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Was there a historical Adam & Eve?
August 13, 2021 YouTube
How should Christians understand the Adam and Eve story in Genesis? Is it scientifically plausible that humanity can be traced back to a first human couple? What does it mean for the concept of ‘Original Sin’.
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News Update/Commentary
Origins of mutation
August 13, 2021 Science Daily
Computational analysis reveals sources of genetic variations
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Non-Mendelian Inheritance Undermines Neo-Darwinism
August 13, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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The Brain Does Not Create the Mind; It Constrains It.
August 13, 2021 Mind Matters
Near-death experiences in which people report seeing things that are later verified give some sense of how the mind works in relation to the brain
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Could Dark Energy Simply Be a Misinterpretation of the Data?
August 13, 2021 Forbes
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The Secret to Design Detection
August 13, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic
August 13, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Snakes Evolved Venom Fangs Multiple Times
August 13, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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CERN: New Exotic Particle, Tetraquark, Discovered
August 13, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Reconstructing Ancestral Proteins
August 13, 2021 Uncommon Descent
Chase Nelson at Inference Review
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A Design Inference with Respect to Neanderthal Art
August 12, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Discussing the Kalam Cosmological Argument
August 12, 2021 YouTube
In this livestream, Dr. William Lane Craig and Scott Clifton have an informal discussion about the merits of the Kalam Cosmological Argument.
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Species were designed to change, part 3
August 12, 2021 Creation Ministries International
The tangled web of (intrabaraminic) life
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Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, and Philosophy of Biology
August 12, 2021 YouTube
Philosopher Michael Ruse talks the philosophy of biology, evolution, the concept of human superiority, and why there is anything at all.
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Howler monkeys navigate using adaptable mental maps, just like humans
August 12, 2021 New Scientist
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Philippine Ayta people have the most Denisovan DNA, study finds
August 12, 2021 Science Daily
Researchers have known from several lines of evidence that the ancient hominins known as the Denisovans interbred with modern humans in the distant past.
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Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step
August 12, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Genetic enigma solved: Inheritance of coat color patterns in dogs
August 12, 2021 Science Daily
The researchers discovered that a genetic variant responsible for a very light coat in dogs and wolves originated more than two million years ago in a now extinct relative of the modern wolf.
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Animal Adopts the Lifestyle of a Fungus
August 12, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Two new dinosaur species, as big as a blue whale, discovered in China
August 12, 2021 CNN
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How the strange idea of ‘statistical significance’ was born
August 12, 2021 Science News
A mathematical ritual has led researchers astray for decades
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Chances That Life Originated Without Intelligent Design? “Zero”
August 12, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
says physicist Eric Hedin
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Discovered: Fossilized Spores Suggestive of Early Land Plants
August 12, 2021 The Scientist
Spores found in 480 million-year-old rock bring the fossil record in line with molecular estimates of when plants first adapted to life on land.
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Mammoth’s epic travels preserved in tusk
August 12, 2021 Nature
Chemical analysis of an ice age woolly mammoth’s tusk reveals the huge distances it travelled during its lifetime more than 17,000 years ago.
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Shedding Dark on Whale Evolution
August 12, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Darwin-worshiping biologists brag about shedding light on evolution but it is only black light that makes their imaginations glow
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Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers
August, 2021 Amazon
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Psychology has struggled for a century to make sense of the mind
August 11, 2021 Science News
Research has been messy and contentious, but has led to intriguing insights
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Bonobos Appear to Say ‘Hello' and ‘Goodbye' to Each Other
August 11, 2021 Gizmodo
Data from over 1,000 great ape interactions indicate that bonobos and chimps follow certain social customs, much like humans.
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Engineers uncover the secrets of fish fins
August 11, 2021 Science Daily
A new study has uncovered the engineering secrets behind what makes fish fins so strong yet flexible. The research could one day lead to new designs for robotic surgical tools or even airplane wings that change their shape with the push of a button.
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How Can a “Simple” or “Primitive” Sponge Surprise Engineers with Its Optimal Physics?
August 11, 2021 Uncommon Descent
asked by botanist Margaret Helder
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3x+1 Is an Unexpectedly Weird Math Problem
August 11, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Is the Cell REALLY a Machine?
August 11, 2021 Uncommon Descent
asked at the Journal of Theoretical Biology
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Presented to Stanford University students, Christians
August 11, 2021 YouTube
among the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholars
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Giant, Dragon-Like, Flying Reptile Fossil Discovered in Australia
August 11, 2021 Smithsonian Magazine
A rare specimen reveals a new species of pterosaur with a staggering 23-foot wingspan
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News Update/Commentary
A brief history of the cabbage butterfly’s evolving tastes
August 11, 2021 Science Daily
The cabbage butterfly, voracious as a caterpillar, is every gardener's menace. Turns out, these lovely butterflies started trying to take over the planet long ago. Biologists used statistical methods to trace the path of Pieridae family butterflies
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The world must cooperate to avoid a catastrophic space collision
August 11, 2021 Nature
Governments and companies urgently need to share data on the mounting volume of satellites and debris orbiting Earth.
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How the Split Brain Emphasizes the Reality of the Mind
August 11, 2021 Mind Matters
Fascinating research following up Roger Sperry’s work -- which showed that the mind is not split when the brain is -- has confirmed and extended his findings
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Painting by Neanderthals? Study Makes a Design Inference
August 11, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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The Darwinian Gestapo: Censoring Darwin to Protect Neo-Darwinian Theory
August 10, 2021 Answers in Genesis
An example of how members of the scientific establishment quashed dissent with authoritarian tactics because it does not align with Darwinian orthodoxy.
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Glass Sponges: Lessons from the Deep
August 10, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
How can a “simple” or “primitive” sponge surprise engineers with its optimal physics?
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Turing Patterns Turn Up in a Tiny Crystal
August 10, 2021 Quanta Magazine
The mechanism behind leopard spots and zebra stripes also appears to explain the patterned growth of a bismuth crystal, extending Alan Turing’s 1952 idea to the atomic scale.
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How the Science of DNA Challenges Darwinian Evolution
August 10, 2021 Wintery Knight
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News Update/Commentary
Cellular filaments keeping the pace
August 10, 2021 Science Daily
This may ultimately improve the corresponding medical diagnostics and treatments, but also helps in the design of artificial systems used in microscale engineering.
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Snakes evolved venom fangs multiple times from wrinkles in their teeth
August 10, 2021 New Scientist
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New Episode of “Long Story” Tackles the Origin of Life
August 10, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
live premiere on August 17
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Do Animals Commit Suicide?
August 10, 2021 Discover magazine
Many species of non-human animals end their lives through self-destructive or accidental behaviors. But whether it’s an act of suicide is a controversial question.
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Randomness Is Not a Scientific Explanation
August 9, 2021 Mind Matters
We can never know if anything is truly random
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Animals Can Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?
August 9, 2021 Quanta Magazine
Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction -- which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.
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Little Book, Big Waves -- Nagel’s Mind and Cosmos, Nine Years Later
August 9, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Meyer vs. Croft: Vying for the Lyellian Mantle
August 9, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today