Word: carbone
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...Shroud of Turin has long been an important topic of discussion in Italy [RELIGION, April 20]. The carbon 14 dating analysis has not solved the question of its age, at least for those who will never cease to believe in the shroud's authenticity. In one of his Provincial Letters, Pascal wrote, "God does not manifest himself to men with all the evidence which he could show." Pascal also stated, "For it is not true that all reveals God and it is not true that all conceals God. But it is at the same time true that he hides himself...
...give man the intellectual resources to discover life's secrets? Why must science and faith be at odds? The physical evidence presented by the believers helps convince me that the shroud was used to cover a crucified man, but it does not come near to contradicting the carbon aging tests. The questions that need to be answered are, Who was this man, and who determined the sacrifice that his faith dictated? WAYNE B. ANDERSON Longmont, Colo...
...later, Carter confirmed that a bottle ofisopropyl chloroformate had exploded on its own.He said the compound had likely been opened atsome earlier date and then reacted with water inthe air to produce gases including carbon dioxide...
...woodland, casting a pall of smoke over the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. While recent rains have quenched many of the fires, the situation remains volatile. Moreover, the whole world may feel the heat. The burning forests are adding tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, worsening the threat of global warming...
Three of the warmest years of the 20th century were bunched in the 1990s. Does this reflect a long-term warming of the globe by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, as many atmospheric scientists have contended? Or was the hot spell just a random, unexceptional fluctuation in the weather? A study published last week in Nature magazine by climatologist Michael Mann and colleagues from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, may help melt away any lingering doubt about global warming. The scientists developed what amounts to a time-traveling thermometer. Applying innovative statistical tools to reams of evidence gathered from...