Program details for RATE - Rocks Evolution, Part 1

Week of October 8, 2005

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RATE - Rocks Evolution, Part 1

By measuring amounts of different products of radioactive decay, scientists have discovered that a process called "accelerated nuclear decay" must have occurred—in other words, the rate that elements decay in rocks was sped up in the past, making it much faster than we see today. Tune in to part two of our series to learn how they came to this conclusion—and how this is powerful evidence for a young earth!