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Human-pig Embryos: A Question of Morality
This article is part 3 of 3 in a series.
Researchers at the University of Warwick are attempting to develop human-pig hybrid embryos. The project's application received approval from the Human Fertilisation...
Understanding the Stem Cell Debate
This article is part 2 of 3 in a series.
In the ongoing debate about stem cell research, few people differentiate between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. Also, few know that there are...
U.K. Grants Approval for Human-pig Hybrid Embryos
This article is part 1 of 3 in a series.
The U.K.'s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has approved an application by the University of Warwick to form pig-human embryos. As of July 1, 2008,...
Oceanic Currents and the Paths of the Sea
Have scientists found the "paths of the seas"? Psalm 8:6-9 says, "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen,...
Silent Mutations Cripple Viruses
New vaccines are being developed that promise to be safer than traditional vaccines, which work by exposing patients to less virulent versions of viruses.1 The new vaccines use a similar process,...
"Non-Human Hominid" Right to Life
Great Britain and New Zealand have banned experimentation on certain groups of great apes. Now the Spanish government is considering granting them not only exemption from experimentation, but the rights...
"Missing Link"; Is Missing Some Parts
On the heels of other "missing link" stories comes an Associated Press (AP) report on a "365-million-year-old" fossil uncovered in Latvia. Ventastega curonica is supposedly "the...
Cosmology's Error Bars
It wouldn't make much sense to brag about knowing the diameter of a steering wheel to five decimal places on a car headed the wrong way with an engine about to blow, would it? Neither is it sensible to...
Searching for the Elusive Man from Mars
The Phoenix Mars Lander has successfully arrived and is, as of this writing, examining the surface of the Martian planet. The objective of the Phoenix Lander is two-fold: first, to explore geological...
Tiny Bacteria's Big Challenge to Darwin
Bacteria (prokaryotes) are found everywhere and are a critical foundation of the earth's ecosystem. The prokaryotes are designed to be saprotrophs or "decomposers," breaking down wastes and organic...
Red Rock Pass: Spillway of the Bonneville Flood
Scenic places fascinate geologists, especially vistas that generate profound thoughts. Sometimes these thoughts challenge our customary ways of viewing our world. On my "top ten list" of favorite...
True Liberty
When the United States of America was founded on July 4, 1776, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was preceded by prayer at the urging of Benjamin Franklin, the senior statesmen of the fledgling...
Reflecting on Grand Canyon
ICR's commitment to education comes through in just about everything we do. The late founder of ICR, Dr. Henry Morris, discerned that our long-range strategy for the creation/evolution conflict had to...
July 2008
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Bacterial Clutch Denotes Design
The bacterial flagellum has amazed observers because of its intricate and minute design. It exhibits remarkable efficiency, construction, and function in the tiny cells where it serves as a motorized propeller,...
Sowing the Creation Message
History is a great teacher. From time to time, it is helpful for ICR to review its history and refresh its memory about the Lord's blessings and direction that have brought us to where we are. Those "landmarks"...
Man of Science, Man of God: William Kirby
Who: William Kirby
What: Father of Entomology
When: September 19, 1759 - July 4, 1850
Where: Born in Witnesham, Suffolk, England
William Kirby must have been an unusual fellow, since he derived...
The "Fatal Flaws" of Darwinian Theory
Evolutionary genetic theory has a series of apparent "fatal flaws" that are well known to population geneticists, but that have not been effectively communicated to other scientists or the public....
Did God Make Brain-Eating Amoebas?
Brain-eating amoebas caused six deaths last year, representing a spike in cases that concerns health officials. WebMD reported in May that the young men who died had picked up the amoebas while swimming.1
Many...
We Now Know...
Evolutionists have often foisted conclusive pronouncements of new “knowledge” upon the public, only to retract them later with a “We now know…” kind of comment. For example,...
Dallas News Survey Pushes Evolution-Only Dogma
In the Sunday, June 22, 2008, edition of the Dallas Morning News, columnist Steve Blow reported the results of a survey he conducted on the hot-button issues of evolution, stem cell research, and global...
Non-Identical "Identical Twin" Stars Defy Evo.,.
A 15-year investigation by Vanderbilt University scientists of a pair of stars near the Orion nebula has led to unexpected results.1 Evolutionists assume that “because the two stars condensed...
Report: 92 Percent of Americans Believe in God
A study released June 23, 2008, found that 92 percent of Americans believe in God, including about one in five who say they are atheists.
The survey1 by the Pew Research Center’s Forum...
Dinosaur Fossil Erases 40 Million Years
The standard story of the origin of Australia goes something like this: Many millions of years ago, the earth had one continent called Pangaea. Around 120 million years ago, a landmass that included the...
Evidently, Evolution Proves Evolution!
A recent report serves to demonstrate a commonly observed pattern among evolutionary authors: circular reasoning. It turns out that the arguments used to support evolution rest upon the assumption of...
Life from the Stars?
Imagine a soup containing all the biochemicals of a cantaloupe except for its RNA. If we could then add the missing RNA, how close would the mixture be to an actual cantaloupe? Not very—it would...
Hemispherectomy Recovery: Testimony to Divine Design
On June 11, 2008, Jesse Hall from Aledo, Texas, underwent a hemispherectomy to treat a rare brain illness.1 The suffix “ectomy” refers to the surgical removal of a body part. A hemispherectomy,...
Brilliant Brain Biologists Forget the Foundation
New research purports to shed light on how brains evolved. Apparently, evolving a more complicated brain, such as from invertebrate to vertebrate, is not simply a matter of more connections (synapses)...
Bacterial Evolution in the Laboratory?
Back in 1988, researchers placed bacteria in an environment that pressured them to evolve the ability to metabolize (eat) citrate instead of the standard glucose. After 31,500 generations and 20 years,...
The Cons of "The Cons of Creationism"
A recent New York Times online editorial titled “The Cons of Creationism”1 is a typical example of the way the secular media routinely mischaracterize creation science. Let us critique...
Human Stem Cells Cure Mutated Mice
Researchers are intelligently designing techniques to combat mutations that cause neurological disorders. If evolution works according to the standard neo-Darwinian model of time + selection + mutation,...
The Finest Food, Feed, Fiber, and Fuel for the Future: .,.
According to the Dominion Mandate issued to Adam and Eve in the Garden1 and repeated to Noah2 about 1,657 years later, we are to be good stewards of the earth. One aspect of stewardship...
Fresh Kiwis
Ancient dates have once again been reevaluated and found to be less than accurate. Instances from every isotopic dating technique have been routinely rejected for decades. Typically, the newest “date”...
Resveratrol: Lapping up the Limits of Longevity
At the recent World Science Festival in New York, long life was a hot topic. David Sinclair, a Harvard Medical School professor and an expert on the health benefits of a substance found in red wine called...
"MEMS" the Word in Microrobotics
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are barely visible robots. Bruce Donald, a professor of computer science and biochemistry at Duke, has been working on microrobots since 1992. His team has designed...
Wipe Once, Then Toss: The Antibiotic Resistance of the .,.
On June 3, the Reuters news service reported on a potential health threat that, interestingly enough, also sheds light on one of the major flaws of evolutionary theory. The article cited a study led by...
Synthetic Life "Breakthrough" Just Demonstrat.,.
Dr. Cameron Alexander of the University of Nottingham recently used polymers to build capsules that imitate bacterial cell walls. Bacteria can interact with these capsules, absorbing chemicals from them....
Marketing the Navajo Sandstone
A TV ad several decades ago stated with an air of authority that "dogs love cheese." No reports were cited and no canine polls performed, yet marketers hoped its mere repetition would drive the...
The Dinosaur Next Door
Dinosaurs continue to play an important role in science education, for few subjects command students' attention as well as dinosaurs do. Evolutionists shrewdly use them as a tool to teach evolutionary...
Iapetus: Youth in Black and White
On the outskirts of the Saturn entourage flies one of the strangest objects in the solar system. Nothing else is quite like it: a large moon that is jet black on one side, and snowy white on the other....
Demanding the Evidence in the 21st Century
Millions of people around the world believe it is, but not everyone understands the weight of evidence that verifies the accuracy of the 6-day creation account, the special design and creation of the...
Opportunity for Good
With summer fast approaching, activity at ICR often accelerates into high gear with an increased number of speaking engagements, conferences, and seminars throughout the nation. The months ahead will be...
Academic Censorship, Round Two
The recent denial by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) of ICR Graduate School's application to grant degrees in Texas may have been disappointing, but it seems like déjà...
June 2008
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Where Has Academic Freedom Gone in Texas?
As many of you may know, the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School (ICRGS) has recently been denied the right to grant degrees in Texas. Although this is a temporary setback for us,...
Diamonds May Be a Creationist's Best Friend
During the Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) project, Andrew Snelling discovered evidence for a young earth and accelerated nuclear decay based on the presence of polonium radiohalos near uranium...
Book Review: Heaven Without Her
Heaven Without Her: A Desperate Daughter's Search for the Heart of Her Mother's Faith
by Kitty Foth-Regner
(Thomas Nelson, 2008, 272 pages)
I look forward to death, except for one reason...
Never Stop Questioning
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed--if all records told the same tale--then the lie passed into history and became truth. "Who controls the past" ran the Party slogan,...
Man of Science, Man of God: Charles Bell
Who: Charles Bell
What: Premier Anatomist and Surgeon
When: November 12, 1774 - April 28, 1842
Where: Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Sir Charles Bell--anatomist, surgeon, physiologist,...
Press Release 05 28 2008
Graduate Science Program Claims “Viewpoint Discrimination” in Appeal of Texas Education Ruling
Contact: Lawrence Ford, Institute for Creation Research (ICRGS), 800-337-0375
DALLAS, May...
Surtsey: A Young-earth Laboratory
Surtsey is an island volcanically formed just 45 years ago off the coast of Iceland. Science Illustrated has highlighted this unique island in its May/June 2008 issue. “Surtsey always provides surprises,”...
Press Release 05 02 2008
Science Institute Releases Documents in Texas Academic Freedom Case
Contact: Lawrence Ford, Institute for Creation Research (ICRGS), 800-337-0375
DALLAS, May 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- Administration...
Evolution's Biggest Hurdles
The theory of evolution has numerous problems, some of which are absolutely enormous and for which no adequate solution has even been proposed. The biggest problem comes right at the beginning with...
Sand Injectites
A combination of "squishy sand" and seismic shaking was responsible for some of southern Utah's most spectacular landforms. Preserved in this rocky landscape are unmistakable indicators that...
Messenger from Mercury
After a 33-year hiatus, we have a message from Mercury. On January 14, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) sent the first close-up images...
Evolution's Evangelists
"It is absolutely safe to say that, if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that)."1 ...
Darts, Darkness, and Donors
Not long ago, after an extensive career in finance, the Lord made it abundantly clear that He wanted me to join ICR. I took the position with great anticipation, relishing the opportunity to devote my...
Genesis and Revelation: Bookends of the Bible
In 1977, when Dalta, my sweet wife, and I were first married, we read my father's book The Genesis Record (published the year before) for our regular devotional time. It aptly connected Genesis...
May 2008
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Communicating the Wonders of God's Creation
God is the great communicator. The very first chapter of Genesis records no fewer than ten times that "God said…," revealing the Creator's heart to the world and its inhabitants. In Genesis...
Mitochondrial DNA and a Recent Human Origin
A team of scientists that includes Dr. Daniel Criswell of ICR has recently completed a study of mitochondrial DNA and will be presenting its work at this summer's International Conference on Creationism....
Man of Science, Man of God: Isaac Newton
Who: Isaac Newton
What: Father of Universal Gravitation
When: January 4, 1643 - March 31, 1727
Where: Woolsthorpe, a hamlet of Lincolnshire, England
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in...
Book Review: The Genesis Factor
The Genesis Factor
edited by Ron J. Bigalke, Jr.
(Master Books, 2008, 254 pages)
A common refrain within creation science circles is "Creation is the foundation." And indeed it is, as we see...
Press Release 04 25 2008
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Graduate School
Institute for Creation Research
Tel: 214.615.8300
Fax: 214.615.8299
Dallas, April 25, 2008 – Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)...
Press Release 04 21 2008
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DALLAS, April 21, 2008 – The Institute for Creation Research Graduate School...
Press Release 03 04 2008
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Institute for Creation Research
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Fax: 214.615.8299
Dallas – On February 28, 2008, Nature magazine featured an editorial...
Press Release 01 15 2008
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January 15, 2008
Graduate School
Institute for Creation Research
Tel: 214.615.8300
Fax: 214.615.8299
Dallas - On January 10, 2008, representatives of the Institute...
Press Release 12 18 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Graduate School
Institute for Creation Research
Tel: 214.615.8300
Fax: 214.615.8299
Dallas - On December 14, 2007, THECB Certification Advisory Council met to consider...
Texas Education Officials Strike Blow to Academic Freedom
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Commissioner Raymund Paredes on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, recommended that the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School (ICRGS) be denied...
Humans Are Humans, After All
The British science journal Nature has reported that scientists have discovered remains in a cave in northeastern Spain that are now considered “the earliest known remains of a human in Europe.”
Anthropologists...
Scientists Report Doubts over Key Theory of Evolutionar.,.
Researchers have recently “ruled out a hypothesis” that has been taught as dogma in schools, colleges and universities worldwide: the cause of the Permian extinction, allegedly “the...
Ecological Restoration and the Flood
Damaged land areas, such as results from both man-made and natural disasters, are a source of real concern for many ecologists. Floods, for example, leave behind tremendous damage to the earth. And many...
A Providential Wind
The world before the Flood evidently enjoyed substantial equilibrium. Scripture doesn't provide all the details, but we get the impression that earth movements, ocean currents, and atmospheric circulation...
Squid Reflects Creation Evidence
Imagine having skin that can mimic your surroundings, or even make you invisible. The Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) in the central Pacific has just such an astounding ability. It is designed...
Christians in Space
Many alive today have witnessed the entire history of space flight. Anyone who looked up to see Sputnik cross the sky on October 4, 1957, remembers the panic that set in across the country. The thought...
Ernst Chain: Antibiotics Pioneer
Ernst Chain and his colleague Howard Florey are credited with "one of the greatest discoveries in medical science ever made."1 Together with Sir Alexander Fleming, they were awarded...
Bountiful Sowing
As Director of Donor Relations, a good portion of my time each month is spent writing notes of thanks to donors who support ICR ministries. This task is most dear to my heart, since it is a reminder of...
True Science Is Creation Science
Modern secular scientists have gained a reputation as aggressively standing against God and Christianity. In many cases this reputation is justified, as has been documented frequently on these pages. However,...
April 2008
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Chasing the Elusive Brown Dwarf
A team of astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History will be reporting in the June issue of Astrophysical Journal that a new "object" in space has been discovered that some believe...
The Evidence of Nothing
Evaluating evidence is a key component in the search for truth, not only in science but in other areas of life. The ability to identify supporting facts and data is vital for proving or disproving a...
Cosmic Magnetic Fields
What is the origin of the magnetic fields we observe in the universe? Dr. D. Russell Humphreys, research physicist at ICR, has developed an explanation for the magnetic fields of earth, other planets in...
Man of Science, Man of God: Robert Boyle
Who: Robert Boyle
What: Father of Modern Chemistry
When: January 25, 1627 - December 30, 1691
Where: Born in Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland
Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle...
Intelligence Expelled
"Ideas have consequences." With these words, Premise Media CFO Ralph Manning summarized Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed at an early screening event in Fort Worth, Texas. The new film, starring...
The Secrets of Evolution
Life's amazing complexity cannot be denied. We see all around us a seeming universality of perfection. The inner complexity of living creatures is matched by symbiotic relationships between life...
Red Butte: Remnant of the Flood
Sixteen miles from Grand Canyon's south rim, a cone-shaped butte rises like a lone sentinel 1,000 feet above the Coconino Plateau floor. Thousands of tourists rush past on Arizona Highway 64 without...
The Face on Mars: A Teachable Moment
In 1976, Viking snapped a photo from Martian orbit that looked like a human face staring up from the plains of Cydonia. It launched a worldwide enterprise of imagination. For countless hours on late-night...
The Principles of Creationism
February 25, 2008, marks two years since the founder of the Institute for Creation Research, Dr. Henry M. Morris, passed into glory. In honor of this man of God, we have adapted the following article written...
Mighty Mites
Many cultures value the practice of charitable giving. The Internet especially is full of websites devoted to various ways of giving to charity, the majority of which devote much of their text to "big"...
Reflections on the Debate
Creation-evolution debates played a primary role in the early upswing of interest in creationism. In the 1970s, debates became major events on university campuses and were often the first time students...
March 2008
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Exploring the Limitations of the Scientific Method
In this day of iPods, cell phones, the Internet, and other fruits of modern science and technology, most people have at least a passing awareness of the concept of the scientific method. But just what...
Ice Age Glaciers at Yosemite National Park
Glaciers once filled Yosemite Valley almost to the top of Half Dome, stretching over Tuolumne Meadows and to Tioga Pass near the top of the Sierra Nevada. Large fields of granite that are now exposed...
Man of Science, Man of God: Johann Kepler
Who: Johann (or Johannes) Kepler
What: Father of Physical Astronomy
When: December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630
Where: Born in Weil der Stadt, Württemburg, Holy Roman Empire,...
New Doors in Dallas
After much toil and prayer, an empty building shell has been transformed into the new ICR academic and research center. Several faculty members are now in residence, along with the IT Department. The geology...
The Earth: Unique in All the Universe (Updated)
The following article was originally published as an Impact article in the June 1985 Acts & Facts. Dr. Bergman provides the following update based on what is currently known about the earth and...
Florida schools must teach evolution, despite public opinion
The Florida State Board of Education now requires the explicit teaching of evolution in public science classes, with a last minute addition of the phrase "the scientific theory of" in an apparent...
ICR Answers Critics
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) has received a great deal of media attention since its graduate school applied to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for the right to grant...
The Keys to Creation Research
There is no secret method for conducting creation research. It requires the same nose-to-the-grindstone effort that all scientific investigation requires--scholarly study, mathematical rigor, laboratory...
The Regularity of Nature
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward...
Nebulous Hypotheses
"Glittering generalities"--a phrase describing grand, panoramic scenarios that sweep difficulties under the rug--appropriately describes theories of planetary evolution. They're not as simple...
ABO Blood and Human Origins
Many people know what their blood type is and understand that blood types must be matched in a medical emergency. The ABO blood group is the most significant blood factor in clinical applications involving...
The Liberal Soul
While attending my son's baseball practice on a recent winter day, I was surprised to discover a short path of stepping stones leading from the parking area to the field. While stepping stones in that...
Issues of Life
I was recently invited to be a keynote speaker at a leadership planning meeting for international right-to-life advocacy groups. We gathered in Amsterdam, Holland, a city renowned for its history, beauty,...
February 2008
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Unlocking the Mysteries of the Human Heart
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my comandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! (Deuteronomy 5:29)
God's emphasis...
Mantle Rotation and the Flood
In August 2005, ICR installed a highspeed research computer and gave it the name Epiphany (to reveal or show forth) to reflect its purpose in using computer modeling to explore the natural processes of...
One Birthday, Two Legacies
On the 12th day of February 1809, two children were born who would each have a profound impact on the world--one that affected not just the people of his time, but continues to have an almost immeasurable...
The Biblical Origins of Modern Science
One of the most serious fallacies of modern thought is the widespread notion that biblical Christianity is in conflict with true science and, therefore, that genuine scientists cannot believe the Bible....
ICR Gives Popular Science Website New Look
The Institute for Creation Research is pleased to present a new and improved website. We invite you to explore and discover the many new features designed to give you an engaging experience and provide...
Sunlight Before the Sun
According to Scripture, God "created the heaven and the earth" on Day One of Creation Week (Genesis 1:1). Initially all was dark, until God said, "Let there be light" (v. 3). Days Two...
Food, Fasting, and Physiology
Fasting is an important, personal matter involving intense spiritual discipline (Daniel 9:3). Clearly, the Lord Jesus fasted (Matthew 9:14-15; 17:21). It is not intended for salvation or to "punish...
The Hualapai and the Flood
It rained for 45 days, and the whole earth was flooded. All the people were destroyed, except for one old man atop Spirit Mountain. Many days passed and a dove brought him instructions from the Creator...
Radiocarbon in 'Ancient' Fossil Wood
The presence of measurable radiocarbon in fossil wood supposedly tens and hundreds of millions of years old has been well-documented.1-5 Baumgardner6 has similarly reported measurable...
Redeeming the Time
Beginning a new year traditionally provides us with an opportunity to take stock of where we have been and where we wish to go. Most people make resolutions in the hope of improving their health, finances,...
A New Source for Stem Cells
Some scientists and policymakers claim that the moratorium on the use of human embryos for stem cell research has stifled the development of possible cures for debilitating diseases. Thankfully, a true...
January 2008
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FAST Progress
At the heart of ICR’s work is the belief that the inspired Word of God is relevant and accurate in all areas of life. To that end, we have undertaken scientific research to underscore the truth...
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