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Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones
May 14, 2024 New Scientist
Genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons has uncovered the remnants of three viruses related to modern human pathogens, and the researchers think they could be recreated
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An updated perspective on teleonomy
May 13, 2024 Behavioral and Brain Sciences, v.47
The analysis of proxy failure provides a good starting point for interdisciplinary discussions. Here, the discussion of teleonomy is extended and updated to include more recent discourse on the topic.
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The First Two Cells in a Human Embryo Contribute Disproportionately to Fetal Development
May 13, 2024 The Scientist
A research team showed that, contrary to current models, one early embryonic cell dominates lineages that will become the fetus.
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Inside the Wild Ways Many Creatures Make Milk
May 13, 2024 Smithsonian Magazine
Mammals aren’t the only animals that provide nutritious secretions for their young
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Human embryos embrace asymmetry to form the body
May 13, 2024 Nature
The cells generated by the very first division of the fertilized egg make a lopsided contribution to the body’s organs and tissues.
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Science Versus the Oldest Anti-Intelligent Design Argument
May 13, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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From the “Junk DNA” Files
May 13, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
Can “Degraded” LINE Elements Still Be Functional?
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The Dark Universe: Why we're about to solve the biggest mystery in science
May 12, 2024 BBC - Science Focus
A researcher searching for the missing part in our theory of matter reveals how we'll find it.
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In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet
May 12, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Arts Major Cracks Hard Math Through Practice, Practice, Practice
May 10, 2024 Mind Matters
She became an engineering prof that way. The war on math is certainly not over but the warriors may be starting to find themselves on the back foot
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How Does The Brain Think?
May 10, 2024 Discover magazine
Thinking builds neural networks, which is why practice improves performance
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Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations
May 10, 2024 New Scientist
Sufficiently advanced aliens would be able to capture vast quantities of energy from their star using a massive structure called a Dyson sphere. Such a device would give off an infrared heat signature -- and astronomers have just spotted 60 stars that see
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The Tradition of British Natural Theology
May 10, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
Meyer and Klavan
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Discontinuities in the Fossil Record -- A Problem for Neo-Darwinism
May 10, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
Fossil Friday
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Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead?
May 9, 2024 The Conversation
There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests
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News Update/Commentary
New sex-determining mechanism in African butterfly discovered
May 9, 2024 Science Daily
In a study of a species of African butterfly, researchers have discovered a previously undescribed molecular mechanism of how the sex of an embryo is initially specified.
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News Update/Commentary
New Rhizobia-diatom symbiosis solves long-standing marine mystery
May 9, 2024 Science Daily
Scientists have discovered a new partnership between a marine diatom and a bacterium that can account for a large share of nitrogen fixation in vast regions of the ocean.
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Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense
May 9, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Twisting Evidence Against Evolution into Evidence for Evolution
May 9, 2024 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Freed from serious critique by non-Darwinists, evolutionists can twist any data into support for their Darwinist ideology
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An Example of Chance and Necessity, or Programming?
May 9, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
Antibiotic Resistance
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Evolvability predicts macroevolution under fluctuating selection
May 9, 2024 Science, v.384, n.6696, p.688-693
Macroevolution pertains to patterns over long time scales and change across diverged lineages. Microevolution, on the other hand, operates on ecological time scales and populations, and questions of local adaptation are often the focus.
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Sperm Whale Clicks Could Hide a Surprisingly Complex ‘Alphabet'
May 8, 2024 Science Alert
Members of the conservation initiative Project CETI discovered series of clicks less than 2 seconds in length act as codas -- basic units (phonemes) of cetacean speech.
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Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model
May 8, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Stanford's Censorship: An Interview with Dr. Scott Atlas
May 8, 2024 Stanford Review
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Consciousness came before life
May 8, 2024 iai News
The fundamental cause of evolution
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Why eggs should be front and centre in the story of evolution
May 8, 2024 New Scientist
From large and shell-covered to tiny and jelly-like, the developmental story of eggs offers a way to rethink the story of life, says Jules Howard in his new book Infinite Life
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‘Milestone’ discovery as JWST confirms atmosphere on an Earth-like exoplanet
May 8, 2024 Nature
55 Cancri e is too hot to support life as we know it, but could provide clues about Earth’s formation.
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Bursa: Not a Vestigial Organ
May 8, 2024 Creation-Evolution Headlines
A seemingly useless tissue was often surgically removed until it was found to be very important
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Assuming Design, Researchers Achieve a Breakthrough in Understanding Circulatory System
May 8, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division
May 8, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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The importance of distinguishing climate science from climate activism
May 8, 2024 npj Climate Action, v.3
I am concerned by climate scientists becoming climate activists, because scholars should not have a priori interests in the outcome of their studies. Likewise, I am worried about activists who pretend to be scientists, as this can be a misleading form of
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Bonobos Are More, Not Less, Aggressive Than Chimps
May 7, 2024 Mind Matters
Tracking males of both types of ape every waking hour shattered the pop science “hippie ape” illusion
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Enuma Elish: Did It Influence Genesis 1?
May 7, 2024 Answers in Genesis
Does Genesis share a Mesopotamian worldview?
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Could alien life be hiding in the rings of Saturn or Jupiter?
May 7, 2024 space.com
"I like the idea of thinking about creative places where life could be."
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Are Guppies Examples of Darwinian Macroevolution?
May 7, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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News Update/Commentary
Chimps learn and improve tool-using skills even as adults
May 7, 2024 Science Daily
Prolonged learning capacity might be key to evolution of tool use in chimps and humans
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A Laser Zapped the Rocks on Mars and Revealed a Long-Lost Water World
May 7, 2024 Popular Mechanics
Evidence suggests the Red Planet once mirrored Earth’s blue oceans.
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What Counts as Consciousness
May 6, 2024 nautil.us
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.
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Epistemic language in news headlines shapes readers’ perceptions of objectivity
May 6, 2024 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
We investigated how subtle differences in epistemic language in headlines (e.g., “believe” vs. “know“) affect readers’ inferences about whether claims are perceived as matters of fact or mere opinion.
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Lay Science Reporters Perpetuate Evolutionary Myths
May 6, 2024 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Myths are homologous by common descent of mutations in logic. Or is that by design?
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Two Measures of Intelligent Design’s Advance
May 6, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
Peer-Reviewed Publications and ID 3.0
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C. S. Lewis on the Unique Gullibility of the Elites, and More
May 6, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
John West in Conversation with Eric Metaxas
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Was Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?
May 5, 2024 Mind Matters
Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense
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Again with the ‘Plants Are Intelligent' Nonsense
May 5, 2024 Mind Matters
It seems to me that the ultimate point of these “plants are persons too”–type stories is to undermine human exceptionalism
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Can an Atheist Believe in Life After Death
May 5, 2024 Mind Matters
An atheist philosopher makes the case at Closer to Truth
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Blog Post
Why Specified Complexity is Key to Detecting Design
May 5, 2024
In plain English what specified complexity is and why it is able to detect design
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Former Atheist Leader Shares Christianity with Richard Dawkins, and the Room Erupts
May 5, 2024 Red State
Originally from Somalia, Hirsi Ali left her home country in her early 20s and dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of women subjugated by Islam.
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Puppy-dog eyes in wild canines sparks rethink on dog evolution
May 5, 2024 Nature
The eyebrows of the African wild dog have scientists wondering whether other dogs can make the irresistible ‘puppy-dog eyes’ expression.
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Video
Proof of Consciousness
May 4, 2024 YouTube
What can we actually prove scientifically about consciousness? Is there any experiment we can do to come up with conclusive answers? Where does scientific inquiry meet the mysteries of human experience?
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Key events in the Bible confirmed using radiocarbon dating
May 4, 2024 Live Science
The research combined radiocarbon dating with measurements of atmospheric radiocarbon from tree rings to build a chronology of the settlement and destruction of Jerusalem