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August 31, 2004
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Religion in the News
Forgetting
God
By Philip Yancey. Why decadence drives out discipline.
They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Ad Hominem Attacks.
Joe Stowell
announces resignation as president of Moody Bible Institute
After 18 years at the post, Joseph Stowell says he's stepping down as president
of Moody Bible Institute, which also operates a book publishing company,
a radio network, and other ministries.
A Crumbling
Institution
By David P. Gushee. How social revolutions cracked the pillars of marriage.
Mel
Gibson's Film Now on Video
The Passion of The Christ comes to your living room—but without
the hubbub and media frenzy that surrounded its theater release six months
ago. By Mark Moring.
Olympic Symbols Have Sinister Origins.
Burial Ordered for Man Who Fails to Resurrect.
DNA Will Test Claims of 13 "Immaculate Conceptions"
Archaeology
Ancient
tomb uncovered in Cairo suburb. Cairo
A domed Pharaonic tomb dating back to the 7th century BC was uncovered in
a residential Cairo suburb, officials at the Supreme Council for Antiquities
said on Wednesday.
Ruins Found in Peru From BEFORE the Incans
Scraps
Of Prehistoric Fabric Provide A View Of Ancient Life. PHILADELPHIA
Fragments of ancient fabric – some dating back to the time the Coliseum
was built in Rome – may give researchers better insight into the lives
of Native Americans who lived in eastern North America some 800 to 2,000
years ago.
Astronomy
Life On Mars:
A Definite Possibility Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2004
Was Mars once a living world? Does life continue, even today, in a holding
pattern, waiting until the next global warming event comes along? Many people
would like to believe so. Scientists are no exception. But so far no evidence
has been found that convinces even a sizable minority of the scientific
community that the red planet was ever home to life.
Fourteen
Times The Earth Garching, Germany (SPX) Aug 31, 2004
A European team of astronomers has discovered the lightest known planet
orbiting a star other than the sun (an "exoplanet"). The new exoplanet
orbits the bright star mu Arae located in the southern constellation of
the Altar. It is the second planet discovered around this star and completes
a full revolution in 9.5 days.
How Did The
Planet In The Gamma-Cephei Binary System Form? Paris (SPX) Aug
26, 2004
The formation of a planet in a binary star system poses serious problems,
in particular when the two stars are very close, like in the system of Gamma-Cephei.
A giant planet was discovered there, close to the primary star, but the
perturbations from the secondary star should have prevented the accretion
of planetesimals.
Footprints On
The Moon Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2004
The Moon preserves unique information about changes in the habitability
of the Earth-Moon system. This record has been obscured on the Earth by
billions of years of rain, wind, erosion, volcanic eruptions, mountain building,
and plate tectonics.
South Polar
Storms Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 30, 2004
This Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera view of Saturn's southern polar
region features a bright white spot, or storm, surrounded by faint, darker
swirls of clouds.
Odyssey's
New Odometer Moffet Field CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2004
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter begins working overtime today after completing
a prime mission that discovered vast supplies of frozen water, ran a safety
check for future astronauts, and mapped surface textures and minerals all
over Mars, among other feats.
Deepest Image
Of Exploded Star Uncovers Bipolar Jets Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 24, 2004
A spectacular new image of Cassiopeia A released today from NASA's Chandra
X-ray Observatory has nearly 200 times more data than the "First Light"
Chandra image of this object made five years ago. The new image reveals
clues that the initial explosion, caused by the collapse of a massive star,
was far more complicated than suspected.
Backyard
Telescopes For New Planets. Is It Possible? Boston MA (SPX) Aug 25,
2004
Fifteen years ago, the largest telescopes in the world had yet to locate
a planet orbiting another star. Today telescopes no larger than those available
in department stores are proving capable of spotting previously unknown
worlds.
Biology
Researchers
Uncover Secrets Of Immune System’s Munitions Factory
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered a new component
of the machinery immune cells use to generate a remarkably diverse array
of antibodies from a relatively small number of genes.
Images
Reveal How Rotavirus - Leading Cause Of Diarrhea - Enters Cells
High-resolution images constructed by researchers at Children's Hospital
Boston (CHB) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) reveal the molecular rearrangements
that rotavirus – the most common cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea
and vomiting in children worldwide – uses to break into cells.
Small
Bumps Could Make A Big Difference For Hip Replacement August 10, 2004
When patients undergo hip replacement surgery, they can hope for 10 to 15
years of use before the implant wears out. After that, they will need another
artificial hip--a surgery that will probably be less successful than the
first one.
Creation/Evolution
Darwin, Design & Democracy V: September 24-25, 2004 at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. To view the full conference schedule or to register now for this exciting event go to: http://www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org/2004symposium.htm
Religion/Science Reading Group at Messiah College Thursday, September 9, at 7:00 pm. We will meet in Kline Hall, room 108. Barring unforeseen surprises, parking should be available in the lot behind the Kline-Jordan complex. That's the large rectangular space inside the L-shaped complex that consists of buildings 20 and 23 on our campus map: http://www.messiah.edu/visitors/map.shtml. A plurality of votes were cast for the following book, which we will read this year: Kenneth R. Miller, Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution (HarperCollins, 1999). My review is here: http://home.messiah.edu/~TDAVIS/miller.htm. (Ted Davis)
Meteorites
Supplied Earth Life With Phosphorus Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 25, 2004
University of Arizona scientists have discovered that meteorites, particularly
iron meteorites, may have been critical to the evolution of life on Earth.
Prions
Act As Stepping Stones In Evolution.
When a protein misfolds, the results can be disastrous. An incorrect change
in the molecule's shape can lead to diseases including Alzheimer's and Huntington's.
But scientists have discovered that misfolded proteins can have a positive
side in yeast, helping cells navigate the dicey current of natural selection
by expressing a variety of hidden genetic traits.
Earth Science
Layer Of Material
Ejected From Chesapeake Bay Meteor-Strike Discovered Athens GA (SPX)
Aug 24, 2004
People in Georgia's Dodge and Bleckley counties have for years picked up
small pieces of natural glass called "Georgiaites," which were
produced by an unknown asteroid or comet impact millions of years ago. Just
where these small, translucent green objects came from, however, was unclear.
China's Glaciers
Being Flushed Down The Yellow River Beijing (AFP) Aug 23, 2004
Global warming is causing China's highland glaciers, including those covering
Mount Everest, to shrink by an amount equivalent to all the water in the
Yellow River every year, state media said Monday.
Physics
Quark Study
Breaks Logjam Between Theory, Experiment Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 30, 2004
University of Chicago scientists have solved a 20-year-old puzzle in particle
physics using data from an experiment conducted for an entirely different
purpose.
Cornell Apparatus
Probes The Mystery Of A High-Temperature Superconductor Ithaca NY (SPX)
Aug 27, 2004
With equipment so sensitive that it can locate clusters of electrons, Cornell
University and University of Tokyo physicists have - sort of - explained
puzzling behavior in a much-studied high-temperature superconductor, perhaps
leading to a better understanding of how such superconductors work.
First
practical plastic magnets created
Researchers create the first plastic magnet that works well at room temperature
– computers may be the first to benefit.
The Role Of
Particle Physics In A New Universe Stanford, CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2004
A string of recent discoveries in astronomy has left scientists with an
unsettling realization: The stuff we know and understand makes up less than
5 percent of the universe. The rest has to be yet-unknown forms of "dark
matter" and "dark energy."
Psychology
Chaotic
homes hamper child development
Growing up in a noisy, disorganised home hinders a child’s developing
mind, according to a new study of twins.
Children
With ADHD Benefit From Time Outdoors Enjoying Nature
Kids with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) should spend some
quality after-school hours and weekend time outdoors enjoying nature.