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• Quantum to cosmos: Why scale is vital to our understanding of reality

  May 22, 2024 Chen Ly New Scientist

  From the vastness of the universe to the infinitesimal particles that comprise it, extremes of scale defy comprehension -- and present a problem for physicists seeking a unified theory of everything

• How quantum entanglement really works and why we accept its weirdness

  May 22, 2024 Michael Brooks New Scientist

  Subatomic particles can appear to instantly influence one another, no matter how far apart they are. These days, that isn't a source of mystery -- it's a fact of the universe and a resource for new technologies

• Astronomers find long-missing dwarf galaxies -- too many of them

  May 22, 2024 Jonathan O'Callaghan Science

  Apparent overabundance means theories of how galaxies took shape in the early universe may need adjusting

• Peer-reviewed Paper

  Rapid vertebrate speciation via isolation, bottlenecks, and drift

  May 21, 2024 Andrew N. Black, et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v.121, n.22

  We studied desert fish populations that nominally comprise a single species. High levels of genome-wide differentiation were observed, and coalescent-based species delimitation identifies two well-supported species.

• News Update/Commentary

  Researchers discover hidden step in dinosaur feather evolution

  May 21, 2024 University College Cork Science Daily

  Scientists discover ‘zoned development' in dinosaur skin, with zones of reptile-style scales and zones of bird-like skin with feathers. A new dinosaur skin fossil has been found to be composed of silica -- the same as glass.

• Harassment of scientists is surging -- institutions aren’t sure how to help

  May 21, 2024 Bianca Nogrady Nature

  As researchers increasingly face many kinds of attack over their work, there is debate about how to support and protect them.

• Lab-grown sperm and eggs: ‘epigenetic’ reset in human cells paves the way

  May 21, 2024 Heidi Ledford Nature

  Technique wipes away tags on DNA that must be reprogrammed during development of reproductive cells.

• Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?

  May 21, 2024 Daniel Witt Evolution News & Science Today

• The Fall of Big Science

  May 21, 2024 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

  You can’t trust what Big Science says any more. It’s up to individuals with integrity to rebuild science.

• Intelligent Design Made Relatable

  May 21, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today

  New Young Adult Novel from Discovery Institute Press

• Neuroscientist: The “I" of Consciousness Cannot Be Explained Away

  May 21, 2024 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

  Skeptical philosopher David Hume tried it and, Raymond Tallis says, things collapsed almost immediately

• Video

  The Historical Adam: theological conundrums and scientific implications

  May 20, 2024 Robert Carter YouTube

• How Neanderthal language differed from modern human -- they probably didn’t use metaphors

  May 20, 2024 Steven Mithen The Conversation

  The Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. They remain central to debates about the nature of the genus Homo

• Video

  Natural Evil: Viruses & Creationism

  May 20, 2024 Let's Talk Creation YouTube

  Paul and Todd revisit their natural evil series with a new installment on some of the most mysterious residents of our planet: viruses. If you're interested in creationist thought on the nature of life and the goodness of the creator, watch this.

• News Update/Commentary

  Diverse headgear in hoofed mammals evolved from common ancestor

  May 20, 2024 American Museum of Natural History Science Daily

  Genomic study supports hypothesis that ruminant horns and antlers did not evolve independently

• How religious scientists balance work and faith

  May 20, 2024 Anne Marie Conlon Nature

  Researchers find ways to interweave faith and science, from discussing Ramadan fasts with colleagues to applying religious parables to lab work.

• Exploring extremes in the search for life on Mars

  May 20, 2024 College of Biological Sciences University of Minnesota

  CBS researchers study how the unique geochemical environment on Mars could shape life in the past or present.

• Will Artificial Intelligence Revolutionize Math?

  May 20, 2024 Eric Holloway Mind Matters

  In an article in Nature, mathematician Thomas Fink makes the case that AI can rapidly falsify wrong conjectures. But what about its built-in limitations?

• What is thought and how does thinking manifest in the brain?

  May 20, 2024 Kate Douglas New Scientist

  We can describe different kinds of thought and how they arise, to some extent, but the relationship between neural activity and the nature of what we are thinking isn't well understood

• World’s only lungless frog species actually does have lungs after all

  May 20, 2024 Sofia Quaglia New Scientist

  The rare Bornean flat-headed frog was thought to be the only frog with no lungs, but we now know it has very, very tiny ones

• How indefinite causality could lead us to a theory of quantum gravity

  May 20, 2024 Michael Brooks New Scientist

  Experiments show that effect doesn’t always follow cause in the weird world of subatomic particles, offering fresh clues about the quantum origins of space-time

• Radiocarbon Can Interact With Biblical History

  May 20, 2024 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

  There were surprises when radiocarbon dates augmented studies of Iron Age Jerusalem.

• Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

  May 20, 2024 David Coppedge Evolution News & Science Today

• What Does It Mean To Say That “Lobsters Are Conscious"?

  May 19, 2024 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

  The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, signed in April by 40 researchers, posits a “realistic possibility of conscious experience” in all vertebrates and many invertebrates

• The nature of consciousness, and how to enjoy it while you can

  May 18, 2024 Lindsey Laughlin ars technica

  In his new book, Christof Koch views consciousness as a theorist and an aficionado.

• Black hole singularities defy physics. New research could finally do away with them.

  May 18, 2024 Andrey Feldman Live Science

  Black hole singularities defy the laws of physics. New research presents a bold solution to this puzzle: Black holes may actually be a theoretical type of star called a ‘gravastar,' filled with universe-expanding dark energy.

• Video

  Biology beyond the genome

  May 18, 2024 Denis Noble YouTube

  Are our genes really as deterministic as we think they are?

• Did Two Life-Forms Merge to Create a New Organelle?

  May 18, 2024 Harry F. Sanders, III Answers in Genesis

  Nitrogen, News, and Nonsense

• What Drives the Belief That We Live in a Computer Sim Universe?

  May 18, 2024 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

  The lack of evidence for the sim is admitted — but then we are challenged to prove that it ISN’T true…

• Harvard Law To Teach Rights of Nature

  May 18, 2024 Wesley J. Smith Mind Matters

  People think that such a whacky idea will never gain traction. But the nature-rights movement is making great headway

• Video

  History and the Bible -- The Records Are Accurate

  May 17, 2024 Stand to Reason YouTube

  Titus Kennedy, author of “The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands: Uncovering Biblical Sites of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World,” about archaeological finds that shed light on various Old Testament accounts.

• Using vague language about scientific facts misleads readers

  May 17, 2024 John Timmer ars technica

  Using subjective phrasing like “scientists believe" makes facts seem like opinions.

• ‘More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors

  May 17, 2024 Emily Cooke Live Science

  Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here's how.

• 10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health

  May 17, 2024 Emily Cooke Live Science

  Around 2% of the genomes of modern Eurasians contains Neanderthal DNA. Here's how it affects our health.

• Could ‘Science Courts' Help Build Public Trust?

  May 17, 2024 Arik Shams, Leana King, and Joy Liu Real Clear Science

• News Update/Commentary

  Modern plant enzyme partners with surprisingly ancient protein

  May 17, 2024 DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Daily

  Study reveals that protein responsible for building a key component of modern plant cell walls first emerged in ancient species

• News Update/Commentary

  Zombie cells in the sea

  May 17, 2024 Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Science Daily

  Viruses keep the most common marine bacteria in check

• Panpsychism Going Mainstream in Popular Media?

  May 17, 2024 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

  Significantly, Hawkins does not try to privilege conventional “consciousness is an illusion” over panpsychism (“everything is conscious”). He treats the two views equally

• The Wildly Varying Intelligence of Big, Bad, Extinct T. rex

  May 17, 2024 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

  After centuries with the “stupid” label, T. rex was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then…

• Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility crisis

  May 17, 2024 Karmela Padavic-Callaghan New Scientist

  A contentious meeting of physicists highlighted concerns, failures and possible fixes for a crisis in condensed matter physics

• Orchids feed their young through underground fungal connections

  May 17, 2024 Rowan Hooper New Scientist

  A common species of orchid seems to pass food packages to nearby seedlings, in a kind of plant parental care

• Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

  May 17, 2024 Günter Bechly Evolution News & Science Today

  Fossil Friday

• 4 pervasive myths that cause us to abandon science

  May 16, 2024 Ethan Siegel Big Think

  It’s not a gambit. It’s not fraud. It’s not driven by opinion, prejudice, or bias. It’s not unchallengeable. And it’s more than facts alone.

• The “Goldilocks zone” of habitable planets is likely outdated. Here’s why.

  May 16, 2024 Dirk Schulze-Makuch Big Think

  The number of planets that could support life may be far greater than previously thought, a recent discovery suggests.

• Black holes observed colliding when universe was only 740m years old

  May 16, 2024 Hannah Devlin The Guardian

  Glimpse of galactic merger, via James Webb telescope, may explain presence of monster black holes

• Building embryos

  May 16, 2024 John Wallingford Aeon

  For 3,000 years, humans have struggled to understand the embryo. Now there is a revolution underway

• Photosynthetic Proteins Power Plants

  May 16, 2024 Frank Sherwin Institute for Creation Research

• Beyond Science, Why Intelligent Design Matters

  May 16, 2024 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today

  Scott Ventureyra

• Gaia Reborn? New Climate Book Sees Earth As Living Entity

  May 16, 2024 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

  The Gaia hypothesis, pioneered by Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock was once ridiculed but Ferris Jabr thinks we should take it seriously to fight climate change

• Can AI Help Stem the Tide of Fake Science Papers?

  May 16, 2024 Mind Matters

  One problem is that science journals don’t do a very good job of establishing author identities. Chatbots are bound to make things worse