Create! Evolute?: July 2008

YouTube - Atheist's Nightmare
There may be something here we can use in our own Relevance talks.

Flatfish Evolution Revealed : Discovery News : Discovery Channel

BBC NEWS : Science/Nature : Fossil feathers reveal their hues
"But then how do you square that with the well-known fact that the majority of organic molecules decay in thousands of years?"

Language Evolved Before Humans : Discovery News : Discovery Channel
Soon they'll be saying that there's no difference between Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens.

Crystal Skulls Deemed Fakes : Discovery News : Discovery Channel
How readily we are fooled. How slow we are to acknowledge it when we have been.

Rain Grows Mountains : Discovery News : Discovery Channel
Claytons flood ... the global flood you have when you're not having a global flood

Bisexual Species: Unorthodox Sex in the Animal Kingdom: Scientific American
So ... if it's okay for penguins, it's okay for us too? Nothing is "unnatural" anymore.

Moon Once Harbored Water, Lunar Lava Beads Show: Scientific American
The whole universe began in water ... what's so surprising?

Volcano spews lethal acid brew - earth - 10 July 2008 - New Scientist Environment

Ten people die from new CJD-like disease - health - 09 July 2008 - New Scientist

Solar-powered asteroids make their own moons - space - 09 July 2008 - New Scientist Space
I'm always a bit skeptical of computer simulations; so much depends on the initial assumptions.

New legal threat to teaching evolution in the US - opinion - 09 July 2008 - New Scientist
"The state... shall allow and assist teachers, principals, and other school administrators to create and foster an environment... that promotes critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and open and objective discussion of scientific theories being studied, including, but not limited to, evolution, the origins of life, global warming, and human cloning. (Section 1B)"

Special Report on Evolution - New Scientist
Someone's feeling threatened ...

The long war against flu : Article : Nature

An unnecessary battle : Article : Nature

Pulsar's wobble provides new Einstein test - space - 03 July 2008 - New Scientist Space

3D modelling gets the measure of stone axes - tech - 04 July 2008 - New Scientist Tech

Do we have the technology to build a bionic human? - tech - 04 July 2008 - New Scientist Tech

Solar sail gets another chance for launch - space - 04 July 2008 - New Scientist Space

Giant rubber snake could be the future of wave power - earth - 04 July 2008 - New Scientist

Cosmic blasts may throw out plasma 'cannonballs' - space - 05 July 2008 - New Scientist Space

Puzzle In The Control Of Cell Division Unraveled

Scientists Set Out To Measure How We Perceive Naturalness

Why continents split up and get back together - earth - 02 July 2008 - New Scientist Environment