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The Fate of Evolution Without Natural Selection
October 30, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Blog Post
AI can carry out qualitative research at unprecedented scale
October 30, 2024 London School of Economics and Political Science
a new open source platform to support this new form of qualitative research
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5 Small Steps for AI Skeptics
October 30, 2024 Chronicle of Higher Education
Getting academics to teach with tools like ChatGPT is proving to be a tough nut to crack.
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Can Classical Worlds Emerge from Parallel Quantum Universes?
October 30, 2024 Physics, v.17
Simulations deliver hints on how the multiverse produced according to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics might be compatible with our stable, classical Universe.
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How the Occult Gave Birth to Science
October 30, 2024 nautil.us
For scientists of yore anything -- from mermaids to alchemy -- was on the table.
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How Many Continents Are There? You May Not Like the Answers.
October 30, 2024 New York Times
Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.
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Nagging Problems Explaining Life’s Wonders
October 30, 2024 Creation-Evolution Headlines
In this two-part guest article, Dr. James O. Smith surveys the hurdles evolution must leap
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News Update/Commentary
It's not to be. Universe too short for Shakespeare typing monkeys
October 30, 2024 Science Daily
It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare
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News Update/Commentary
Sinuses prevented prehistoric crocodile relatives from deep diving
October 30, 2024 Science Daily
Paleobiologists have found that the sinuses of ocean dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers like whales and dolphins.
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain
October 30, 2024 Nature, v.635, p.376-381
A dearth of Mesozoic-aged, three-dimensional fossils hinders understanding of the origin of the distinctive skull and brain of modern (crown) birds
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The genetic legacy of the wild ancestors of modern cattle
October 30, 2024 Nature
Analyses of ancient DNA from aurochs -- large, wild cattle that co-existed with humans for millennia -- reveals how early humans tamed these beasts and bred them with domesticated cattle for strength and resilience.
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Video
How Did Animals Spread Around the World After Noah's Flood?
October 29, 2024 YouTube
Since the Ark landed somewhere in the Middle East, areas like Africa, Asia, and Europe were easy to get to. But how did animals spread to far off places like the Americas and Australia?
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Can we place the sons of Noah on the Y chromosome tree?
October 29, 2024 Creation Ministries International
The solution is harder than most people think
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Unraveling the Web of Proteins in Spider Silk
October 29, 2024 The Scientist
Compartmentalized protein expression in the spider silk gland provides clues to spinning more sustainable materials.
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Zombie Fungi Hijack Hosts’ Brains
October 29, 2024 The Scientist
Mind-controlling fungi are changing the ways that scientists understand host-parasite relationships.
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Studying Biology with System Engineering Principles
October 29, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Common misconceptions of speciation
October 28, 2024 Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, v.3, n.1
Speciation is a complex process that can unfold in many different ways. Speciation researchers sometimes simplify core principles in their writing in a way that implies misconceptions about the speciation process.
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Why humans kiss
October 28, 2024 Cosmos Magazine
It might have evolved from our ape ancestors grooming
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String theory provides a new take on the expansion of the Universe
October 28, 2024 Advanced Science News
String theory could reshape our understanding of the Universe's accelerating expansion and unlock the mysteries of dark energy.
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Scientists thought a warming Earth led to the age of the dinosaurs. That might be wrong
October 28, 2024 Independent (UK)
The extinction event wiped out three-quarters of all life on Earth more than 200 million years ago
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Using AI to Discover Intelligent Design
October 28, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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New Graphic Novel Asks: Does God Exist?
October 28, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Peer-reviewed Paper
From Bayes to Darwin
October 28, 2024 bioRxiv
evolutionary search as an exaptation from sampling-based Bayesian inference
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Book
The God Proofs: How Science Points to YOUR Creator
October 28, 2024 Discovery Institute Press
Join two friends on an epic journey to tackle the ultimate mystery -- does God exist? In this graphic novel, follow our dynamic duo as they explore the wonders of science, challenge each other’s beliefs, and uncover mind-boggling facts about the universe. | See Also Amazon
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Weird microbes could help rewrite the origin of multicellular life
October 28, 2024 New Scientist
Single-celled organisms called archaea can become multicellular when compressed, highlighting the role of physical forces in evolution
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Creation's Bullseye
October 28, 2024 Institute for Creation Research
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Did Lucy Rescue the Human Evolution Story?
October 28, 2024 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Scientific American admits that before the discovery of Lucy very little evidence existed for human evolution, and much of it was wrong!
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Billboard Chris Asks a Sharp Question About “Evolution"
October 28, 2024 Mind Matters
On a logical basis, Elston’s critique is unanswerable -- but logic no longer has the status that it once did. Nor does evidence.
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The Tolkien Test vs. The Turing Test
October 28, 2024 Mind Matters
Could AI create Middle-earth?
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Quantum ‘Schrödinger's cat' survives for a stunning 23 minutes
October 28, 2024 New Scientist
A typically fragile quantum superposition has been made to last exceptionally long, and could eventually be used as a probe for discovering new physics
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An Artist Talks with Dembski about Intelligent Design
October 28, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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A Historian Finds a History Amid Cultural Myths
October 27, 2024 Mind Matters
As his views matured, Stark found himself more and more opposed to the nineteenth-century positivist founders of social science
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Video
A Single Cell Is More Complex Than We Ever Imagined
October 26, 2024 YouTube
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At Big Think: Getting Stoned Shaped the Modern Mind
October 26, 2024 Mind Matters
Cognitive neuroscientist Bobby Azarian sees human civilization forming something like “the brain of Gaia” in a cosmos that is becoming increasingly conscious
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An Extinct Animal Body Plan from the Cambrian Explosion
October 25, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
Fossil Friday
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems
October 25, 2024 Interface Focus, v.14, n.5
the outcome of evolutionary dynamics could have resulted in organisms with different forms and functions. At the same time, there is ample evidence that convergence and constraints strongly limit the domain of the potential design principles that evolutio
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After Decades of Searching, Are Physicists Closing In on Dark Matter?
October 25, 2024 Smithsonian Magazine
With no conclusive laboratory results, researchers are turning to other methods to find the elusive substance
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News Update/Commentary
How mammals got their stride
October 25, 2024 Science Daily
New study reveals the twists and turns of mammal evolution from a sprawling to upright posture
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Philosopher: Human Language Is Too Entangled for Computers
October 25, 2024 Mind Matters
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Human-driven evolution of color in a stonefly mimic
October 24, 2024 Science, v.386, n.6720, p.453-458
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Predicting and anticipating rapid evolution
October 24, 2024 Science, v.386, n.6720, p.376-377
Human impacts alter species interactions and evolutionary dynamics in wild populations
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Is a Spiny Slug the Mollusc's Ancestor?
October 24, 2024 Institute for Creation Research
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News Update/Commentary
Gut bacteria transfer genes to disable weapons of their competitors
October 24, 2024 Science Daily
New research shows how common gut bacteria tame their antagonistic neighbors by transferring genes that change their weapon systems
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“Notions” About Metamorphosis Fall Short of Scientific Explanations
October 24, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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First-ever dinosaur fossils discovered in Hong Kong
October 24, 2024 CNN
The fossils were found on Port Island, an uninhabitable expanse of rocks in the northeastern waters of the city
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Stunning fossil trapped in amber reveals previously unknown species
October 24, 2024 CNN
that lived during the time of dinosaurs
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Video
Biology's Functional Networks, Not Genes, Are Key for Longevity
October 24, 2024 Live Longer World
Denis is an advocate for taking a systems integrative approach to biology, as opposed to the reductionist gene-centric view that has dominated the field due to Neo-Darwinism.
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The Big Bang is a mirror, hiding another universe behind it
October 23, 2024 iai News
Cosmic inflation is a figment of scientists' imagination
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Richard Dawkins, the Unlikely Evangelist
October 23, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Humanoid Robot's Painting Up for Auction at Sotheby's October 1
October 23, 2024 Mind Matters
‘AI God,’ a painting of computer pioneer Alan Turing (1912–1954) produced by humanoid robot Ai-Da will be on the auction block at Sotheby’s from Oct 31–Nov 7. The robot, built by an Oxford-based research group, is believed to be the first of its kind