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Written by Everett Coats, BS
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Aug 01, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
Bits and Pieces from the Earth Sciences
Truth from an evolutionist?

Science via AP From www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7285683/
Unfossilized soft tissue from bone of Tyrannasaurus rex
A: The arrow points to a tissue fragment that is still elastic. How could elastic tissue like this have lasted for 65 million years?
B: Another instance of “fresh appearance”.
C: Regions of bone showing where the fibrous structure is still present, compared to most fossil bones, which lack this structure.
This past January North Carolina State University held a dedication for a new wing of the Earth Sciences building, which, naturally, houses the geology department. Being an alumnus of the geology program (1975) I received an invitation to attend. When I saw that one of the featured speakers was to be Dr. Mary Schweitzer, the discoverer of red blood cells and soft collagen (a protein found in most tissues of living organisms) in a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex bone, I could not miss it.
The event was “standing room only” as Dr. Schweitzer is somewhat of a celebrity in the world of paleontology. Her mentor was Dr. ‘Dinosaur Jack’ Horner who was the pattern for the main character in “Jurassic Park.” How cool is that? We all listened respectfully to the first speaker from the forestry department as he presented information about his work with a global effort to develop and maintain a seed bank for trees that are endangered and to start plantations in other parts of the world to re-introduce biodiversity. But it was not difficult to see that Dr. Schweitzer was the main event on the card. |
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Last Updated ( Aug 02, 2008 at 12:36 AM )
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Written by Jeff Gift, PhD
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Jul 01, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
Scientists Travel U.S. Highway 441 Between Cherokee, NC and Gatlinburg, TN to Test Hydrothermal Fluid Transport Model for Polonium Radiohalo Formation
Figure 1: Radiohalos associated with uranium-238 decay (Figures from Snelling, 2005)
A couple of years ago, in the January 2006 issue of the TASC newsletter, Dr. Dan Reynolds reviewed competing interpretations of Drs. Robert Gentry and Andrew Snelling for polonium radiohalos. While both believe that these phenomena provide evidence for a young earth, Robert Gentry, refers to them as “Fingerprints of Creation” (www.halos.com), etched by God into granite during the creation week. Geologist Dr. Andrew Snelling, on the other hand, speculates that polonium radiohalos found in metamorphic rock formed during the Genesis Flood, and an episode of “grossly accelerated 238U decay.” Recently, Dr. Snelling traveled U.S. Highway 441 in our very own State of North Carolina to gather evidence in support of his theory.1 |
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