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Japan Firm Builds 'Noah's Ark' For Next Tsunami

Matt Cantor — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:25:05 CDT

It’s Noah’s Ark for the 21st century: A Japanese firm has built a tiny, floating shelter that can hold four adults, the AP reports. Called the “Noah,” the enhanced-fiberglass contraption looks like a huge tennis ball and doubles as a toy house for kids. Cosmo Power Co. has already received...

Sink the $40M Tax Break for Noah's Ark Park

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:03:22 CST

Kentucky's plan to grant a $40 million tax break to a Noah's Ark theme park is roiling waters as far away as Los Angeles. The $150 million "Ark Encounter" park, featuring a three-story-high ship, is being conceived by a Christian ministry that believes humans co-existed with dinosaurs and that the...

Explorer Goes Missing in Hunt for Noah's Ark

Kevin Spak — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:30:05 CST

A Scottish explorer has been reported missing after going off alone in search of the mythical Noah’s Ark, Aol News reports. Donald Mackenzie has gone on several expeditions to Mount Ararat, the ark’s fabled landing spot. His latest was prompted by a Chinese-Turkish expedition’s claims to have at last found...

Evidence Points to Noah's Ark Hoax

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:20:00 CDT

A purported Noah's Ark discovered by a team of Chinese evangelists in Turkey may be a hoax created with old timber by local Kurds, reveals the Christian Science Monitor . "Proper analysis may show this to be a hoax and negatively reflect how gullible Christians can be," said American ark expert...

Evangelist Explorers Say They Found Noah's Ark

Nick McMaster — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:39:50 CDT

A team of evangelical explorers (who knew?) say they've found Noah's Ark on a mountain in Turkey. The Turkish and Chinese archeologists found remains of a wooden structure 13,000 feet up on Mount Ararat. The team believes it couldn't be remains of a human settlement because none are known...

Hong Kong Brothers Brave Tide With Life-Size Ark

Matt Cantor — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:18:20 CDT

A trio of billionaire brothers in Hong Kong is offering shelter from the financial storm in the form of a life-size Noah’s ark replica, built using the Bible as a manual, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ark is one of many replicas worldwide, but the only one that conforms...

150 Animals to Star in Massive 'Ark' Musical

Harry Kimball — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:48:20 CDT

Hold on to your camels, folks: A full-blown Biblical gala is opening tonight in Branson, Mo., in the form of Noah—the Musical . The show will feature more than 40 actors and 150 animals, half live, half animatronic, the Economist reports.

Creation Geologists Rock World

Jane Yager — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:10:00 CST

Today's creationist geologists are not who the secular may think. Numerous and thriving, many hold advanced degrees from top universities, and are making evangelicals more open to scientific evidence. And they are experts for the nearly half of Americans who believe God created the Earth in the last 10,000...

Noah's Flood Transformed Agriculture

Sam Gale Rosen — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:33:45 CST

The real-life inspiration for the biblical flood may have been responsible for the widespread adoption of agriculture in Europe, according to a new study. About 8,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, ice sheets melted, causing massive flooding in the Black Sea basin. That forced...