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How a fly’s neural compass adapts to an ever-changing world
November 20, 2019 Nature
Two studies in flies reveal the mechanism by which the brain’s directional system learns to align information about self-orientation with environmental landmarks -- a process crucial for accurate navigation.
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Cell-tracking pipeline reveals how motor circuits are built
November 20, 2019 Nature
A sophisticated imaging pipeline has been developed to track neurons in early-stage zebrafish embryos over time and space. It reveals how newborn neurons come together to build a spinal cord capable of locomotion.
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SETI Craziness Continues
November 20, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
They have no evidence but need to look busy, so SETI enthusiasts come up with crazier stories to keep public hopes up.
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Wallace’s Frenemies: A Lesson from Phillip Johnson
November 20, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Who’s Throwing Stones at “Nature’s Prophet”? (Wallace)
November 20, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Why the line between life and death is now more blurred than ever
November 20, 2019 New Scientist
Brains resurrected after death, communications with people in comas and advances in cryogenics all suggest that life's end is less final than we thought
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When robots are ultra-lifelike will it be murder to switch one off?
November 20, 2019 New Scientist
Sentient machines with empathy and morality are coming. We urgently need to make some life-and-death decisions about their rights
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Why almost everyone believes in an afterlife -- even atheists
November 20, 2019 New Scientist
Most people hold curiously similar ideas about life after death, suggesting there is more to it than religion, fear or an inability to imagine not existing
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Lichens Evolved Millions of Years AFTER Plants?
November 20, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Are Cities Causing Everything to Evolve?
November 20, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Faith, science, and evolution: A conversation with Dr. Kenneth R. Miller
November 19, 2019 Catholic World Report
The author of Finding Darwin’s God says he doesn’t think the Church should have “an official position on science, because science is constantly changing; science is dynamic, but faith is eternal.”
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Challenging media narrative about the ‘birds and the bees’
November 19, 2019 Genetic Literacy Project
neither faces serious threats from neonicotinoids or other crop chemicals
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The Evolutionary Power of Cities and Light
November 19, 2019 MIT Press Reader
Urbanization and the spread of artificial light are transforming life for all of earth's species, bringing about a host of unintended consequences.
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Blog Post
Scientific Fraud in China
November 19, 2019 Neurologica
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Some people with half a brain have extra strong neural connections
November 19, 2019 Science News
A new study shows how the brain adapts after a hemispherectomy to treat childhood epilepsy
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Image of the Day: Beetle Evolution
November 19, 2019 The Scientist
Plants, fungi, and bacteria likely contributed to insect diversity.
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Hologram Within a Hologram Hints at Fate of Black Holes
November 19, 2019 Quanta Magazine
Calculations involving a higher dimension are guiding physicists toward a misstep in Stephen Hawking’s legendary black hole analysis.
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News Update/Commentary
RNA regulation is crucial for embryonic stem cell differentiation
November 19, 2019 Science Daily
Nuclear RNA levels are kept in check by RNA decay factors. Now, researchers show that an excess of RNA in the nucleus can have negative effects on a crucial regulator of stem cell differentiation.
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Douglas Axe: On the 160th Anniversary of Darwin’s Origin, “Fear of Man,” the Cringe Factor, and More
November 19, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Science Says It, So It Must Be So, Right?…Right?…Right?
November 19, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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What Does It Mean To Be Human? Don’t Ask a Darwinist
November 19, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Researchers: Horizontal Gene Transfer Allowed Plants to Move to Land
November 19, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Beetle Evolution Attributed in Part to Horizontal Gene Transfer (Perhaps)
November 19, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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John Horgan on Jeffrey Epstein and the Decadence of Science
November 19, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Will Earth’s Grandest Canyon Keep Getting Grander?
November 19, 2019 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
Living in Geologic Time: Rafting through the past, present, and future of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
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Stop the science training that demands ‘don’t ask’
November 19, 2019 Nature
It’s time to trust students to handle doubt and diversity in science
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Drive Darwinists Nuts with This One Solution to Fake News
November 19, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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How and Why Did Flower Color First Evolve?
November 18, 2019 Real Clear Science
Flowering plants feature a wondrous array of colors, the primary purpose of which is to attract insect pollinators. But this may not have been the original function of flower color.
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Jeffrey Epstein and the Decadence of Science
November 18, 2019 Scientific American
The Epstein scandal, which embroiled many prominent scientists, is just one of many signs that a gloomy prophecy is being fulfilled
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BioEssays Editor: “‘Junk’ DNA… Full of Information!” Including Genome-Sized “Genomic Code”
November 18, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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How Far Have We Come with Giving Robots Feelings?
November 18, 2019 Mind Matters
Pretty far, in our own imagination
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Evolutionists Surprised but Never Falsified
November 18, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
When you’re the only team allowed on the field, you can move the goalposts at will.
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Ohio Bill Protects Student’s Right to Religious Expression -- Will Teaching Creationism Be Next?
November 18, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Roger Scruton, a Non-Darwinian Intellectual, Was Honored Recently in Czech Republic
November 18, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Researchers: The Colorful Squid Does It Via a “Marvelous Molecular Machine”
November 18, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Nancy Pearcey: What Phillip Johnson’s Wedge of Truth Made Clear
November 17, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Natural Selection Cannot Explain the Origin of Life on Earth
November 17, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Jon Harvey (“Hump of the Camel”) Weighs in on the Late Phillip Johnson
November 17, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Dark matter link to regular matter’s dominance fails to show up
November 16, 2019 ars technica
If axions influence antimatter's behavior, the effects are tiny.
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Bipedal Ape Fossil Falls on Its Face
November 16, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Evolutionists struggle to explain the evolution of bipedalism
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Philip Kitcher’s Candid Assessment of the Textbook “Scientific Method”
November 16, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Darwinian Philosopher Michael Ruse Says Farewell to the Late Phillip Johnson
November 16, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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New Research: Earliest Mammals Were Not Mousy Little Things
November 16, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Your Body as Part Machine
November 15, 2019 Sapiens
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On Phillip Johnson
November 15, 2019 The Hump of the Camel
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Genes from Bacteria Likely Aided Plants’ Move to Land
November 15, 2019 The Scientist
An analysis suggests that DNA cribbed from soil microbes enabled plants’ ancestors to colonize a terrestrial environment.
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Natural Selection Is Vacuous, Says Evolutionist; Part II: Hidden Agency
November 15, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Don’t take our word for it that Natural Selection reduces to the Stuff Happens Law. Listen to an evolutionist say it.
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News Update/Commentary
Squid camouflage may lead to next gen of bio-inspired synthetic materials
November 15, 2019 Science Daily
Squids, octopuses and cuttlefish are undisputed masters of deception and camouflage. Their extraordinary ability to change color, texture and shape is unrivaled, even by modern technology.
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More Ways of Information-Sharing Found in Living Things
November 15, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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But Do We Really Need Quantum Physics to Announce That Objective Reality Doesn’t Exist?
November 15, 2019 Uncommon Descent