risky moral dilemmas
-
Brain roots of right and wrong
October 19, 2010 p.48-49
we are figuring out how the brain and its chemicals give rise to moral and social values
-
My brain made me do it
October 19, 2010 p.49
understanding how morality is linked to brain function will require us to rethink our justice system
-
Special report: Morality put to the test
October 19, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782
-
The chaos theory of evolution
October 18, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782
-
Stone Age humans liked their burgers in a bun
October 18, 2010 New Scientist, n.2783
-
Stone Age flour found across Europe
October 18, 2010 Nature News
starch residues on stone tools suggest early humans ate a balanced diet
-
Another Setback for 'Junk' DNA
October 18, 2010 Institute for Creation Research
-
Liverworts -- the earliest known land plants
October 18, 2010 Access Research Network (blog)
-
The chaos theory of evolution
October 18, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782, p.28-31
forget finding the laws of evolution
-
The Skeptical Biochemist: Is There an Edge to Evolution?
October 16, 2010 BioLogos Forum
an analysis of Michael Behe’s book, The Edge of Evolution
-
Christopher Hitchens: A humanist at heart
October 15, 2010 Washington Post
-
News Update/Commentary
Gene's Location on Chromosome Plays Big Role in Shaping How an Organism's Traits Evolve
October 15, 2010 Science Daily
-
Ruth's Reviews
October 15, 2010 Nature blog
-
EVOLUTION: "RNA GPS"
October 15, 2010 Science, v.330, n.6002, p.330-331
detailed “fitness landscapes” could reveal the paths for evolution of function
-
News Update/Commentary
'Selfless' Genes Attract Mates, Psychologists Find
October 14, 2010 Science Daily
-
Curious mathematical law is rife in nature
October 14, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782, p.10
earthquakes, stellar remnants, and a host of other natural phenomena all conform to a little known mathematical law, which could now find new uses
-
Five-year 'Jesus box' trial comes to an end
October 14, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782, p.7
provenance of an ossuary inscribed "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" is about to be decided by an Israeli court
-
"Science Masterclass"
October 14, 2010 Nature, v.467, p.S1
selected Q&As with Nobel laureates
-
Variety sparks sexual evolution
October 13, 2010 Nature News
a changeable environment encourages a move away from asexual reproduction
-
Big bounce cosmos makes inflation a sure thing
October 13, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782
-
First life-friendly exoplanet may not exist
October 13, 2010 New Scientist
-
Film festival: Are RFID tags the mark of the beast?
October 13, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782, p.51
the documentary Tagged explores all sides of the human chipping debate, from health benefits to worries about government surveillance
-
Big bounce cosmos makes inflation a sure thing
October 13, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782, p.15
if our universe is a recycled version of an earlier cosmos, it could solve one of the great cosmic puzzles
-
Hunter-gatherers cared for first known ancient invalid
October 13, 2010 New Scientist, n.2782, p.12
too old to hunt, he probably needed a cane and suffered terrible back pain -- and other early humans 500,000 years ago must have looked after him
-
Prescribed Reading On Prescriptive Information
October 13, 2010 Access Research Network (blog)
-
A New Creation Story: Beyond Religion and Science
October 12, 2010 beliefnet (blog)
-
Close Shave: Asteroid Passes a Tenth of Distance to Moon
October 12, 2010 ABC News
-
News Update/Commentary
Fossils of earliest land plants discovered in Argentina
October 12, 2010 BBC News
-
Unweaving the cosmic web: Relativity goes large
October 12, 2010 New Scientist, n.2781
-
News Update/Commentary
Scientists Turn Snails Into Slug-Like Creatures
October 12, 2010 Science Daily
-
Poisonous platypuses confirm convergent evolution
October 12, 2010 Nature News
genome analysis shows that the monotremes and snakes have similar venoms
-
Tough talk at Chapman: evolution vs. creationism
October 11, 2010 Orange County Register (California)
-
Science and religion aren't friends
October 11, 2010 USA Today
-
Big row over tiny T. Rex
October 11, 2010 Nature News
palaeontologists dispute classification of famous dinosaur fossil
-
Hunter-gatherers cared for first known ancient invalid
October 11, 2010 New Scientist
-
The Future of Life -- Evolution and The Third Way
October 10, 2010 Australia.to News
a Third Way of explaining the existence and role of life in the universe, beyond intelligent design arguments and the laws of chance
-
Biologist: Evolution theory no place for amateurs
October 10, 2010 Houston Chronicle
years of debate are troubling for a leading atheist
-
Reason, Theology, and the Genome
October 9, 2010 University of Oxford
a conference on the ethics of human enhancement
-
The Authority of Science
October 9, 2010 University of Sydney
4th Sydney-Tilburg conference on the philosophy of science
-
News Update/Commentary
Plants Kick-Started Evolutionary Drama of Earth's Oxygenation
October 9, 2010 Science Daily
-
Meet the oldest dino ancestor yet
October 9, 2010 New Scientist, n.2781, p.16
footprints left by a dinosaur ancestor show the animals were around earlier than previously thought