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Plants Didn’t Evolve Gradually
September 20, 2021 Sci Tech Daily
they evolved complexity in two dramatic bursts 250-million-years apart
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection Has Left a Legacy of Confusion over Biological Adaptation
September 20, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Mathematical Analysis of Fruit Fly Wings Hints at Evolution’s Limits
September 20, 2021 Quanta Magazine
A painstaking study of wing morphology shows both the striking uniformity of individuals in a species and a subtle pattern of linked variations that evolution can exploit.
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Peer Review Evolves Without Intelligent Design
September 20, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Humans have brains, but they can do things that look downright Darwinian, as in “Darwin Awards”
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The Big Bang: The Beginning of All Questions About the Universe
September 19, 2021 Mind Matters
... and the mind and all that
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Researchers: The Universe Simulated Itself Into Existence
September 19, 2021 Mind Matters
A recent physics journal paper proposes self-simulation as the origin of the universe, using a quantum gravity model
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At Least, the “Science of Obesity” Is Now a Legitimate Topic of Discussion
September 19, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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“The Molecular Signaling Systems of Complex Cells Are Nothing Like Simple Electronic Circuits”
September 19, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Thousands Evacuated as Canary Island Volcano Erupts
September 19, 2021 New York Times
A volcano on the island of La Palma spewed lava and smoke, prompting an evacuation of thousands and forcing the Spanish prime minister to delay a trip to New York.
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New Vid from the John 10:10 Project: God Is in the Details
September 19, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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The First “Self-Replicating” Cardboard Box
September 19, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Policy Analyst: More Funding Is Not Going To Solve Current Science Problems
September 19, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Detecting Malicious Intent in Undisputed Design
September 18, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Evidence of Clothing from 90,000 to 120,000 Years Ago
September 18, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Design Inference: AI, ID, and Detecting Deceit
September 18, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Just Another Gratuitous Use of the Word “Evolution” in the WSJ
September 18, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Blog Post
The physics anomaly no one talks about: What’s up with those neutrinos?
September 18, 2021 backreaction.blogspot.com
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Direct Detection of Dark Energy by XENON1T
September 18, 2021 science2.0
intriguing but not certain
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Fine-Tuning? How Bayesian Statistics Could Help Break a Deadlock
September 17, 2021 Mind Matters
Bayesian statistics are used, for example, in spam filter technology, identifying probable spam by examining vast masses of previous messages
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New type of dark energy could solve Universe expansion mystery
September 17, 2021 Nature
Hints of a previously unknown, primordial form of the substance could explain why the cosmos now seems to be expanding faster than theory predicts.
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Evolution of Language Studies Hit a Wall
September 17, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Evolutionary linguists would like to find universal common ancestry in languages, but they can’t get there. Why?
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Cichlids Are Causing a Rethink of the “Fundamentals of Evolution”
September 17, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Weaponizing the Term “Creationism” in Debates on Racism
September 17, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Rats’ Whiskers: Another Code Found
September 17, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Paleobotany Evolutionary pulses of complexity
September 17, 2021 Science, v.373, n.6561, p.1319-1321
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Peer-reviewed Paper
The genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes
September 16, 2021 biorxiv
The loss of the tail is one of the main anatomical evolutionary changes to have occurred along the lineage leading to humans and to the “anthropomorphous apes”.
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Rats! Another Code Found in Whiskers
September 16, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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The mystery of life cannot be solved by science
September 16, 2021 Big Think
Reductionism is a successful way to explain the universe, but it cannot replace experience. This is part of the mystery of life.
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Dinosaur Cowboys Are Hunting for the Next $32 Million T. Rex
September 16, 2021 Bloomberg
Fossils have become a hot new asset class. Paleontologists aren’t thrilled, but for Clayton Phipps and his peers, it’s a living.
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Study suggests earliest use of bone tools to produce clothing in Morocco 120,000 years ago
September 16, 2021 Arizona State University
Dating from 120,000 to 90,000 years ago, the bone tools were found in association with carnivore remains that showed signs of skinning for furs and pelts
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News Update/Commentary
Cancer cells’ unexpected genetic tricks for evading the immune system
September 16, 2021 Science Daily
In a surprising new finding in mice, researchers have discovered that many genes linked to human cancer block the body's natural defense against malignancies.
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Fix Science, Don’t Just Fund It
September 16, 2021 Innovation Frontier Project
More funding won’t solve issues of concentration, bureaucratization, and replication in science.
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Are we approaching quantum gravity all wrong?
September 16, 2021 Big Think
An exclusive interview with physicist Lee Smolin reveals how abandoning Einstein's dream may have been a terrible mistake.
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Biologists Rethink the Logic Behind Cells’ Molecular Signals
September 16, 2021 Quanta Magazine
The molecular signaling systems of complex cells are nothing like simple electronic circuits. The logic governing their operation is riotously complex -- but it has advantages.
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News Update/Commentary
How to catch a perfect wave: Scientists take a closer look inside the perfect fluid
September 16, 2021 Science Daily
Scientists have reported new clues to solving a cosmic conundrum: How the quark-gluon plasma -- nature's perfect fluid -- evolved into the building blocks of matter during the birth of the early universe.
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Plants Evolved Complexity in Two Rapid Bursts -- 250 Million Years Apart
September 16, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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News Update/Commentary
Jaws; or, how an African ray-finned fish is helping to rethink the fundamentals of evolution
September 16, 2021 Science Daily
New research suggests that some evolutionary constraints are the secret to success
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Book
Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science
September, 2021 Penguin (Vintage)
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Ötzi the Iceman: What we know 30 years after his discovery
September 15, 2021 National Geographic
Considered "Europe’s most famous mummy," the remains of the man who was murdered in the Alps 5,000 years ago continue to reveal details of Neolithic life -- and insights into modern health.
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Fossils and ancient DNA paint a vibrant picture of human origins
September 15, 2021 Science News
A century of science has begun to explain how and where Homo sapiens and our kin evolved
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When People Claim That “The Science” Says This or That…
September 15, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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The Big Bang: Something from Nothing Is Here
September 15, 2021 Uncommon Descent
Science Uprising
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World’s Oldest Art Raises Question: Is It Art?
September 15, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Video
Big Bang: Something from Nothing?
September 15, 2021 YouTube
Did our universe really begin from nothing -- no matter and no creator? Explore what science actually says in this new episode of Science Uprising
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Did the Umami Taste Bud Evolve?
September 15, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
“Umami taste receptors evolved with primates’ diets”: a claim promising much, but delivering little
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Science Uprising -- “Big Bang: Something from Nothing?”
September 15, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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At Stat News: Science Has Got Obesity All Wrong
September 15, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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News Update/Commentary
What lies beneath: Volcanic secrets revealed
September 14, 2021 Science Daily
Lava samples have revealed a new truth about the geological make-up of the Earth's crust and could have implications for volcanic eruption early warning systems, a new study has found.
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How trust undermines science
September 14, 2021 Works in progress
Our success is based on scientific discovery, so it’s not surprising how much faith we put into it. But we now trust science so implicitly that our trust undermines the institution itself.
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What animals think of death
September 14, 2021 Aeon
Having a concept of death, far from being a uniquely human feat, is a fairly common trait in the animal kingdom