Creation Update Index
(Revised July 2005)
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Discoveries Discussed
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Astronomical Design
- Design of Giant Planets' Orbital Structure (aired on 06-21-05)
- "New Planet Discovered, Twice Earth's Size," (aired on 06-14-05)
- Galactic carbon and oxygen abundance design (aired on 05-31-05)
- Lunar mass design (aired on 05-31-05)
- New Design Features in Planetary Formation (aired on 05-10-05)
- Gravitational lens test for cosmic design (aired on 04-19-05)
- Rarity of planets with Non-Eccentric Orbits (aired on 04-19-05)
- Extra-solar planet updates (aired on 03-29-05)
- Atmospheric air pressure design - Hugh’s thought experiment (aired on 03-15-05)
- Extra-solar planet update (aired on 02-22-05)
- Mass of galaxies (aired on 02-22-05)
- New, Direct Distance-Measuring Techniques, part 1 & part 2 (aired on 02-01-05)
- Inventory of the density of the universe (aired on 01-18-05)
- Lunar Mass Design (aired on 01-04-05)
- Independent confirmations of dark energy (aired on 12-14-04)
- Solar system design (aired on 12-14-04)
- Fine Structure Constant (aired on 12-07-04)
- Outer Solar System Design (aired on 11-30-04)
- Solar luminosity stability (aired on 10-26-04)
- Discovery of small rocky extra-solar planets (aired on 09-14-04)
- Gravitational microlensing (aired on 09-14-04)
- Solar system design: pebble planet formation (aired on 08-24-04)
- Galaxy morphology (aired on 08-10-04)
- Moon craters (aired on 06-01-04)
- Moon origin (aired on 05-25-04)
- Is the universe 156 billion light-years wide? (aired on 05-25-04)
- Supernova update (aired on 05-11-04)
- Fine Structure Constant (aired on 04-13-04)
- Solar System design (aired on 04-06-04)
- Gamma ray bursts and their role in producing certain critical elements for life (aired on 03-30-04)
- New class of astronomical objects discovered: (aired on 02-17-04)
- Galactic habitable zones (aired on 01-20-04)
- Decay in cold, dark matter? (aired on 12-09-03)
- Solar system design - Kuiper Belt design (aired on 12-09-03)
- Solar system design - fine-tuning mass of gas giants (aired on 11-25-03)
- More precise measurement of cosmic baryon density (aired on 11-18-03)
- Another independent confirmation of the cosmic density (aired on 11-11-03)
- Future of the universe (aired on 11-04-03)
- Dwarf spiral galaxies (aired on 10-28-03)
- A new model for the shape of the universe - a dodecahedron? (Part 2, Part 3) (aired on 10-21-03)
- Large Spiral Galaxy Formation Rare (aired on 09-02-03)
- Comets in the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt (aired on 08-19-03)
- Early quintessence (aired on 07-29-03)
- Clarifying the characteristics of Pop 3 stars (aired on 07-22-03)
- Methuselah planet (aired on 07-15-03)
- Squeezars (aired on 07-08-03)
- Evaluation of extra-solar planet candidates for life (aired on 07-08-03)
- Hypernovae causes for gamma ray bursts (aired on 07-08-03)
- Solving the Globular Cluster Paradox (aired on 06-17-03)
- Fine-tuning the co-rotation of galaxies (aired on 06-10-03)
- Cosmological constant suggests more fine-tuning (aired on 05-27-03)
- Distant Quasar Contains Massive Black Hole (aired on 05-06-03)
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Big Bang Evidence
- Solving the heavy element abundance anomaly (aired on 06-07-05)
- Resolving nickel overproduction anomaly (aired on 06-07-05)
- “Missing” baryons found (aired on 03-08-05)
- Polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation (aired on 11-23-04)
- Primordial homogeneous magnetic field (aired on 09-21-04)
- Independent confirmations of dark energy (aired on 06-15-04)
- Evidence for structure of universe from particle physics (aired on 06-15-04)
- Response to AiG's "Secular Scientists Blast the Big Bang," (aired on 06-15-04)
- “Dead” black holes - Another confirmation of the big bang creation model (aired on 03-23-04)
- Reionization of early universe affirms big bang predictions (aired on 03-09-04)
- Pleiades - accurate and reliable distance measurement (aired on 02-03-04)
- Discussion of the ekpyrotic big bang model (aired on 02-03-04)
- Strange stars (aired on 01-20-04)
- Dipole confirmation (aired on 12-16-03)
- Analysis of the first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (aired on 11-11-03)
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey (aired on 10-28-03)
- Age/Metalicity Relationship - test for the big bang model (aired on 10-07-03)
- Did the universe come from a black hole? (aired on 09-23-03)
- Recent developments in young-earth cosmology (Part 2) (aired on 09-23-03)
- Gamma-Ray Bursts Provide Measuring Stick for Star Formation Events (aired on 09-02-03)
- Star conception and birth (aired on 07-22-03)
- Testing time dilation (aired on 07-15-03)
- Small Dispersion of Random Velocities in Local Galaxies - independent confirmation of the cosmological constant (aired on 07-01-03)
- Cluster Baryon Mass Puts Powerful Constraints on Cosmic Creation Models (aired on 07-01-03)
- Early Star Formation, Metallicity Confirm WMAP Discovery (aired on 05-13-03)
- New Critique of Cardassian Expansion of Universe (Part 2) (aired on 04-22-03)
- Population III Stars Detected as Big Bang Predicts (Part 2) (aired on 04-22-03)
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Physics
- Lunar laser reflector tests of gravity theories. (aired on 06-28-05)
- Neutrinos: Evidence for Design (aired on 12-07-04)
- Measurement of the mass of the top quark - Interview with Dr. Mike Strauss (Part 2) (aired on 07-20-04)
- Nucleon decay - Interview with Dr. Mike Strauss (aired on 07-20-04)
- Physics of trees (aired on 05-04-04)
- Comments on the launch of Gravity Probe-B satellite (aired on 04-20-04)
- The “God” Particle - Higgs boson (aired on 03-23-04)
- Binary pulsar update (aired on 03-02-04)
- Binary pulsar - another test for general relativity (aired on 01-06-04)
- Another Confirmation of General Relativity - light deflection (aired on 10-14-03)
- What is a “neo-Lawrensian” with regard to Einstein’s theory of relativity? (aired on 06-03-03)
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Age of Earth / Universe
- T-Rex soft tissue recovery, fact of fiction? (aired on 03-29-05)
- Short period comets (aired on 03-08-05)
- New Clock for Radiometric Dating - hafnium-182 (aired on 11-30-04)
- Zircons confirm radiometric dating methods (aired on 10-12-04)
- NGRIP ice core (aired on 09-21-04)
- Antarctic Ice Core (aired on 07-13-04)
- Sediment Core (aired on 07-13-04)
- Radiometric breakthrough (aired on 06-08-04)
- White dwarf cooling (aired on 06-08-04)
- Speed of carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle (aired on 06-08-04)
- Farthest Known Object from Earth Detected. (aired on 02-17-04)
- Young-Earth creationist critique of cosmic clock problem (aired on 06-24-03)
- Young-Earth creationist critique of neutrino “problem” (aired on 06-24-03)
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Origin of Life
- Methane on Mars (aired on 06-07-05)
- What’s the meaning of multiple origins of life? (aired on 05-03-05)
- Deep biosphere hypothesis (aired on 04-05-05)
- No interstellar glycine (aired on 03-01-05)
- No interstellar pyrimidine (aired on 03-01-05)
- Mars update (aired on 02-22-05)
- Hypersaline Life and the Design of Global Cycles (aired on 01-25-05)
- Banded Iron Formations (aired on 01-04-05)
- Discussion of PBS Origins series - origins of life (aired on 10-05-04)
- Anoxygenic photosynthetic life at 3.4+ billion years ago (aired on 10-05-04)
- Light harvesting apparatus in photosynthetic synthetic bacteria (aired on 10-05-04)
- Mars water updates (aired on 08-31-04)
- ALH84001 Mars Rock (aired on 07-06-04)
- Life’s minimum complexity (aired on 06-22-04)
- Sulfate-reducing bacteria (Part 1 and Part 2) (aired on 05-18-04)
- Hyperthermophyles (aired on 05-18-04)
- Microtubules - New evidence for early life on earth (aired on 04-27-04)
- Extremophiles (aired on 04-20-04)
- Homochirality (aired on 04-13-04)
- Discussion of scientists’ claims that they will soon be “creating” life in the lab (aired on 03-30-04)
- SETI update (Part 1) (aired on 03-02-04)
- SETI update (Part 2) (aired on 03-02-04)
- Mars “drenched” in water - live feed from JPL news conference (aired on 03-02-04)
- Response from Hugh Ross about JPL's announcement. (aired on 03-02-04)
- Homochirality (aired on 02-24-04)
- Astrosexology (aired on 02-17-04)
- Ocean pumps (aired on 01-13-04)
- New geo-chemical marker for early life on Earth - uranium/thorium fractionation (aired on 01-06-04)
- Davies’ perspective on the “follow the water” roadmap to life (aired on 01-06-04)
- Evidence against a “warm and wet” Mars (aired on 11-25-03)
- Minimum complexity for life update (aired on 11-18-03)
- Replication of life-detection experiments of the Viking Mission (1976) to Mars (aired on 11-11-03)
- Life’s minimum complexity - archaeal parasite (aired on 10-21-03)
- Astrobiology debate (aired on 10-07-03)
- Minimum genome size for photosynthetic bacteria (aired on 08-19-03)
- Minimum Complexity for Life (aired on 07-29-03)
- New Example of Irreducible Complexity (aired on 07-29-03)
- Miller-Urey Experiment No Longer Relevant (aired on 05-20-03)
- Interplanetary Dust from Meteorites has Origin-of-Life Implications (aired on 05-13-03)
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Earth Science
- Biological Control of Silica Recycling (aired on 05-17-05)
- Biological Modification of Earth's Reflectivity (aired on 05-17-05)
- Benefit of burning fossil fuels (aired on 04-12-05)
- Design and Cellular and Protein Aerosols (aired on 04-12-05)
- Discussion with petroleum engineer (aired on 03-29-05)
- Natural nuclear reactors in the early Earth (aired on 03-22-05)
- Design of Earth’s Early Ocean (aired on 03-08-05)
- Overdue Glaciation (aired on 01-04-05)
- Earth’s core design (aired on 10-19-04)
- Elegant hurricane design (aired on 10-19-04)
- Fine-tuning the late-heavy bombardment (aired on 07-20-04)
- Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary - evidence in New Zealand (aired on 06-01-04)
- Early evidence for extra-terrestrial collisions - evidence in Australia (aired on 06-01-04)
- Ancient Crater Discovery
- Magma Ocean (aired on 05-18-04)
- Mantle viscosity (aired on 05-04-04)
- Moon - Earth’s attic (aired on 04-20-04)
- Petroleum Design (aired on 12-02-03)
- Meteorite fragments in Antarctica (aired on 11-25-03)
- Possible climatic cause for the Pleistocene extinction (aired on 11-18-03)
- Decimation of the killer whale ecosystem and a Christian perspective on environmentalism (aired on 10-14-03)
- Is Mars perihelion evidence for design? (aired on 09-09-03)
- Frequency of Martian Tornados Demonstrates Earth's Just-Right Position (aired on 09-09-03)
- Implications of Mars' Proximity to Earth (aired on 08-26-03)
- Carbon “problem” - Solved (aired on 08-05-03)
- Chloromethane and the Faint Sun Paradox (aired on 07-22-03)
- Oxygenation and the Oceans (aired on 06-17-03)
- Samarium to Neodymium insights into the early Earth (aired on 06-03-03)
- Brighter Young Sun Permits Abundance and Diversity of Life on Early Earth (aired on 04-29-03)
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Biochemical Design
- Another Function for "Junk" DNA (aired on 06-21-05)
- New Technology For Seeing Biomolecular Design (aired on 06-21-05)
- Do cells have multiple examples of irreducible complexity within them? (aired on 05-31-05)
- Molecular motors - clock in cyanobacteria (aired on 05-17-05)
- Biochemical Design: Molecular Motors (aired on 05-17-05)
- Design of human muscles (aired on 04-19-05)
- Colossal Bacterium Designed for Recycling Phosphorous (aired on 02-01-05)
- Junk DNA and Convergence (aired on 01-18-05)
- Interview with Michael Behe (aired on 10-26-04)
- 2004 Nobel prize in chemistry (aired on 10-12-04)
- Natural product total synthesis (aired on 09-21-04)
- Supernatural Design of Proteins (aired on 08-17-04)
- Biochemical design - quality control in protein production (aired on 08-03-04)
- Biochemical design - bar codes in DNA sequences (aired on 08-03-04)
- Biochemical design - information parity code (aired on 08-03-04)
- Cellular midbody design (aired on 07-13-04)
- Biochemistry of aging (aired on 06-22-04)
- Molecular motors update (aired on 04-27-04)
- Biochemical design - Translocase protein (aired on 01-13-04)
- Protein interaction map of fruit flies (aired on 12-16-03)
- Convergence update - toxic frogs (aired on 12-09-03)
- Biochemical design - enzyme in charge of quality control (aired on 12-02-03)
- Electrical charge used in DNA Repair - Watchmaker argument (aired on 11-04-03)
- Gene deserts - junk DNA (aired on 10-28-03)
- Mapping budding yeast cells (aired on 10-21-03)
- Retro-viruses - “junk” DNA update (aired on 10-14-03)
- Optimality of DNA replication (aired on 09-16-03)
- Worm resistance to metals (aired on 09-16-03)
- Three Studies Affirm Conservation and Function of "Junk" DNA (aired on 09-09-03)
- Cell membrane design and complexity (aired on 07-15-03)
- New Technique for Exploring Biochemical Design (aired on 07-01-03)
- God can do it better than man! (aired on 06-03-03)
- Worm protein find has implications for long life spans (aired on 05-20-03)
- Function Found for a Pseudogene (aired on 05-06-03)
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Fossil Record/Evolution
- Can Hugh please comment on chaos theory? (aired on 06-07-05)
- Gamma ray burst mass extinction event: (aired on 05-10-05)
- Animal humor and joy (aired on 04-12-05)
- Convergence - modern bird origins (aired on 03-15-05)
- Uric acid metabolism (aired on 03-01-05)
- Mammal inner ear convergence (aired on 02-15-05)
- Repeated Creations of Insect Police Systems (aired on 01-25-05)
- Autophagy Design (aired on 01-11-05)
- Cicada Resource Pulses in Forest Ecosystems (aired on 12-07-04)
- Problems with dental phylogenies (aired on 11-30-04)
- Sediment Bioturbation (aired on 11-23-04)
- RTB’s speciation model summary (aired on 11-23-04)
- Whale transitional series (aired on 11-16-04)
- Convergence - orb-building spiders (aired on 11-16-04)
- Follow up discussion on convergence (aired on 11-16-04)
- Human/chimp DNA - brain comparisons (aired on 11-16-04)
- Cope’s rule (aired on 10-19-04)
- Species co-extinctions (aired on 10-19-04)
- Opening discussion on convergence: (aired on 09-28-04)
- Whale audio transmission (aired on 09-07-04)
- Archaeopteryx: brain scan (aired on 08-24-04)
- Endogenous Retroviruses and You (Part 1) and (Part 2) (aired on 08-17-04)
- Herbivores and eco-systems (aired on 08-10-04)
- Gypsy moth parasites restore ecological balance (aired on 07-27-04)
- Gamma-ray burst/Extinction event connection (aired on 07-06-04)
- Question about the evidences for macro-evolution on the talk origins web site. (aired on 06-01-04)
- Closing another Darwinian loop-hole on the Cambrian Explosion (aired on 04-27-04)
- Origin of Land Tetrapods (aired on 04-13-04)
- Yucatan crater and the K-T Extinction (aired on 03-16-04)
- Hominid fossil teeth challenge evolutionary tree (aired on 03-09-04)
- Genetic similarities between humans and coral (aired on 02-10-04)
- Fungus farming in snails (aired on 01-27-04)
- Cave bears - convergence update (aired on 01-27-04)
- Stasis in the fossil record (aired on 12-09-03)
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- Convergence update -- toxic frogs (aired on 12-09-03)
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- Biodiversity - Why did God make dinosaurs? (aired on 11-25-03)
- Punctuated Equilibrium (aired on 11-25-03)
- Sloth - Advances in DNA extraction (aired on 08-12-03)
- Evidence for urochordates at the Cambrian Explosion (aired on 07-08-03)
- Complex Altruistic Behavior Challenges Evolution (aired on 07-01-03)
- Convergence update (aired on 06-24-03)
- Sudden appearance of birds in the fossil record (aired on 06-10-03)
- Rapid mouse evolution? (aired on 06-10-03)
- Ancient DNA and Protein Studies to Aid Scientific Advance (aired on 05-13-03)
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Human Origins
- Using leprosy to track early human origins and migration (aired on 06-14-05)
- Neanderthal DNA sequencing / femur (aired on 06-14-05)
- Neanderthal tooth (aired on 06-14-05)
- Toumai Man update (aired on 06-14-05)
- Early human migration (aired on 05-31-05)
- Iberian Peninsula Neanderthal genetic study (aired on 04-19-05)
- Re-evaluating H. antecessor (aired on 04-19-05)
- Toumai man update (aired on 04-12-05)
- Human/chimp DNA comparisons - recombination hot spots (aired on 04-05-05)
- mDNA and y-chromosome Analysis (aired on 03-22-05)
- Extending mDNA analysis to bone calcium (aired on 03-15-05)
- Hobbit update - Homo floresiensis (aired on 03-08-05)
- Endocast comparisons of modern humans, archaic H. sapiens, and Neanderthals (aired on 03-08-05)
- Omo Kibish man update (aired on 02-22-05)
- Monkeys’ non-appreciation of music (aired on 02-15-05)
- New world monkeys making stone tools (aired on 02-15-05)
- Emergence of bi-pedalism (aired on 01-25-05)
- Ivory flute (aired on 01-11-05)
- “hyper-evolution” of the human brain (aired on 01-11-05)
- Genetically testing human/Neanderthal inter-breeding (aired on 12-14-04)
- Homo floresiensis (aired on 11-02-04)
- sine DNA comparisons between humans and chimps (aired on 09-28-04)
- Homo erectus infant skull analysis (aired on 09-28-04)
- Ancient DNA analysis (aired on 09-21-04)
- Earlier emergence of bi-pedalism (aired on 09-07-04)
- Analysis of starch grains in Israel (aired on 08-10-04)
- Wild chimp dental emergence (aired on 08-03-04)
- Hominid longevity study affirms biblical creation model (aired on 07-27-04)
- Human/Chimp DNA (aired on 07-20-04)
- Hominid skull fragment (aired on 07-06-04)
- Human-chimp chromosome comparisons (aired on 06-08-04)
- Wanted Fuz to respond to an article which suggested that mDNA dating techniques are inaccurate (aired on 06-08-04)
- Neanderthal teeth (aired on 05-04-04)
- Blombus cave - Evidence of hominid jewelry? (aired on 04-27-04)
- Human/Chimp DNA gene expression (Part One) & (Part Two) (aired on 04-06-04)
- Genetic mutation - jaw sizes and brain sizes (aired on 03-30-04)
- Neanderthal/Modern human interbreeding? (aired on 03-23-04)
- South African caves (aired on 03-16-04)
- Ancient DNA breakthrough (aired on 01-27-04)
- Putting Neanderthals to the Test - Evaluating models (aired on 02-03-04)
- Human/chimp DNA comparisons - brain development (aired on 01-27-04)
- Human genetic bottlenecks (aired on 01-20-04)
- mDNA mutation rate update (aired on 01-20-04)
- Modern human remains discovered in Arctic at 30,000 years ago (aired on 01-13-04)
- Lion man statue update (aired on 01-13-04)
- Neanderthal brain structure (aired on 12-16-03)
- Genetic similarities between human and chimp DNA (aired on 11-25-03)
- Early Human Migration vs. the Bible and the Book of Mormon (aired on 09-30-03)
- Lion man statue takes its place as the oldest statue (aired on 09-16-03)
- Gene Expression Analysis in Humans and Apes Shows Differences (aired on 09-09-03)
- Parasites Trace Origin and Spread of Humanity (aired on 09-02-03)
- Explanation for Human Tails (aired on 08-26-03)
- Sexual dimorphism in bi-pedal primates (aired on 08-12-03)
- Origin of humanity phylogenies (aired on 07-22-03)
- Kenyanthropus update (aired on 07-22-03)
- Bering Land Bridge Vegetation (aired on 06-24-03)
- Connection between Indian Monsoons and Ice Ages (aired on 06-24-03)
- Unique human face structure (aired on 06-24-03)
- New bi-pedal primate species: Homo species idaltu (aired on 06-17-03)
- Human-Chimp DNA comparison update (aired on 06-17-03)
- Short tandem repeats - genetic research for human origins (aired on 06-03-03)
- Response To Chimp-Human Link (aired on 05-27-03)
- Brain size of Homo erectus too small to link to humans (aired on 05-20-03)
- Oldest (35,000 years) modern human remains found (aired on 05-20-03)
- DNA Sequencing Refutes Neanderthal-Human Connection and Multiregional Origin for Humanity (aired on 05-13-03)
- New Date Places Australopithecine Specimens One Million Years Earlier (Part 2) (aired on 04-29-03)
- Genes of human pathogen provide information about origins (aired on 04-22-03)
- African malaria parasite expansion follows human agricultural spread (aired on 04-22-03)
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Miscellaneous / News
- Interview with Dr. Mark Whorton at NASA about the Cosmos 1 mission. (aired on 06-28-05)
- Discussion of Hugh's recent radio appearances on Coast to Coast AM and Apologetics.com. (aired on 06-28-05)
- High precision clock (aired on 06-14-05)
- Discussion of John Ankerberg Debate: Young-Earth vs. Old Earth (aired on 05-31-05)
- Discussion of Reasons Institute, summer 2005 session (aired on 05-10-05)
- Discussion of Ohio State skeptic’s forum and ID movement (aired on 05-03-05)
- Discussion of the movie (aired on 03-01-05)
- Skeptic’s Forums - Dr. Dave Rogstad (aired on 02-15-05)
- Kenneth Samples discusses his new book (aired on 01-25-05)
- Cassini/Huygens update, with Dave Rogstad (aired on 01-18-05)
- Cassini-Huygens mission - discussion with Dr. Dave Rogstad (aired on 01-11-05)
- Hugh's prediction summary of 2004 and new predictions for 2005 (aired on 01-04-05)
- Fuz's prediction summary of 2004 and new predictions for 2005 (aired on 01-04-05)
- The upcoming Cassini landing? (aired on 11-30-04)
- SETI update (aired on 11-02-04)
- RTB Chapter leaders Kurt Lightfoot and Stan Leonard (aired on 10-26-04)
- Field Report: Dr. Dave Rogstad (aired on 10-19-04)
- Dome C telescope site (aired on 09-21-04)
- Genesis Capsule - Interview with Roger Wiens (aired on 09-21-04)
- RTB Apologetics Correspondence Course update (aired on 07-13-04)
- Cassini spacecraft (aired on 07-06-04)
- Fuz Rana in Cincinnati (aired on 06-01-04)
- Astronaut Dr. Leslie Wickman on the challenges of long-term space travel (aired on 06-01-04)
- A Visit from Legacy Christian School in Alta Loma, CA (aired on 05-25-04)
- Report on Stephen C. Meyer and Marcus Ross’s report at the Biola University ID conference, April 2004 (aired on 04-27-04)
- Interview with Dr. John Bloom to discuss Biola University’s new M.A. In Science and Religion program (aired on 04-13-04)
- Distance measurements in astronomy (aired on 04-06-04)
- Sedna planetoid discovery in Oort cloud (aired on 03-16-04)
- Mars updates with physicist, Dr. David Rogstad, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (aired on 01-27-04)
- Also listen to Hugh and Fuz’s predictions for 2004 (aired on 01-06-04)
- Spirit’s landing on Mars (aired on 01-06-04)
- Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2003 - Best of Creation Update (aired on 12-23/30-03)
- Science and Evangelism Correspondence course (aired on 12-02-03)
- Error Correction to The Genesis Question (aired on 12-09-03)
- Hezekiah’s tunnel (aired on 09-23-03)
- Voice recognition in fetuses (aired on 07-15-03)
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Astronomical Design
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Questions
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Origin of Life
- Why does the Earth have so much phosphor? (aired on 06-21-05)
- Was the time-frame spoken of in Isa. 45:18 immediate? (aired on 06-21-05)
- Why go to Mars? (aired on 06-21-05)
- Wanted Hugh to comment on the recent display of a zircon crystal at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (aired on 04-12-05)
- Does Hugh think that life will ever be discovered on Mars? (aired on 02-22-05)
- What were the conditions on the early Earth? (aired on 01-04-05)
- Can you please make a clarification on the Morowitz calculation as mentioned in the Origins of Life book? (aired on 11-30-04)
- Do catalytic reactions produce amino acids? (aired on 08-10-04)
- Are there new studies in homochirality's origin? (aired on 07-27-04)
- Revision necessary for Origins of Life? (aired on 07-27-04)
- Megan asked a question about mitochondrial engulfment (aired on 06-22-04)
- What’s the probably of hitting on the right minimal complexity for life? (aired on 06-22-04)
- Needed some help correlating dates for the first life on Earth. (aired on 06-01-04)
- Wanted to offer his perspectives on the discovery of gerasite on Mars (aired on 03-02-04)
- Robert Shapiro’s statements about origin of life problems. (aired on 12-02-03)
- Could an artificially designed protein be evidence for Intelligent Design? (aired on 11-25-03)
- What are “molecular clocks”? (aired on 11-18-03)
- Wanted to ask some follow-up questions about the Martian experiments (aired on 11-11-03)
- Can amino acids form in space? (aired on 11-04-03)
- Wouldn’t evidence for the primordial soup have been lost in the recycling of the earth’s crust? (aired on 10-28-03)
- Heard Robert Shapiro say that there is no evidence for organic phosphates. Is that true? (aired on 10-07-03)
- How did you come about your calculations for the origin of life? (aired on 05-27-03)
- Please respond to Science News article, "A Rocky Start" found in Kendall Morgan, "A Rocky Start: Fresh Take on Life's Oldest Story," Science News 163 (April 26, 2003), 264-66. (aired on 05-06-03)
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Human Origins
- Did some of hominids overlap in time and geography? (aired on 06-28-05)
- When did humans migrate to Australia? (aired on 06-28-05)
- What is known about Hominid's use of fire? (aired on 06-21-05)
- Is it possible to tell how much upright walking the older hominids did? (aired on 06-14-05)
- Were there Europeans in North Americans before the Native Am
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Origin of Life