| News Briefs - September-October - Page 1 |
Teachers in England Support
Creation
Almost one-third of the teachers
in government primary and
secondary schools in England
and Wales believe creation
should be taught in science
classes. The survey found 45%
don’t think creation should be part
of science classes, but 65% agree
creationism should be discussed
in schools in some format,
perhaps in social science or
religion if not science classes.—
Answers (July-September, 2009)
Dinosaur-Bird
Experiment Fails
Many scientists believe dinosaurs
evolved into modern birds, but
paleontologist Jack Horner has
failed in his attempt to grow a
dinosaurian tail onto a baby
chicken. He spliced the fast-
growing tip from a young chicken
embryo onto the tail of an older
embryo before it developed more
obvious chicken features. Horner
apparently accepts the “ontogeny
recapitulates phylogeny” theory
and believes a young chicken
embryo has dinosaurian traits.—
Creation (June-August, 2009)
1 Billion Hungry People
A record 1 billion people around
the world are going hungry,
United Nations food officials
report. War, drought, political
instability, high food prices and
poverty are reasons given why as
many as one in six people may
not be getting enough to eat. The
global financial meltdown is
compounding the crisis.—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(6/21/09)
Creation
Almost one-third of the teachers
in government primary and
secondary schools in England
and Wales believe creation
should be taught in science
classes. The survey found 45%
don’t think creation should be part
of science classes, but 65% agree
creationism should be discussed
in schools in some format,
perhaps in social science or
religion if not science classes.—
Answers (July-September, 2009)
Dinosaur-Bird
Experiment Fails
Many scientists believe dinosaurs
evolved into modern birds, but
paleontologist Jack Horner has
failed in his attempt to grow a
dinosaurian tail onto a baby
chicken. He spliced the fast-
growing tip from a young chicken
embryo onto the tail of an older
embryo before it developed more
obvious chicken features. Horner
apparently accepts the “ontogeny
recapitulates phylogeny” theory
and believes a young chicken
embryo has dinosaurian traits.—
Creation (June-August, 2009)
1 Billion Hungry People
A record 1 billion people around
the world are going hungry,
United Nations food officials
report. War, drought, political
instability, high food prices and
poverty are reasons given why as
many as one in six people may
not be getting enough to eat. The
global financial meltdown is
compounding the crisis.—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(6/21/09)
‘Million-Year-Old’ Rock Has
Human Prints
Footprints found in sedimentary
rock in Kenya show that whoever
made them had “an essentially
modern foot function and a style
of bipedal locomotion matching
today’s people.” The problem:
the rock is dated by evolutionists
at “1.5 million years old,” but
Homo sapiens isn’t supposed to
have evolved until “200,000”
years ago. One archaeologist
said it was “kind of creepy” seeing
the footprints that he “could have
made 20 minutes earlier in some
kind of wet sediment.”—Creation
(June-August, 2009)
Ida Fossil Over-Hyped
A fossil named Ida described by
one news source as giving
support to “the evolution of early
primates, and ultimately modern
human beings” has gotten a lot of
media hype. The lemur-like fossil
was subject of a documentary
shown on the History Channel
which touted its alleged “missing
link” status. However, many
scientists downplayed the
significance of the discovery.
“The PR campaign on this fossil is
I think more of a story than the
fossil itself," one scientist said.”—
www.answersingene sis.org
(5/19/09)
Reducing Facial Aging
Case Western Reserve U.
researchers studied the faces of
186 sets of identical twins to
discover what factors might
contribute to facial aging. Alcohol
intake, smoking, and sun
exposure all increased facial
aging. And divorced people
appeared almost two years older
than their married or widowed
siblings.—Consumer Reports
(May, 2009)
Human Prints
Footprints found in sedimentary
rock in Kenya show that whoever
made them had “an essentially
modern foot function and a style
of bipedal locomotion matching
today’s people.” The problem:
the rock is dated by evolutionists
at “1.5 million years old,” but
Homo sapiens isn’t supposed to
have evolved until “200,000”
years ago. One archaeologist
said it was “kind of creepy” seeing
the footprints that he “could have
made 20 minutes earlier in some
kind of wet sediment.”—Creation
(June-August, 2009)
Ida Fossil Over-Hyped
A fossil named Ida described by
one news source as giving
support to “the evolution of early
primates, and ultimately modern
human beings” has gotten a lot of
media hype. The lemur-like fossil
was subject of a documentary
shown on the History Channel
which touted its alleged “missing
link” status. However, many
scientists downplayed the
significance of the discovery.
“The PR campaign on this fossil is
I think more of a story than the
fossil itself," one scientist said.”—
www.answersingene sis.org
(5/19/09)
Reducing Facial Aging
Case Western Reserve U.
researchers studied the faces of
186 sets of identical twins to
discover what factors might
contribute to facial aging. Alcohol
intake, smoking, and sun
exposure all increased facial
aging. And divorced people
appeared almost two years older
than their married or widowed
siblings.—Consumer Reports
(May, 2009)
Cut Calories-Lose Lbs.
A two-year study has determined
the best diet for weight loss—cut
calories. As reported in the
February issue of The New
England Journal of Medicine, 811
participants in the study were
divided into four groups with the
diet for each group varying as to
carbohydrates, fat and protein. In
the end, the only relevant factor
was whether or not the participant
cut the number of calories
consumed.—ConsumerReports
OnHealth (June, 2009)
Exercise Good for
Heart Attacks Victims
People who take it easy after a
heart attack may be increasing
their risk of premature death. A
trial of 2,331 heart-failure
patients, reported in the April 8,
2009 issue of JAMA, found that
people who exercised regularly
cut their risk of premature death
by 11 percent compared to those
patients who received standard
care.—Consumer Reports
OnHealth (July, 2009)
Beware Bottled Water
Consumers of bottled water know
less about what they are paying
for to drink than what they can get
almost free from the tap. That is
because the two water sources
are regulated differently,
according to researchers.
Government authorities and
environmental groups both are
urging that bottled water be
labeled with the same level of
information that municipal water
providers must disclose.—The
(Racine) Journal Sentinel (7/9/09)
A two-year study has determined
the best diet for weight loss—cut
calories. As reported in the
February issue of The New
England Journal of Medicine, 811
participants in the study were
divided into four groups with the
diet for each group varying as to
carbohydrates, fat and protein. In
the end, the only relevant factor
was whether or not the participant
cut the number of calories
consumed.—ConsumerReports
OnHealth (June, 2009)
Exercise Good for
Heart Attacks Victims
People who take it easy after a
heart attack may be increasing
their risk of premature death. A
trial of 2,331 heart-failure
patients, reported in the April 8,
2009 issue of JAMA, found that
people who exercised regularly
cut their risk of premature death
by 11 percent compared to those
patients who received standard
care.—Consumer Reports
OnHealth (July, 2009)
Beware Bottled Water
Consumers of bottled water know
less about what they are paying
for to drink than what they can get
almost free from the tap. That is
because the two water sources
are regulated differently,
according to researchers.
Government authorities and
environmental groups both are
urging that bottled water be
labeled with the same level of
information that municipal water
providers must disclose.—The
(Racine) Journal Sentinel (7/9/09)
