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• News Update/Commentary

  Fossil of mosasaur with bizarre ‘screwdriver teeth' found in Morocco

  May 18, 2023 University of Bath Science Daily

  Along with other recent finds from Africa, it suggests that mosasaurs and other marine reptiles were evolving rapidly up until 66 million years ago, when they were wiped out by an asteroid along with the dinosaurs and around 90% of all species on Earth.

• News Update/Commentary

  Scales or feathers? It all comes down to a few genes

  May 18, 2023 Université de Genève Science Daily

  Specifically modifying gene expression causes feathers to replace scales in the chicken

• News Update/Commentary

  Perfection: The Enemy of Evolution

  May 18, 2023 Duke University Science Daily

  Freedom to miss the optimal mark opens a wide range of new designs over time

• Did life evolve more than once?

  May 18, 2023 Jordi Paps The Conversation

  Researchers are closing in on an answer

• In First Detection of Gravitational Waves, Timing Was Everything

  May 17, 2023 Eric Hedin Evolution News & Science Today

• ChatGPT can’t think -- consciousness is something entirely different to today’s AI

  May 17, 2023 Philip Goff The Conversation

  There has been shock around the world at the rapid rate of progress with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence created with what’s known as large language models (LLMs).

• When Political Dogma Replaces Medical Truth

  May 17, 2023 Ian Kingsbury City Journal, New York

  The peer-review process is consistently failing to stop bad scholarship on gender medicine.

• What did the earliest animals look like?

  May 17, 2023 Robert Sanders University of California, Berkeley

  Scientists have long debated whether comb jellies or sponges are the sister group to all other animals. A detailed comparison of the chromosomes finally resolves the question.

• New Research Using DNA Changes Origin of Human Species

  May 17, 2023 Karen Nikos-Rose University of California, Davis

  New Model for Human Evolution Suggests Homo sapiens Arose From Multiple Closely Related Populations

• Comb jellies, not sponges, might be the oldest animal group after all

  May 17, 2023 James Dinneen New Scientist

  An argument that has been raging among biologists for over a decade -- whether comb jellies or sponges were the first group to split off from the common ancestor of all animals -- has a new twist, thanks to an analysis of genetic patterns

• The “inflaton” could shed light on the mystery of the early Universe

  May 17, 2023 Marcelo Gleiser Big Think

  We can reasonably say that we understand the history of the Universe within one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. That's not good enough.

• Chromosomal comparisons reveal comb jellies as the sister group to all other animals

  May 17, 2023 Nature

  Analyses of chromosome organization across diverse animals provide evidence that a group of marine creatures called comb jellies are the sister clade of all other animals, bringing to bear new methods to answer a long-standing evolutionary question.

• The evolution of fast-growing coral reef fishes

  May 17, 2023 Alexandre C. Siqueira, Helen F. Yan, Renato A. Morais, and David R. Bellwood Nature

  Individual growth is a fundamental life history trait, yet its macroevolutionary trajectories have rarely been investigated for entire animal assemblages. Here we analyse the evolution of growth in a highly diverse vertebrate assemblage

• Religion and educational mobility in Africa

  May 17, 2023 Alberto Alesina, Sebastian Hohmann, Stelios Michalopoulos, and Elias Papaioannou Nature

  In this study, we examine the educational progress across faiths throughout postcolonial Africa, home to some of the world’s largest Christian and Muslim communities.

• Peer-reviewed Paper

  A temperate Earth-sized planet with tidal heating transiting an M6 star

  May 17, 2023 Merrin S. Peterson, et al. Nature

  Temperate Earth-sized exoplanets around late-M dwarfs offer a rare opportunity to explore under which conditions planets can develop hospitable climate conditions.

• Changes in education levels across generations in Africa are linked to religion

  May 17, 2023 Melina R. Platas Nature

  Census data from across Africa reveal that religion is a strong predictor of whether a child is likely to complete more or less education than their parents. The analysis calls into question current approaches to closing education gaps.

• Peer-reviewed Paper

  Ancient gene linkages support ctenophores as sister to other animals

  May 17, 2023 Darrin T. Schultz, et al. Nature

• JWST shows an ancient galaxy in stunning spectroscopic detail

  May 17, 2023 Benjamin Thompson and Nick Petrić Howe Nature

  New insights into the structure of an early galaxy

• Comb Jellies Take the Lead Over Sponges!

  May 17, 2023 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

  Comb jellies pull ahead in an endless game to earn the title Last Common Ancestor of All Animals

• The Dawkins Test Returns an Answer

  May 17, 2023 Jonathan Witt Evolution News & Science Today

  Intelligent Design

• News Update/Commentary

  Homo sapiens likely arose from multiple closely related populations

  May 17, 2023 University of California, Davis Science Daily

  In testing the genetic material of current populations in Africa and comparing against existing fossil evidence, researchers have uncovered a new model of human evolution -- overturning previous beliefs that a single population gave rise to all humans

• Peer-reviewed Paper

  A weakly structured stem for human origins in Africa

  May 17, 2023 Aaron P. Ragsdale, et al. Nature, v.617, p.755-763

  Despite broad agreement that Homo sapiens originated in Africa, considerable uncertainty surrounds specific models of divergence and migration across the continent. Progress is hampered by a shortage of fossil and genomic data

• Video

  The (Crazy) State of Origin-of-Life Research

  May 16, 2023 Sean McDowell YouTube

  Are we getting closer to discovering how life first emerged? Will scientists be able to create life in a lab in our lifetimes? Dr. James Tour is a chemist and nanotechnologist who has been following origin-of-life research closely for years.

• Blog Post

  The Role of Plausibility in Science

  May 16, 2023 Steven Novella NeuroLogica

• The Journal Nature Falls for Autism Pseudoscience

  May 16, 2023 Stuart Vyse Skeptical Inquirer

• Opposing scientists find no clear evidence for gender bias in academic science

  May 16, 2023 Ross Pomeroy Big Think

  The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.

• We can’t avoid a singularity inside every black hole

  May 16, 2023 Ethan Siegel Big Think

  Yes, “the laws of physics break down" at singularities. But something really weird must have happened for black holes to not possess them.

• Natural Selection Subtracts, It Doesn’t Add -- and That Matters

  May 16, 2023 Stephen J. Iacoboni Evolution News & Science Today

• Dissing a Straw Noah

  May 16, 2023 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

  Secular science reporters don’t do their homework. Their simplistic answers deceive the masses.

• Scientist’s fossil, wood studies stretch from Siberia to second-story porches

  May 16, 2023 University of Louisiana, Lafayette

  Dr. Brian Schubert’s internationally recognized research is coming out of the woodwork.

• News Update/Commentary

  Rare tropical plant gains appetite for meat

  May 16, 2023 University of Würzburg Science Daily

  Under certain circumstances, a rare tropical plant develops into a carnivore. A research team has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.

• News Update/Commentary

  Jaw shapes of 90 shark species show: Evolution driven by habitat

  May 16, 2023 University of Vienna Science Daily

  Analysis using X-ray computed tomography and 3D reconstructions

• Video

  A Neanderthal Odyssey

  May 16, 2023 YouTube

  In this documentary, we discuss everything we know about the enigmatic Neanderthals. We dive deep into the latest scientific discoveries, archaeological findings, and genetic research to uncover the truths about Neanderthals.

• The complicated history of how the Earth’s atmosphere became breathable

  May 15, 2023 Howard Lee ars technica

  Biology, geology, and chemistry all worked together to make the present atmosphere.

• Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America

  May 15, 2023 Jerald Pinson Florida Museum

• Dr. James Tour to Debate Evolutionists on the Origin of Life This Friday

  May 15, 2023 Wintery Knight

  Yes, there will be a live stream. Yes, it will be open to the public.

• Blinking Fish Transitioned to Land?

  May 15, 2023 Frank Sherwin Institute for Creation Research

• Non-Darwinian Research of Note

  May 15, 2023 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

  Not all research assumes Darwinism or accepts the warfare myth of science vs religion. Here are three recent scholarly examples.

• Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

  May 15, 2023 Casey Luskin Evolution News & Science Today

• Bioethicists: Killing Okay for “Unjust Social Conditions”

  May 14, 2023 Wesley J. Smith Evolution News & Science Today

• Why a Genome Can't Bring Back an Extinct Animal

  May 14, 2023 Isaac Schultz Gizmodo

  Makeshift mammoths and body-double dodos are on the way -- but they won't be the genuine article.

• Black Holes Might Be Defects in Spacetime

  May 14, 2023 Paul M. Sutter Universe Today

• Video

  Noam Chomsky on Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT

  May 13, 2023 Through Conversations Podcast YouTube

• Video

  Life might be more common in the universe than we thought

  May 13, 2023 Sabine Hossenfelder YouTube

  What do we know about the origins of life? From the formation of the solar system to microbes evolving into bipedal mammals with opposable thumbs, today we will look over the four major theories about how life began.

• Prized dinosaur fossil will finally be returned to Brazil

  May 12, 2023 Meghie Rodrigues Nature

  Following theft accusations, a German museum is set to hand over a one-of-a-kind dinosaur specimen with feather-like structures.

• Video

  Can science “alone" prove that the universe is young?

  May 12, 2023 Ken Coulson YouTube

  Many young-age creationists are adamant that no evidence exists for the antiquity of the earth, but the Bible teaches that without God's revelation, this mature creation will be interpreted by unbelievers in terms of deep time.

• Peer-reviewed Paper

  “You are Cursed by the God YHW"

  May 12, 2023 Scott Stripling, et al. Heritage Science, v.11

  an early Hebrew inscription from Mt. Ebal | See Also pdf

• Saturn’s Rings Officially Young

  May 12, 2023 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

  Old agers can’t weasel around it any more. Saturn’s rings are short-lived and young.

• Yet Another Scholar Seeks to Airbrush Darwin’s Racist Legacy

  May 12, 2023 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today

• The Devonian Nekton Revolution

  May 12, 2023 Günter Bechly Evolution News & Science Today

  Fossil Friday