Synopsis
A unique Christian perspective on headline-grabbing discoveries.
Episodes
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Water Fine-tuned for Life
27/10/2011 Duration: 32minYou might have seen: Newscientist.com, "Water's quantum weirdness makes life possible " Oct 25, 2011; http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.900-waters-quantum-weirdness-makes-life-possible.html
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Special sequences in pseudogenes
26/10/2011 Duration: 27minYou might have seen: NBCI.gov, "Export and stability of naturally intronless mRNAs require specific coding region sequences and the TREX mRNA export complex" Oct 18, 2011; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22010220
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Did Surfing Snails Evolve?
24/10/2011 Duration: 16minYou might have seen: National Geographic, "How Bubble-Rafting Snails Evolved" Oct 19, 2011; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111019-about-sea-snail-mucus-bubble-rafts/?source=link_fb20111020news-snail
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Forests Help Restore Ecological Balance
20/10/2011 Duration: 24minYou might have seen: Science Daily, "World's Forests' Role in Carbon Storage Immense" Oct 18, 2011; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718092212.htm
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Ancient volcanoes perfect for early life?
20/10/2011 Duration: 27minYou might have seen: MSNBC, "Ancient mud volcanoes perfect for early life" Oct 17, 2011; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44938285#.TqBfa3KyA09
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Neutrinos not faster-than-light after all?
19/10/2011 Duration: 19minYou might have seen: Tech Review, "Faster-than-Light Neutrino Puzzle Claimed Solved by Special Relativity" Oct 14, 2011; http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27260/
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9 Useless Body Parts?
17/10/2011 Duration: 31minYou might have seen: Fox News, "9 Useless Body Parts" Oct 14, 2011; http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/10/14/useless-body-parts/
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Nobel Physics Prize Recognizes Accelerating Universe Find
04/10/2011 Duration: 16minYou might have seen: BBC, "Nobel physics prize honours accelerating Universe find" Mar 04, 2011; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15165371
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ALMA Telescope Promises Unmatched Views of Universe
04/10/2011 Duration: 17minYou might have seen: http://techcrunch.com, "ALMA Telescope Aims To Understand The Building Blocks Of The Universe" Oct 03, 2011; http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/03/alma-telescope-aims-to-understand-the-building-blocks-of-the-universe/
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LUCA Was Complex
04/10/2011 Duration: 27minYou might have seen: MSNBC, "Ancestor of all living things was quite complex" Oct 05, 2011; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44793862/ns/technology_and_science-science#.To9zNnKDl8E
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Searching for Earth Analog Planets
03/10/2011 Duration: 09minYou might have seen: arXIV.org, "The Occurrence Rate of Earth Analog Planets Orbiting Sunlike Stars" Mar 03, 2011; http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.1443
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Bolshoi Simulation May Uncover Mysteries of the Universe
03/10/2011 Duration: 20minYou might have seen: Science Daily, "Scientists Release Most Accurate Simulation of the Universe to Date" Sep 30, 2011; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110929144645.htm
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Digital Monkeys Recreate Shakespeare
29/09/2011 Duration: 30minYou might have seen: CNN, "Digital monkeys with typewriters recreate Shakespeare" Sep 26, 2011; http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/26/tech/web/monkeys-typewriters-shakespeare/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
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Galaxy Cluster Measurements Validate Einstein
29/09/2011 Duration: 23minYou might have seen: Sciencemag.org, "Galaxy Clusters Validate Einstein's Theory" Sep 28, 2011; http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/galaxy-clusters-validate-einstei.html
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Higgs Boson Breakthrough?
26/09/2011 Duration: 17minYou might have seen: Science Daily, "Could the Higgs Boson Explain the Size of the Universe?" Sep 22, 2011; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115915.htm
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Neutrinos Travel Faster Than Light?
23/09/2011 Duration: 22minYou might have seen: Yahoo! News, "Strange Particles May Travel Faster than Light, Breaking Laws of Physics" Sep 23, 2011; http://news.yahoo.com/strange-particles-may-travel-faster-light-breaking-laws-192010201.html
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Does Autism Preclude Belief in God?
22/09/2011 Duration: 30minYou might have seen: dailymail.co.uk, "Is atheism linked to autism? Controversial study points to relationship between the two" Sep 20, 2011; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html#ixzz1Yi4m354S
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Mouse Genomes Do Not Reflect a Single Evolutionary Story
19/09/2011 Duration: 15minYou might have seen: Science Daily, "Mouse Genome Sequences Reveal Variability, Complex Evolutionary History" Sep 15, 2011; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915141235.htm
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A New Hope for Spinal Cord Injuries
16/09/2011 Duration: 15minYou might have seen: Science Daily, "New Type of Spinal Cord Stem Cell Discovered: Research Provides New Target for Regenerating Parts of the Central Nervous System" Sep 15, 2011; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163533.htm
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Star Wars-like planet found?
16/09/2011 Duration: 14minYou might have seen: Science Daily, "NASA's Kepler Discovery Confirms First Planet Orbiting Two Stars" Sep 15, 2011; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915144828.htm