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News Update/Commentary
Models for potential precursors of cells endure simulated early-Earth conditions
October 28, 2020 Science Daily
Membraneless compartments -- models for a potential step in the early evolution of cells -- have been shown to persist or form, disappear, and reform in predictable ways through multiple cycles of dehydration and rehydration.
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If Alphafold Is a Product of Design, Maybe Our Bodies Are Too
October 27, 2020 Mind Matters
The deeper we go into science, the more important our unique human contributions become
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‘Pristine' Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds Found on Meteorite That Fell on Frozen Lake
October 27, 2020 Vice
The finding can help shed light on the origin of life on Earth, which might have been spurred in part by the delivery of organic compounds inside meteorites like Hamburg.
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Cracks are appearing in the 2nd law of thermodynamics
October 27, 2020 Medium
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If a robot is conscious, is it OK to turn it off?
October 27, 2020 The Conversation
The moral implications of building true AIs
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The Epigenetic Secrets Behind Dopamine, Drug Addiction and Depression
October 27, 2020 Quanta Magazine
New research links serotonin and dopamine not just to addiction and depression, but to the ability to control genes.
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Are the Brain’s Electromagnetic Fields the Seat of Consciousness?
October 27, 2020 nautil.us
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Myanmar amber fossils: a legal as well as ethical quagmire
October 27, 2020 Nature
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Can lab-grown brains become conscious?
October 27, 2020 Nature
A handful of experiments are raising questions about whether clumps of cells and disembodied brains could be sentient, and how scientists would know if they were.
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Video
The Science & Faith Podcast -- Genetic Entropy & Genome Degeneration
October 27, 2020 YouTube
Sanford challenges the idea of natural selection benefiting the fitness of living organisms, coming as a direct result of his research on genomes showing the fitness of biological systems are degenerating due to the accumulation of harmful mutations
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Age of the Earth -- Does it Matter what Christians Believe?
October 27, 2020 YouTube
We've all heard the theories: young earth, gap theory, day age, progressive creationism, framework theory, theistic evolution, and others. Can a Christian adopt any of these views without consequence in their faith? What does the Bible clearly teach?
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News Update/Commentary
Large tides may have driven evolution of fish towards life on land
October 27, 2020 Science Daily
Big tidal ranges some 400 million years ago may have initiated the evolution of bony fish and land vertebrates. This theory is now supported by researchers
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News Update/Commentary
The sweet spot of flagellar assembly
October 27, 2020 Science Daily
To build the machinery that enables bacteria to swim the flagellum is assembled piece by piece, ending with the helix called flagellar filament, composed of six different subunits called flagellins.
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The Glorious, Intentional Gift of Autumn Beauty
October 27, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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Against the Tide: When Scientists Stray from Science
October 27, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science
October 27, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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First Cell with a Mitochondrion Was Already Complex
October 27, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Water on the Moon? Not What We Expected
October 27, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Book
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
October, 2020 Bloomsbury Sigma
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Ethicist Protests Politicized Science -- Alas, That Horse Left the Barn Long Ago
October 26, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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Neuroscience Refutes Free Will? Addressing an Objection
October 26, 2020 Mind Matters
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is not as good as Libet’s methods for assessing real-time effects
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Timeline of early eukaryotic evolution unveiled
October 26, 2020 phys.org
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Malaria parasite hides in human blood by changing how its genes work
October 26, 2020 New Scientist
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Timing the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity with ancient duplications
October 26, 2020 Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Neanderthal DNA highlights complexity of COVID risk factors
October 26, 2020 Nature
A genetic analysis reveals that some people who have severe reactions to the SARS-CoV-2 virus inherited certain sections of their DNA from Neanderthals. However, our ancestors can’t take all the blame for how someone responds to the virus.
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News Update/Commentary
How cells use mechanical tension sensors to interact with their environment
October 26, 2020 Science Daily
In a painstaking experiment, scientists suspended a single protein filament between two microscopic beads. Their results have shed light on an elusive process in which cells receive and respond to mechanical cues.
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Intelligent Design’s Yellow Star: Journal’s Disclaimer Refutes a Common Criticism of ID
October 26, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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There. It’s Over! There Is No Life on Venus
October 26, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Pushback at StatNews Against Politicizing Science
October 26, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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There’s Water and Ice on the Moon, and in More Places Than NASA Thought
October 26, 2020 New York Times
Future astronauts seeking water on the moon may not need to go into the most treacherous craters in its polar regions to find it.
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Why Wisdom Is Not and Cannot Be a “Science"
October 25, 2020 Mind Matters
Some have tried to make the pursuit of wisdom a “scientific” endeavour. That is not going well.
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Pernicious Amorality Infiltrates Modern Social Darwinism
October 25, 2020 Creation-Evolution Headlines
A deadly doctrine lies at the heart of modern evolutionary social theory. The next Hitler will love this creed.
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How to Do Biology Without Darwin
October 25, 2020 Creation-Evolution Headlines
A paper and press release compare fish and humans, but avoid falling into the Darwin just-so-story habit.
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Apparently, Canceling Jordan Peterson Didn’t Really Work
October 25, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Seminar Schedule: “Is the Natural World Good or Bad?”
October 24, 2020 The Christian Scientific Society
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Why Is AI a Key Battleground in Philosophy and Religion?
October 24, 2020 Mind Matters
Tech philosopher George Gilder explains. Spoiler: He thinks humans will win
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Space Aliens Could in Fact Be Watching Us
October 24, 2020 Mind Matters
Using the methods we use to spot exoplanets. But if they are technologically advanced, wouldn’t they be here by now?
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As astronomers search for exoplanets, those planets could have Earth in sight
October 24, 2020 CNN
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Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and the Christian
October 24, 2020 Answers in Genesis
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New Michael Behe Book: A Mousetrap for Darwin -- Free Webinar
October 24, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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The Mammalian Placenta Features “Universal Assembly Instructions”
October 24, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Why AI Geniuses Haven't Created True Thinking Machines
October 23, 2020 Mind Matters
The problems have been hinting at themselves all along
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Footprints Mark a Toddler’s Perilous Prehistoric Journey
October 23, 2020 New York Times
Mammoths and giant ground sloths roamed the same terrain that a young adult swiftly moved through while toting a young child.
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Science journal editors shouldn’t contribute to politicizing science
October 23, 2020 stat news
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Lunar Tunes: Dreaming for Theory Rescue
October 23, 2020 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Oh what a tangled web they weave when they assume things have to be billions of years old to give Darwin time to evolve life by accident.
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Humans with Dinosaurs Evidence
October 23, 2020 Answers in Genesis
Depictions and documentation of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and large marine reptiles living with man
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News Update/Commentary
Happiness and the evolution of brain size
October 23, 2020 Science Daily
Serotonin can act as a growth factor for the stem cells in the fetal human brain that determine brain size
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Magnetic Navigation May Be a Gift from Bacteria
October 23, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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November: In a New Book, Michael Behe Springs a Trap for Darwin
October 23, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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Theoretical Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Is Being Labelled “Anti-Science”
October 23, 2020 Uncommon Descent