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Do JWST’s results contradict the Big Bang?
April 21, 2023 Big Think
JWST has brought us more distant views of the early Universe than ever before. Is the Big Bang, and all of modern cosmology, in trouble?
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How Earth Cleans Itself
April 21, 2023 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Scientists are surprised at new findings showing automatic cleanup of air and water
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In Breath-Holding, Kate Winslet and a Croc Are Champions
April 21, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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The Explosive Origin of Complex Eyes in Trilobites
April 21, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
Fossil Friday
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Retina Design
April 20, 2023 Institute for Creation Research
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Beaches Erode Too Fast for Deep Time
April 20, 2023 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Within a few thousand years, half of earth’s coastlines| will erode away. How long has that been going on?
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climate change as a politicised power play motivated by malice and profit
April 20, 2023 YouTube
veteran climate expert made a name for himself before the fundamentally flawed field of climate science that we know today was invented
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Syncytial nerve net in a ctenophore adds insights on the evolution of nervous systems
April 20, 2023 Science, v.380, n.6642, p.293-297
The evolutionary origin of nervous systems remains a fundamental question in biology. A hallmark of nervous systems is that they are composed of discrete cells (neurons) that communicate through synapses.
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Comb jellies have a bizarre nervous system unlike any other animal
April 20, 2023 Science News
A 3-D map reveals fused neurons that lack the space, or synapses, most neurons use to communicate
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Fear of a Liberal Arts Education
April 20, 2023 City Journal (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research)
The college where I teach, like so many others around the country, seems to want students to be informers instead of free thinkers.
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Consciousness begins with feeling, not thinking
April 20, 2023 iai News
A new theory of embodied consciousness
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Our standard model of cosmology is both a triumph and a jumbled mess
April 20, 2023 Big Think
Cosmologists are largely still in the dark about the forces that drive the Universe.
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Comb jellies’ unique fused neurons challenge evolution ideas
April 20, 2023 Nature
Fused neurons suggest ctenophores’ nervous system evolved independently of that in other animals.
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On Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility
April 20, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Evolutionist Claims ChatGPT “Lies About Junk DNA”
April 20, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Uncommon Descent -- A Farewell and Remembrance
April 20, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Balance: Bipeds Need It; Where Did It Come From?
April 20, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Why the Brain’s Connections to the Body Are Crisscrossed
April 19, 2023 Quanta Magazine
In all bilaterally symmetrical animals, from humans down to simple worms, nerves cross from one side of the body to the opposite side of the brain. Geometry may explain why.
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Modified theory of gravity eliminates the need for dark energy
April 19, 2023 Advanced Science News
Many physicists are still skeptical that dark energy can fully explain gravity, and are therefore exploring alternative theories.
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Scientists identify mind-body nexus in human brain
April 19, 2023 Reuters
The relationship between the human mind and body has been a subject that has challenged great thinkers for millennia, including the philosophers Aristotle and Descartes.
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News Update/Commentary
New mechanism for DNA folding
April 19, 2023 Science Daily
A hitherto unknown mechanism for DNA folding is described in a new study. The findings provide new insights into chromosomal processes that are vital to both normal development and to prevent disease.
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The quantum egg that birthed the Universe
April 19, 2023 Big Think
What would become the Big Bang model started from a crucial idea: that the young Universe was denser and hotter.
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On the Origin of Natural Law by Materialism
April 19, 2023 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Attempts to prove that the universe’s origin occurred purely as a result of natural law fail
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The Transition to Modern Science
April 19, 2023 Answers Research Journal
The Philosophy of Science 3
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Christianity & Origins of Life Research
April 19, 2023 Capturing Christianity
the overlap between current science on abiogenesis and Christian theology
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News Update/Commentary
Grambank shows the diversity of the world's languages
April 19, 2023 Science Daily
An international team has created a new database that documents patterns of grammatical variation in over 2400 of the world's languages
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When Catholics Argue for Intelligent Design
April 19, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Peer-reviewed Paper
A Spatiotemporal Assessment of Extreme Cold in Northwestern North America Following the Unidentified 1809 CE Volcanic Eruption
April 18, 2023 Peleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Two large volcanic eruptions contributed to extreme cold temperatures during the early 1800s, one of the coldest phases of the Little Ice Age.
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Animal consciousness: why it’s time to rethink our human-centred approach
April 18, 2023 The Conversation
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Will AI ever reach human-level intelligence?
April 18, 2023 The Conversation
We asked five experts
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News Update/Commentary
Swimming secrets of prehistoric reptiles unlocked by new study
April 18, 2023 Science Daily
The diverse swimming techniques of the ancient reptiles that ruled the Mesozoic seas have been revealed.
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All of our “theories of everything” are probably wrong. Here’s why
April 18, 2023 Big Think
For decades, theorists have been cooking up “theories of everything" to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?
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Private companies are flocking to the Moon -- what does that mean for science?
April 18, 2023 Nature
A raft of commercial lunar missions are taking off in 2023. The first lander is set to touch down this month, signalling a new era for Moon science and exploration.
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Shall We Baptize Darwin?
April 18, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
a Catholic biologist reflects
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A New Look at Natural Selection
April 18, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Neanderthal Genome Project: New Insights into Human Evolution
April 18, 2023 YouTube
Green has helped pioneer the use of advanced sequencing technology to study ancient DNA extracted from fossil bones. As a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, he coordinated the Neanderthal Genome Project
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We Are Living Through a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Evolution
April 18, 2023 The Good Men Project
There’s a paradigm shift underway in our understanding of the past 4 million years of human evolution: ours is a story that includes combinations with other Homo species, spread unevenly across today’s populations
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God's Grandeur: The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design
April, 2023 Sophia Institute Press
In an age of rising unbelief, top Catholic thinkers show how, more than ever, both science and reason affirm the words of the great Catholic poet Gerard Manley Hopkins: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God.” | See Also Amazon
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How Many Intergalactic Radio Stations Are Out There?
April 17, 2023 Universe Today
It has been over sixty years since Dr. Frank Drake (father of the Drake Equation) and his colleagues mounted the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) survey.
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How can a pollinating insect be recognized in the fossil record?
April 17, 2023 Science Daily
Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit).
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The Myth of Objective Data
April 17, 2023 MIT Press Reader
When we view objectivity and subjectivity as opposites rather than complements, we distort the empirical realities of data collection.
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AI science search engines are exploding in number -- are they any good?
April 17, 2023 Nature
Several search tools claim to help researchers do science.
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Amber fossils reveal dinosaurs and beetles had symbiotic relationship
April 17, 2023 New Scientist
Remains preserved in amber from 105 million years ago are the oldest evidence of a mutually beneficial relationship between dinosaurs and arthropods
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New Book Offers the CATHOLIC Case for Intelligent Design
April 17, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Do Plant Galls Falsify Darwinism?
April 17, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Philosophy’s No-Go Zone
April 17, 2023 Quillette
An MIT professor describes the outraged reaction from fellow philosophers when he argued that a woman is an adult human female.
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We Will All Miss Ide Trotter
April 17, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Meyer, Klavan: Is Materialism Stuck in the Past?
April 15, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
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Tonga volcano eruption triggered ‘mega-tsunami’
April 14, 2023 Nature
Detailed analysis of the January 2022 event shows how underwater blasts generated huge waves that battered coastlines throughout the island nation.
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The Abrupt Origin of Butterflies
April 14, 2023 Evolution News & Science Today
Fossil Friday