Crust Thickness and Life and Antimatter Feels Gravity | Hugh Ross and Jeff Zweerink

#antimatter #gravity #platetectonics
Join Hugh Ross and Jeff Zweerink as they discuss new discoveries taking place at the frontiers of science that have theological and philosophical implications, including the reality of God’s existence.
Crust Thickness and Life
A team of five geophysicists demonstrated that the level of oxides in basalt primary melts are a good proxy for the thickness of Earth’s crust. They then supervised a machine-learning algorithm to analyze global geodatabases (e.g., EarthChem and GEOROC) of basalts to determine the variation of the thickness of Earth’s crust spanning the past 3.8 billion years. Their analysis revealed five features of Earth’s crust that led to supercontinent cycles and plate tectonics that are highly fine-tuned for complex life on Earth
Antimatter Feels Gravity
When Einstein first published his general theory of relativity, scientists did not even know about antimatter-which was discovered almost 15 years later. Since then, scientists have speculated about how antimatter behaves in gravitational fields. Most think that it behaves just like normal matter. However, gravity’s weakness compared to electromagnetic forces has prevented any direct test to see if antimatter falls like normal matter. Recently, the ALPHA collaboration was able to isolate enough atoms of antihydrogen (antimatter counterpart of hydrogen) to demonstrate that the atoms behave like normal hydrogen atoms in a gravitational field. This result demonstrates two things. First, it provides even more evidence for the constancy of the laws of physics. Second, it shows that scientists are willing, able, and driven to test fundamental parts of theories rather than simply accept them without data.
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PLAYLIST - • Stars, Cells, and God
Crust Thickness and Life
Zhen-Jie Zhang et al., “Lithospheric Thickness Records Tectonic Evolution by Controlling Metamorphic Conditions,” www.science.or...
Meng Guo and Jun Korenaga, “Argon Constraints on the Early Growth of Felsic Continental Crust,” www.science.or...
Antimatter Feels Gravity
E. K. Anderson et al., “Observation of the Effect of Gravity on the Motion of Antimatter,” www.nature.com...
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[@Pacdoc-oz]

As I contemplated the description of the unfolding of the vast database to reveal correlations which were then able to be used with other comprehensive data sets it was interesting. Then the disclosure that this could be reliably understood to discover that there were a definite number of supercontinents was exciting. Then the discussion about the equal periodicity of their aggregation but shortening of their life added another complexity. Came to mind a dance, stately and disciplined, intricate steps and graceful coupled rhythm as if to a celestial orchestral masterpiece. DNA was not the only language from the mind of God, gravity and circular motion and thermodynamics and biological life forms co-ordinated by another intrinsic meaningful instruction set from the same genius beyond our comprehension. Hallowed be Thy Name!

[@ozjewel4672]

Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, Consider all the works Thy Hands have made I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed: Then sings my soul ...

[@chrisbeard4236]

Amen

[@ShaniaSuperFan]

Isn't this a rerun??

[@justineld4905]

I'm pretty certain the news of anti-matter still being affected by normal gravity is somewhat recent. There's a PBS Spacetime video from just about a month ago talking about the same news.