Science News
Occurrence of the Trace Fossil Hillichnus in Association with Dinosaur Footprints
Hillichnus is a relatively rare, complex, invertebrate trace fossil, attributed to mollusks as they feed and move in sandy substrates. Research partly funded by the Geoscience Research institute has led to the remarkably identification of this trace fossil alongside dinosaur and bird tracks at an Upper Cretaceous study site in Bolivia. The finding has been documented in a recent publication on the journal Geobios.
Four Poster Presentations at the 2024 Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America
Research partially funded by the Geoscience Research Institute was presented in poster format at The Geological Society of America meetings, held in Anaheim, California, 22-25 Sept 2024
Theropod Undertracks Preserved in the Sucusuma Tracksite, Torotoro National Park, Bolivia
Research funded by the Geoscience Research Institute was presented at the XXXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, held in Coruña, Spain – October 2-4, 2024.
Seeking Understanding: Mart de Groot
How did a Dutch survivor of WWII end up as Director of the historic Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland? To find out, you will have to watch this film about Dr. Mart de Groot, but his path to the Armagh Observatory is hardly the most surprising thing. How did this prominent astronomer transition to the role of a local church pastor? How much of his journey was influenced by the founder of the Armagh Observatory, the visionary Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland for the Anglican Church? Dr. de Groot’s story may open as many questions as it answers, but questions are what every scientist faces when they commit to looking for truths in the natural world, as does every Christian when moving forward in faith. Sometimes it's the answers that are most satisfying, sometimes it’s the journey to find those answers, but more often than not, it is these new questions that open our minds to how incredible the creation is.
GRI Conference on Faith and Science, London 2024
This event reaffirmed the role of Christian researchers in sharing the biblical perspective of origins while engaging in their lines of scientific and academic pursuit
Ordovician Crinoids
Crinoids (also known as sea lilies) are a class of marine invertebrates with a rich fossil record. No fossils of crinoids are found in Cambrian strata, but in the Lower Ordovician we observe the abrupt appearance of distinct types of crinoids with no clear ancestral intermediates. Learn more about Ordovician crinoids from this GRI virtual collection.
Coconino Sandstone
The Coconino Sandstone is a Permian Formation preserved in northern Arizona (USA). Learn more about this unit and the fossil trackways found in its layers from the specimens hosted in the GRI collections.
Creation
Book chapter authored by Dr. Tim Standish and published in The Oxford Handbook of Seventh-day Adventism
Three Pounds of Wonder
A new stunning short film on the human brain produced by The John 10:10 Project.