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Peer-reviewed Paper
Localized pmrB hypermutation drives the evolution of colistin heteroresistance
June 7, 2022 Cell Reports, v.39, n.10, 110929
pmrB mutations arise at 103–104 times the background mutation rate
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Blog Post
Science versus Scientism (part 2)
June 7, 2022
Continued root cause analysis of the COVID crisis
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A Mountain of Evidence? (Part 3)
June 7, 2022 Answers in Genesis
making a molehill out of the mountain
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Book
How mammals took over the world -- a tale of evolutionary innovation
June 7, 2022 Science News
REVIEW: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte (Mariner Books, 2022) | See Also Bookshop
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Evolutionists Ask Wrong Questions
June 7, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Belief in Darwinian evolution blinds the eyes of smart people, making obvious questions invisible in plain sight.
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Extinct Marine Reptiles vs Evolution
June 7, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs were well designed. Saying they evolved does not make it so.
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The multiverse under fire
June 6, 2022 iai News
Kaku's multiverse theory questioned by Penrose and Hossenfelder
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Video
Dominion: How Creationists Approach the Jurassic World
June 6, 2022 YouTube
featuring 3 PhD paleontologists
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Video
Universal Common Descent: Sober's Paradox
June 6, 2022 YouTube
this is the fourth video on Darwin's Tree of Life
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A New Kind of Genome Editing Is Here to Fine-Tune DNA
June 6, 2022 Wired
Instead of deleting genes, epigenetic editing modulates their activity. A new paper tests if it’s able to undo a genetic effect of early alcohol exposure.
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News Update/Commentary
Study explores the promises and pitfalls of evolutionary genomics
June 6, 2022 Science Daily
The study concludes that such models must be constructed with the greatest care, avoiding unwarranted initial assumptions, weighing the quality of existing knowledge and remaining open to alternate explanations.
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News Update/Commentary
Breakthrough study examines evolution of snake venom genes
June 6, 2022 Science Daily
A new study provides the first comprehensive explanation of how snake venom regulatory systems evolved -- an important example that illuminates the evolution of new complex traits.
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Three Realities Chance Can’t Explain That Intelligent Design Can
June 6, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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News Update/Commentary
New study deepens understanding of how animals see, and what colors
June 6, 2022 Science Daily
The researchers determined that animals adapted to land are able to see more colors than animals adapted to water. Animals adapted to open terrestrial habitats see a wider range of colors than animals adapted to forests.
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“Spooky” Quantum Biology Might Cause Your DNA To Mutate
June 6, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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5 Ways the James Webb Space Telescope Could Change Science Forever
June 6, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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News Update/Commentary
How species form: What the tangled history of polar bear and brown bear relations tells us
June 6, 2022 Science Daily
A new study is providing an enhanced look at the intertwined evolutionary histories of polar bears and brown bears. Becoming separate species did not completely stop these animals from mating with each other. Scientists have known this for some time
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News Update/Commentary
Indigenous Borneans knew a tree was two distinct species -- genetic analysis confirms they were right
June 6, 2022 Science Daily
Over 200 years ago, a Spanish botanist described Artocarpus odoratissimus, a species of fruit-bearing tree found in Borneo and the Philippines. The Iban people, who are Indigenous to Borneo, know the tree to have two different varieties
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Amino acids found in asteroid samples collected by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe
June 6, 2022 Kyodo News
More than 20 types of amino acids have been detected in samples brought to Earth from an asteroid in late 2020, showing for the first time the organic compounds exist on asteroids in space.
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A Shocking Case for Creation
June 6, 2022 Institute for Creation Research
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Wonderful Microbes Are the Planet’s Ecosystem Engineers
June 6, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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Does a “Mirror World of Particles” Explain the Crisis in Cosmology?
June 5, 2022 Universe Today
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Earth's Weirdest Life Forms Show That ET Life Is Possible
June 4, 2022 Mind Matters
Whether it’s living in boiling water, breathing sulfur, or eating radiation, we’ve found life forms that do just that right here on Earth
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Why Randomness Is “The Wrong Tool for the Job”
June 4, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Yes, Ants Think -- Like Computers
June 4, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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“Spooky” quantum biology might cause your DNA to mutate
June 4, 2022 Big Think
The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you -- by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.
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The Hive Mind: Leafcutter Ants Behave Like Farmhands But ...
June 3, 2022 Mind Matters
But they are actually following a colony algorithm rather than making individual decisions
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The fossil record is complete enough
June 3, 2022 Creation Ministries International
Darwin believed that the fossil record should be full of transitional fossils and blamed the lack of such fossils on the extreme imperfection of the fossil record
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Optical Illusions: What Causes Them? Try Some Out!
June 3, 2022 Mind Matters
Illusions can be literal, physiological, or cognitive, depending on which aspect of your brain is the object of a con job on your vision
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Rosenhouse’s Blunder: Another Nonsensical Mathematical Argument Against Intelligent Design
June 3, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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“Necks for Sex” May Explain Giraffes’ Distinctive Anatomy
June 3, 2022 The Scientist
An analysis of skull and vertebrae fossils suggests that an early relative of giraffes butted heads to compete for mates, which may reveal why modern giraffes are so throaty.
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News Update/Commentary
Primates and non-primates differ in the architecture of their neurons
June 3, 2022 Science Daily
High-resolution microscopy now enabled an international research team to enlarge the knowledge about species-specific differences of the architecture of cortical neurons.
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New Body Organ Comes to Light
June 3, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Another new organ discovered: the human body has now become even more complex!
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Key Search for Life on Mars
June 3, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Scientists announce a breakthrough in determining life's origin on Earth
June 3, 2022 phys.org
and maybe Mars
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Beyond our ‘ape-brained meat sacks’: can transhumanism save our species?
June 3, 2022 The Guardian
The 21st century will be make or break for humanity, says Oxford University transhumanist Elise Bohan. If we get it right, she thinks we might find something better
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News Update/Commentary
Shaping up the genome for cell division
June 3, 2022 Science Daily
Researchers have uncovered the inner workings of the molecular machinery that shapes chromosomes during cell division
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Did volcanic ‘glasses’ help spark early life?
June 3, 2022 Science
Quenched lava may have helped form long RNA strands needed by primordial organisms
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The Zombie Genes That Survive Our Deaths
June 2, 2022 Mind Matters
Death is an event that is more like a process. Some brain cells even become more active after we die.
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World's Fastest Computer Breaks into the Exascale
June 2, 2022 Mind Matters
How fast? “If each person on Earth completed one calculation per second, it would take more than 4 years to do what an exascale computer can do in 1 second.”
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How Science Fuels a Culture of Misinformation
June 2, 2022 Open Mind
We tend to blame the glut of disinformation in science on social media and the news, but the problem often starts with the scientific enterprise itself.
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Blog Post
Could We All Be Martians?
June 2, 2022 Search for Life in the Universe
Revisiting Panspermia: did life come from outside of Earth?
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How the giraffe got its neck: ‘unicorn’ fossil could shed light on puzzle
June 2, 2022 Nature
A newly described species of ancient giraffoid had a thick helmet designed for fierce headbutting.
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NASA’s Perseverance rover begins key search for life on Mars
June 2, 2022 Nature
Rolling up an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater, the rover starts crucial rock sampling.
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How the Multiverse Could Break the Scientific Method
June 2, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder
June 2, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Video
Impossible Matter! Stuff that shouldn't exist in nature...but does!
June 2, 2022 YouTube
One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. “A riveting tale of derring-do” (Nature), this book reads like James Gleick’s Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure.
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“Has Science Matured Past Its Christian Origins?”
June 2, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
Stephen Meyer takes questions
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Researchers: Humans Process Information Differently from Monkeys
June 2, 2022 Mind Matters
In a paper at Nature Neuroscience, researchers reported on human vs. macaque brains on input/output systems and synergy between regions
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Historical Adam: Did the Apostles Misunderstand Genesis?
June 2, 2022 The Gospel Coalition
Review: ‘In Quest of the Historical Adam’ by William Lane Craig