Today’s New Reason To Believe

Microbes in Antarctic Ice
Air date: 8-28-07
Fazale Rana, Jeff Zweerink, and Joe Aguirre

• Discoveries
  • DNA fragments discovered in Antarctic ice have implications for life. Kay D. Bidle et al., “Fossil Genes and Microbes in the Oldest Ice on Earth,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (August 14, 2007): 13455-60.
  • Habitable planets around M-class stars not necessarily conducive to life
    • Jack J. Lissauer, “Planets Formed in Habitable Zones of M Dwarf Stars Probably Are Deficient in Volatiles,” Astrophysical Journal 660 (May 10, 2007): L149-52.
  • Introduction of Jacksonville, FL chapter members. See [RTB’s chapters webpage(http://www.reasons.org/chapters/index.shtml) for information on starting a chapter
  • Resources
    • Majesty of the Maker
    • The Creator and the Cosmos, 3rd ed., by Hugh Ross
• Call-in questions
  • Trey from San Diego, CA:
    • Does the anatomy of sea otters argue for evolution or creation?
  • Roger from Portland, ME:
    • Are some junk DNA elements evidence for evolution? Is there empirical evidence for inflation prior to our universe’s inflationary period?

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