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Did Language Evolve with a Single Mutation? A New Study Says That's Unlikely.
January 17, 2020 Real Clear Science
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Human ancestors started biodiversity decline millions of years ago
January 17, 2020 Science Daily
The human-caused biodiversity decline started much earlier than researchers used to believe. According to a new study the process was not started by our own species but by some of our ancestors.
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Human ancestors may have eaten hard plant tissues without damaging teeth
January 17, 2020 Science Daily
The results have implications for reconstructing diet, and for our interpretation of the fossil record of human evolution, researchers said.
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It takes more than two to tango: Microbial communities influence animal sex and reproduction
January 17, 2020 Science Daily
The reproductive tracts of males and females contain whole communities of micro-organisms. These microbes can have considerable impact on (animal) fertility and reproduction. They may even lead to new species.
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BioLogos and the Search for Truth
January 17, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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Did Cloudinids Have the Guts to Be Worms?
January 17, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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At Salvo: The Language Barrier with Animals Is Not a “Cultural Construct”
January 17, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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World’s Oldest Scorpions Show No Change from 437 Million Years Ago
January 17, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Key Points in Plant Evolution Featured “Fundamental Genomic Novelties”
January 17, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Do We Possess a Transpersonal Imagination?
January 16, 2020 Scientific American
Some products of our imaginations seem to spring from sources beyond our everyday selves.
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Is standing up for expertise a fool’s errand?
January 16, 2020 Higher Education
In an era of anti-expert populism, it is more important than ever to stand up for scientific truth. But it is also harder, coming with a high risk of personal attack.
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Jumping genes threaten egg cell quality
January 16, 2020 Science Daily
Understanding their activity has implications for fertility and health of future generations
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Meteorite or Volcano? New Clues to the Dinosaurs’ Demise
January 16, 2020 New York Times
Twin calamities marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and scientists are presenting new evidence of which drove one of Earth’s great extinctions.
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Theoretical Biologist Quit Over Growing Panpsychism, It Turns Out
January 16, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Giant Squid Genome Map Offers Some Surprises Re Its Giant Brain
January 16, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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At Evolution Institute, of All Places, Evolutionary Psychology Is Savaged
January 16, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Global Warming Alarmists Manipulate Climate Data
January 16, 2020 Red State
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Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion
January 16, 2020 Ohio State University
Researchers think it was one of the first animals to spend time on land
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Sorghum Manages Gene Expression to Resist Drought
January 16, 2020 Institute for Creation Research
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How ‘spooky’ is quantum physics? The answer could be incalculable
January 16, 2020 Nature
Proof at the nexus of pure mathematics and algorithms puts ‘quantum weirdness’ on a whole new level.
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Silly Darwinism Needs a Good Shaming
January 16, 2020 Creation-Evolution Headlines
This is what happens in one-party rule: insanity with impunity.
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Scientists uncover how an explosion of new genes explain the origin of land plants
January 16, 2020 Science Daily
Scientists have made a significant discovery about the genetic origins of how plants evolved from living in water to land 470 million years ago.
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‘lLiving fossil' may upend basic tenet of evolutionary theory
January 16, 2020 Science Daily
Natural selection's reach extends beyond genome into epigenome, study suggests
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The mysterious, legendary giant squid's genome is revealed
January 16, 2020 Science Daily
Important clues about the anatomy and evolution of the mysterious giant squid (Architeuthis dux) are revealed through publication of its full genome sequence.
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Big Fertility Is Fast Becoming a Moral Hazard
January 16, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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TOI 700d: The Latest Earth-Like Exoplanet?
January 15, 2020 Answers in Genesis
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Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
January 15, 2020 Geology Page
Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impact
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Is Homology Evidence for Evolution? Long Story Short
January 15, 2020 YouTube
Is homology due to common descent or common design? Is descent with modification overwhelmingly obvious?
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Philippine volcano Taal erupts with a fury of earthquakes and ash
January 15, 2020 temblor.net
Taal Volcano, known for its picturesque crater lake, erupted suddenly on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, forcing evacuations of nearby villages.
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LHCb sees new hints of odd lepton behaviour
January 15, 2020 CERN
If confirmed, this would signal a crack in the Standard Model of particle physics
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Neanderthals ‘dived in the ocean' for shellfish
January 15, 2020 BBC News
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New species of bone-eating worm discovered eating alligator carcass deep under Gulf of Mexico
January 15, 2020 CNN
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Why Evolutionary Psychology (Probably) Isn’t Possible
January 15, 2020 The Evolution Institute
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Embryo Research To Reduce Need for In Vitro Fertilization Raises Ethical Concerns
January 15, 2020 National Public Radio
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Backlash Over Meat Dietary Recommendations Raises Questions About Corporate Ties to Nutrition Scientists
January 15, 2020 JAMA
It’s almost unheard of for medical journals to get blowback for studies before the data are published, but that’s what happened to the Annals of Internal Medicine last fall
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In the quantum realm, cause doesn’t necessarily come before effect
January 15, 2020 New Scientist
In everyday life, causes always precede effects. But new experiments suggests that no such restriction applies in the quantum world
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Scientific American Explores Panpsychism ... Respectfully
January 15, 2020 Mind Matters
This is a major change. At one time, a science mag would merely ridicule the idea of a conscious universe
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Long Necks Without Evolution
January 15, 2020 Creation-Evolution Headlines
What do giraffes and sauropods have in common? A new paper shows how you can seek answers without Darwin’s help.
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This Strange Microbe May Mark One of Life’s Great Leaps
January 15, 2020 New York Times
A organism living in ocean muck offers clues to the origins of the complex cells of all animals and plants.
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Glimpses of fatherhood found in non-pair-bonding chimps
January 15, 2020 Science Daily
Although they have no way of identifying their biological fathers, male chimpanzees form intimate bonds with them, a finding that questions the idea of fatherhood in some of humanity's closest relatives, according to a study of wild chimpanzees in Uganda.
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Astronomers reveal interstellar thread of one of life's building blocks
January 15, 2020 Science Daily
ALMA and Rosetta map the journey of phosphorus
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Neanderthals went underwater for their tools
January 15, 2020 Science Daily
Neanderthals collected clam shells and pumice from coastal waters to use as tools
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New feathered dinosaur shows dinosaurs grew up differently from birds
January 15, 2020 Science Daily
A new species of feathered dinosaur has been discovered in China. The one-of-a-kind specimen preserves feathers and bones that provide new information about how dinosaurs grew and how they differed from birds.
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In Just Eight Minutes, New Video Punctures Evolution’s Circular “Homology” Argument
January 15, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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DNA Repair, Fish Shape, Epigenetics: Science Advances, Darwin-Free
January 15, 2020 Evolution News & Science Today
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Sabine Hossenfelder Makes It to Slashdot
January 15, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Two Mysterious Blobs of Hot Rock at the Edge of Earth’s Core Are “Massive Anomalies”
January 15, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Home-Schooled Christian Students As Tomorrows Science Leaders?
January 15, 2020 Uncommon Descent
Jonathan Wells Responds
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Short ID Film Tackles Homology
January 15, 2020 Uncommon Descent
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Megadrought Helped Topple the Assyrian Empire
January 15, 2020 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
Paleoclimate records shed light on the ancient civilization’s meteoric rise and catastrophic collapse.