Genesis Science Report with David Rives

David Rives is joined by Professor Patrick Miller and Dr. Sarah Petersen. In this episode: Opening Monologue: Why Chemistry Cannot Defeat Death Interview 1: Professor Patrick Miller — Why Sperm Whales Sleep Vertically The Heavens Declare: THD 393 When God Leaves Kids Corner: How Amethyst Gets Purple Genesis Science Q&A: Why Doesn't the Museum Mention Neil Armstrong? Ministry Report: Wonders Ce...

A University of Minnesota team says it built a cell entirely from non-living parts that grows, feeds and divides, and David looks at what that engineering actually shows. Professor Andy McIntosh returns with the work to turn the bombardier beetle's spray into real technology, and Dr. Carl Werner continues his Smithsonian series with the scientists behind two more walking whale displays. In this ep...

A Silicon Valley engineer founded a church devoted to a Godhead based on artificial intelligence, and David looks at the new push to worship machines. Physicist Dr. Eric Hedin explains the fine-tuned cosmological constant, and Tommy Lohman weighs in on whether Nanotyrannus is its own dinosaur or a young T. rex. In this episode: Opening monologue: Silicon Valley's new AI religion Interview 1 - Dr....

A Columbia University team used base editing to rewrite a single letter of DNA in living human embryos. Neuroscientist Dr. David DeWitt looks at a Harvard study on lithium and the Alzheimer's brain, and Michael Oard explains a beach in England where rock formed in a matter of decades. In this episode: Opening monologue: Editing human embryos one DNA letter at a time Interview 1 - Dr. David DeWitt...

The human brain runs on about the power of a dim light bulb, and Steve Furber, who helped design the original ARM chip, explains why engineers still cannot match it. Biomedical engineer Dr. Rob Stadler explains the protein folding problem. In this episode: Opening monologue: The shifting headlines on how life began Interview 1 - Steve Furber on neuromorphic computing and building a brain-like chip...

Archaeologists in Iznik, the ancient city of Nicaea, found a painting of Jesus as the Good Shepherd on the wall of a Roman tomb. Professor Andy McIntosh explains the bombardier beetle's boiling chemical spray, and Steve Taylor of the University of Liverpool discusses collagen found in a duck-billed dinosaur bone. In this episode: Opening monologue: The Good Shepherd painting found in a tomb at Nic...

Molecular biologist Dr. Ian Macreadie looks at new research linking gut bacteria to the protein plaques of Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Douglas Petrovich returns to name the Pharaoh he believes ruled Egypt at the time of the Exodus. In this episode: Opening monologue: The lost world beneath Antarctica's ice Interview 1 - Dr. Ian Macreadie on the gut-brain link to Alzheimer's The Heavens Declare: The C...

Every Exodus movie casts Ramses the Great as Pharaoh, but Dr. Douglas Petrovich explains why the Bible's own dates put the Exodus more than a century before him. Historian Dr. Terry Mortenson traces how the idea of millions of years took hold before anyone could date a rock. In this episode: Opening monologue: More than 110 new species found in the Coral Sea Interview 1 - Dr. Terry Mortenson on ho...

Archaeologists in Laodicea found a headless marble statue of Athena lying face down behind a theater wall. Professor Stuart Burgess explains why engineers still cannot match a bird's shape-changing wing, and Wonders Center marine biologist Jack Hollander looks at a seafloor graveyard of nearly 500 whales. In this episode: Opening monologue: A statue of Athena found face down at Laodicea Interview...

The same rock in northern Quebec has been dated about half a billion years apart by two different methods, and nuclear chemist Dr. Jay Wile explains the assumptions behind radiometric dates. Planetary geologist Dr. Clive Neal discusses the magnetic patches on the Moon and NASA's plans to study them. In this episode: Opening monologue: Three strange ancient creatures described by scientists Intervi...

A new study says the Moon's drift away from Earth is speeding up, and physicist Dr. Don DeYoung explains what a changing rate does to long-age calculations. Dr. Gordon Wilson looks at 11 new species found in the limestone caves of western Cambodia. In this episode: Opening monologue: 3D printing and the image of the Maker Interview 1 - Dr. Don DeYoung on the receding Moon The Heavens Declare: The...

A study found more than 200 metabolic enzymes attached directly to human DNA, and biochemist Dr. Joe DeWeese explains what that means for the textbook picture of the cell. Former NASA Cassini team member David Coppedge says many Christians have a creation deficit and simply stopped looking up. In this episode: Opening monologue: Earth's magnetic field and the shield it provides Interview 1 - Dr. J...

Dr. Ming Wang trained at Harvard and MIT and has performed more than 55,000 laser eye procedures, and he tells David why four decades inside the human eye led him away from evolution. Dr. Carl Werner continues his Smithsonian tour with the walking whale display. In this episode: Opening monologue: Al Gore's climate career and An Inconvenient Truth Interview 1 - Dr. Carl Werner on the Smithsonian's...

That earthy smell after a rainstorm comes from soil bacteria found on every continent, and microbiologist Dr. Andrew Fabich explains why that pattern points back to Genesis. Dan Janzen of the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International looks at what the crop data says about famine headlines, and Dr. Jerry Bergman returns to talk about Darwin's doubts. In this episode: Opening monologue: A startu...

Darwin rewrote about three quarters of On the Origin of Species and privately admitted he picked the wrong name for his theory. Dr. Jerry Bergman walks through Darwin's letters, and Dr. Tim Clarey explains why the Green River cuts straight through Utah's Uinta Mountains. In this episode: Opening monologue: Humanity's long fascination with the Moon Interview 1 - Dr. Tim Clarey of the Institute for...

The government has released over 160 unresolved UFO cases, and CBN journalist Billy Hallowell tells David why he thinks many encounters are spiritual rather than extraterrestrial. Former Delaware State climatologist Dr. David Legates also weighs in on a push to declare ocean dead zones a new global tipping point. In this episode: Opening monologue: Newly released UAP files, including flashes seen...

NASA is planning a nuclear-powered spacecraft bound for Mars, and former NASA nuclear research manager Dr. Michael Houts explains what it would take. Microbiologist Dr. Andrew Fabich looks at a Berkeley finding about an organism that reads the genetic code in an unexpected way, and the show opens on the claim that the universe is a computer simulation. In this episode: Opening monologue: Is the un...

The oldest flood account outside the Bible names a city, and researchers recently confirmed a thick flood layer beneath it in southern Iraq. Joseph Hubbard of Creation Research UK walks through the evidence, and engineer Tom Rogers explains the precision behind the two million red blood cells your body builds every second. In this episode: Opening monologue: Blood Falls, Antarctica's red waterfall...

A California startup wants to launch 50,000 mirrors into orbit to reflect sunlight back to Earth at night, and astronomer Dr. John Barentine explains what that could mean for the night sky. Dr. Stephen Meyer returns to the studio to talk about coded information and molecular machines inside the cell. In this episode: Opening monologue: A Science Advances study where researchers given identical dat...

Chicago's Field Museum called its new Archaeopteryx the fossil that proved Darwin right, but Dr. Brian Thomas explains why its preserved soft tissue points the other way. Scott Stripling also tells what happened to beams that may come from Solomon's Temple. In this episode: Opening monologue: How Charles Darwin marketed his theory Interview 1 - Dr. Brian Thomas on soft tissue in the Chicago Archae...

Headlines called a newly found planet Earth's twin, but Frank Sherwin of the Institute for Creation Research explains why the data says otherwise. Dr. Stephen Meyer joins David in studio on the information written into DNA, and the show opens with NASA's return to the Moon. In this episode: Opening monologue: Artemis II and the first crewed trip around the Moon in over 50 years Interview 1 - Frank...

A tiny clay seal found near Jerusalem's Western Wall appears to be an Assyrian tax notice addressed to the Kingdom of Judah. Dr. Carl Werner continues his look inside the Smithsonian, and Dan Janzen sorts through the explanations people are offering for UFOs. In this episode: Opening monologue: A 2,700-year-old Assyrian tax notice to the Kingdom of Judah found near the Temple Mount Interview 1 - D...

Synthetic biology is moving fast. Too fast, according to a growing number of researchers warning that "mirror bacteria" — life built from reversed molecular components — could pose risks no ecosystem has ever faced. Dr. Brian Thomas of ICR breaks down what's actually being proposed. Then Professor Stuart Burgess, one of the UK's top mechanical engineers, on the design built into the human body tha...

A successful conservation story in Patagonia is producing a result no one planned for — pumas hunting Magellanic penguins by the thousands. Dr. Gordon Wilson on what this reveals about ecosystem balance and the limits of human management. Plus, a closer look at one of North America's most extreme climbers: the Rocky Mountain goat, and the design features that let it live where almost nothing else...

Most students are told evolution is settled science. But as new discoveries pile up around biological information and the origin of life, even mainstream researchers are quietly moving the goalposts. Dr. Charles G. Jackson on where observation ends and assumption begins. Then Dr. Glenn Wilson, a USDA soil scientist, on why a single storm can erase what textbooks claim took centuries to build. In t...