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Canceled Science: Scientific Discoveries Some Atheists Don't Want You To See
April 26, 2022 YouTube
Eric Hedin, author of Canceled Science, explains how he was canceled by the scientific establishment and reflects on the lessons he learned during the experience. He also discusses scientific evidence which points to a Creator.
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All four of the key DNA building blocks have been found in meteorites
April 26, 2022 New Scientist
We have now discovered all four building blocks of DNA in meteorite samples, suggesting that space rocks may have delivered the compounds to Earth, contributing to the origin of life
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Frogs have acquired DNA from snakes with the help of parasites
April 26, 2022 New Scientist
Horizontal DNA transfer, once thought to be a rare event, has occurred between snakes and frogs at least 54 times in the past 85 million years
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How ancient DNA hit the headlines
April 26, 2022 Nature
The origins, politics and motivations of the people who sequence age-old genomes.
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Unraveling the Myth that Undesigned Processes Generate Novel Functions
April 26, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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Spiral galaxies: too many for the big bang
April 26, 2022 Creation Ministries International
Dark matter would cause galaxy collisions, meaning galaxies like our own should be extremely rare.
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Does time really exist?
April 26, 2022 Big Think
We take for granted that time is real. But what if it's only an illusion, and a relative illusion at that? Does time even exist?
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Could the Blueprint for Life Have Been Generated in Asteroids?
April 26, 2022 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientists have just found the last two units of DNA and RNA in samples from meteorites. While it is unlikely that DNA could be formed in a meteorite, this discovery demonstrates that these genetic parts are available for delivery
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New research provides better understanding of skin’s durability
April 25, 2022 Binghamton University (SUNY)
Human skin has evolved to allow maximum durability and flexibility, according to new research from Binghamton University.
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Shaky Science Instruction Pervades Middle School Classrooms
April 25, 2022 undark.org
A shortage of qualified science educators may be hurting efforts to help more Americans learn how science works.
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News Update/Commentary
‘I know this song!' Evolutionary keys to musical perception
April 25, 2022 Science Daily
When we hear a song that we already know, we can identify it even if it is not an exact version of the original. If it sounds higher or lower, faster or slower, or if the instruments are different from the known version, humans can identify it
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News Update/Commentary
Beetle in the coconut: Fossil find sheds new light on Neotropical rainforests
April 25, 2022 Science Daily
South American fossil reveals earliest evidence of seed beetle predation in palm fruit
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Michael Crichton Would Call Twitterheads “Soundrels"
April 25, 2022 Mind Matters
Why “Scientific Consensus” is an Oxymoron
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Raven Tells Darwin “Nevermore”
April 25, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Was there ever a more useless jargon generator than Darwinian evolution?
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Species Pairs: A New Challenge to Darwinists
April 25, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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Theoretical Physicist on Why She Stopped Working on Black Hole Information Loss
April 25, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Earliest Evidence of Plate Tectonics Found in 3.8-Billion-Year-Old Crystals
April 24, 2022 Forbes
A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of plate tectonics
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Pancreas Knows Not to Digest Itself
April 24, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The pancreas creates powerful digestive juices that could auto-digest the organ were it not for regulatory systems
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Would You Believe? Time Doesn’t Really Exist?
April 24, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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A Search for the Most Complex Thing in the Universe?
April 24, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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3.8-Billion-year-old crystal to point earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics
April 23, 2022 Tech Explorist
Crystal points to an early start for the active global process that shapes Earth's surface and climate
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The spreading of the seafloor has slowed, and scientists aren’t sure why
April 23, 2022 Washington Post
The slowdown could mean a drop in greenhouse emissions from volcanoes, which are affected by the seafloor-creating process
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I stopped working on black hole information loss.
April 23, 2022 backreaction.blogspot.com
Here’s why.
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AI Companies Are Massively Faking the Loophole in the Turing Test
April 23, 2022 Mind Matters
I propose the Turing Test be further strengthened by presuming a chatbot is human until proven otherwise
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Darwinians Make Their Living Off Claims of Bad Design
April 23, 2022 Uncommon Descent
eye division
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But Isn’t This an Argument for Divine Creation?
April 23, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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News Update/Commentary
An ocean in your brain: Interacting brain waves key to how we process information
April 22, 2022 Science Daily
Scientists show how the brain responds differently to seeing the same thing under different conditions
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Studying Volcanoes through Myths, Legends, & Other Unconventional Data
April 22, 2022 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
Studying historic eruptions through a storytelling lens often improves our understanding of and ability to prepare for such events.
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Myths, Legends, and Buried Hair
April 22, 2022 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
In our May issue of Eos, we’re seeking out innovations in volcanology.
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Darwinists Seek to Explain the Eye’s Engineering Perfection
April 22, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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New technology suggests Shroud of Turin is 2,000 years old
April 22, 2022 Aleteia
The new X-ray analysis is said to be more accurate and less destructive than radiocarbon dating.
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How the James Webb Space Telescope will search for extraterrestrial life
April 22, 2022 Astronomy magazine
The world's most powerful telescope, now in space, will offer new tools to address the timeless question about life in the universe: Are we alone on Earth?
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Peer-reviewed Paper
The Origins and Functions of De Novo Genes: Against All Odds?
April 22, 2022 Journal of Molecular Evolution
“De novo” genes evolve from previously non-genic DNA. This strikes many of us as remarkable, because it seems extraordinarily unlikely that random sequence would produce a functional gene. How is this possible?
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Are These Really Pterosaur Feathers?
April 22, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The fuzzy claim says more about Darwin Party groupthink than actual pterosaur traits
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How a Brazilian dinosaur sparked a movement to decolonize fossil science
April 22, 2022 Nature
Rather than excitement, the discovery of the species set off a Latin American movement to stop colonial palaeontology.
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Dingo genome suggests Australian icon not descended from domestic dogs
April 22, 2022 New Scientist
A new analysis helps to unravel the mystery of the Australian dingo’s origins by showing that it is probably descended from a wild dog rather than a domestic breed
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Have Dominant Paradigms Failed Psychiatry?
April 21, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Another Species of “Hominin” Still Alive?
April 21, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Book
Inside the dinosaurs’ demise
April 21, 2022 Science, v.376, n.6591, p.360
REVIEW: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black (St. Martin’s Press, 2022) | See Also Amazon
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What Did Neanderthals Evolve From?
April 21, 2022 Discover magazine
Scientists search for the missing link between humans and Neanderthals.
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Tonga Eruption Made Waves in Earth’s Ionosphere
April 21, 2022 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
The blast from Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai produced far-reaching ionospheric disturbances, including one with an initial speed of up to 950 meters per second.
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The Planck era: Imagining our infant universe
April 21, 2022 Astronomy magazine
During the Planck era, the universe was so small that our laws of physics break down. To dive deeper back in time, we’ll need new scientific language.
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The most complex thing in the universe
April 21, 2022 iai News
Biocosmology: the birth of a new science?
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News Update/Commentary
Dividing walls: How immune cells enter tissue
April 21, 2022 Science Daily
To get to the places where they are needed, immune cells not only squeeze through tiny pores. They even overcome wall-like barriers of tightly packed cells. Scientists have now discovered that cell division is key to their success.
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Tiny axles and rotors made of protein could drive molecular machines
April 21, 2022 New Scientist
Researchers have designed proteins that self-assemble into tiny machine parts for use in molecular engines
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Artificial nerve cells have been made in the lab
April 21, 2022 New Scientist
Synthetic neurons made of hydrogel could one day be used in sophisticated artificial tissues to repair organs such as the heart or the eyes
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“Adaptive Tracking" in Seasonal Fruit Fly Populations
April 21, 2022 Institute for Creation Research
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Evolutionists: The Eye Is “Close to Perfect”
April 21, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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This Fungus Has More Than 17,000 Sexes
April 20, 2022 The Scientist
Advances in sequencing technologies have finally allowed researchers to zero in on the genetic diversity underlying the incredible mating system of shelf fungi.
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Pterosaurs may have flaunted colorful plumage long before the reign of dinosaurs
April 20, 2022 Science
Exquisitely preserved specimen from Brazil suggests ancient origin for feathers