{"id":584,"date":"2008-05-13T19:25:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T23:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=584"},"modified":"2008-08-06T22:01:47","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T02:01:47","slug":"just-a-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"Just a news roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The headline “Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens<\/a>” is misleading, but the article is OK. Essentially, the Catholic faith has no real heartburn with science.<\/p>\n

Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, was quoted as saying the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Funes said science, especially astronomy, does not contradict religion, touching on a theme of Pope Benedict XVI, who has made exploring the relationship between faith and reason a key aspect of his papacy.<\/p>\n

The Bible “is not a science book,” Funes said, adding that he believes the Big Bang theory is the most “reasonable” explanation for the creation of the universe. The theory says the universe began billions of years ago in the explosion of a single, super-dense point that contained all matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have many fond memories of Raiders of the Lost Ark. My dad was a weekend projectionist at the local theater, so I got to see that movie for free over and over and over and over and … well, you get the idea.
\nThe two sequels so far were mediocre at best, but I am looking forward to the next movie coming out later this month. With that in mind, an intrepid reporter decided to ask real archaeologists what they thought<\/a> of good ol’ Indiana Jones. My favorite part:<\/p>\n

“I wish he’d take more notes and things. What’s his publication record?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to UCF for their acquisition of a supercomputer: Supercomputer puts UCF in big leagues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The WorldWide Telescope<\/a> looks like a cool toy. Anyone had a chance to play with it yet<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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From North Carolina we have: Brunswick school board to consider creationism teaching The Brunswick County school board is looking for a way for creationism to be taught in the classroom side by side with evolution.\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=717#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":914,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=914","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":1},"title":"More opinions on Wise","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Citizens for Science supporter Paul Cottle, who is a professor of physics at Florida State University, wrote a nice piece for the Florida Times-Union about state Senator Wise's possible intelligent design creationism bill. Wise's proposal does not represent the viewpoints of all Christians. 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Nan Rich, D-Weston, said the Board of Education was updating standards that produced students with science scores \"among the lowest in the nation.\" The state has invested hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to lure biotechnology companies to Florida. \"Then we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08"","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":761,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=761","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":3},"title":"Just the facts, buddy","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a letter published in the Lakeland Ledger today feeding the \"debate\" over evolution this newspaper and its readers like to keep alive. Regarding a recent letter concerning evolution and education, the writer concluded her remarks by suggesting that one consider the difference between science and faith. Science verses\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 6 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 6 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=761#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":920,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=920","url_meta":{"origin":584,"position":4},"title":"Proposal Misses the Mark","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"February 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Our friend Paul Cottle had a piece published in the Florida Times-Union a while ago, but the paper had sliced and diced his work quite a bit. 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