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DISCLAIMER: The following links do not necessarily represent endorsement by the Geoscience Research Institute, but are meant to provide information from a wide range of viewpoints and expertise on scientific issues, religious issues, and the interface between the two, particularly in the area of creation and evolution.
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There Might Be a Hidden ‘Crisis' in What We Know About the Universe
November 6, 2019 Motherboard: Tech by Vice
Scientists think the universe is flat, but new observations suggest that we might actually be living in a gigantic sphere. Whoa.
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Charles Darwin's philosophical Trojan Horse
November 6, 2019 God Evidence
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But Could Techno-Immortality Ever Be the Real Thing?
November 6, 2019 Mind Matters
Oxford mathematician John Lennox looks at Ray Kurzweil’s techno-immortality from a Christian perspective
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Babies Have a Number Sense Before They Can Count
November 6, 2019 Mind Matters
The study showed that counting with babies makes a difference, even though their understanding is not very exact
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Some women lack odour-detecting brain cells but can still sense smells
November 6, 2019 New Scientist
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The weird creatures that might be the very first complex animals
November 6, 2019 New Scientist
The Cambrian explosion is feted as evolution's big bang, but the enigmatic Ediacaran creatures that came first are rewriting the history of life on Earth
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Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?
November 6, 2019 New Scientist
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Korea, Darwinism, Racism, and War
November 6, 2019 Answers in Genesis
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Remembering Phillip Johnson
November 6, 2019 Break Point
The Man Who Put Darwin on Trial
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Podcast: The Legacy of Phillip Johnson
November 6, 2019 Break Point
An Interview with Dr. Jay Richards
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Computers Evolve a New Path Toward Human Intelligence
November 6, 2019 Quanta Magazine
Neural networks that borrow strategies from biology are making profound leaps in their abilities. Is ignoring a goal the best way to make truly intelligent machines?
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Blog Post
Does Darwinism necessarily entail atheism?
November 6, 2019 patheos.com
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Evolution or intelligent design? The story of the bacterial flagellar motor
November 6, 2019 ABC News (Australia)
Nature abounds with wonders -- and the quest to explain them has driven some epic human advances. But scientific discoveries are often resisted when they contradict powerful religious traditions.
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Standing tall: Scientists find oldest example of upright ape
November 6, 2019 Associated Press
The remains of an ancient ape found in a Bavarian clay pit suggest that humans’ ancestors began standing upright millions of years earlier than previously thought
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Do the Deaths of Top Scientists Make Way for New Growth?
November 6, 2019 undark.org
A study suggests that after prominent scientists die, their fields see an influx of work from lesser-known researchers
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Peer-reviewed Paper
A new Miocene ape and locomotion in the ancestor of great apes and humans
November 6, 2019 Nature
Many ideas have been proposed to explain the origin of bipedalism in hominins and suspension in great apes (hominids); however, fossil evidence has been lacking.
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Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019), Some Reflections
November 6, 2019 billdembski.com
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News Update/Commentary
Exceptional fossils may need a breath of air to form
November 6, 2019 Science Daily
New research has found that a long held belief by paleontologists about the fossilization process may be wrong. The team has found that while low oxygen environments set the stage, it takes air to catalyze the fossilization process.
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Naomi Oreskes asks “why trust science" in an age of denialism
November 6, 2019 New Scientist
In Why Trust Science?, Naomi Oreskes asks bold questions but knows there are no clear answers -- and critiques herself as the book unfolds
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Phillip Johnson and the Rebellion of the Evidence
November 6, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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An Article at MSN News Suggests That Darwin Might Have Been Wrong (!)
November 6, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Thinkmag Tributes to the Late Phillip Johnson
November 6, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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In Case You Wondered Why Dark Energy Is “The Biggest Unsolved Problem in the Universe”
November 6, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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What If Technology Causes Some People to Live Forever?
November 5, 2019 Mind Matters
What would it mean for them and for the rest of us?
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How Do We Know What Superintelligent AI Will Do?
November 5, 2019 Mind Matters
If superintelligent systems existed, logic demonstrates that they would be unpredictable
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Plant Communication: Into the Roots
November 5, 2019 Answers in Genesis
This article will discuss some of the “under the table” communications that have been documented.
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Died: Phillip E. Johnson, Lawyer who Put Darwin on Trial
November 5, 2019 Christianity Today
With landmark book, he became “chief architect and guiding light” of the intelligent design movement.
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Earth Needs Fewer People to Beat the Climate Crisis, Scientists Say
November 5, 2019 Bloomberg
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Phillip E. Johnson, Who Put Darwin on Trial, Dies at 79
November 5, 2019 The Gospel Coalition
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Scientists Around the World Declare ‘Climate Emergency’
November 5, 2019 Smithsonian Magazine
More than 11,000 signatories to a new research paper argue that we need new ways to measure the impacts of a changing climate on human society
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This Is Why Dark Energy Is the Biggest Unsolved Problem in the Universe
November 5, 2019 Forbes
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News Update/Commentary
Jaw-some wombats may be great survivors
November 5, 2019 Science Daily
Flexible jaws may help wombats better survive in a changing world by adapting to climate change's effect on vegetation and new diets in conservation sanctuaries.
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News Update/Commentary
Red deer are evolving to give birth earlier in a warming climate
November 5, 2019 Science Daily
Red deer living on the Isle of Rum, on the west coast of Scotland, have been giving birth earlier and earlier since the 1980s, at a rate of about three days per decade.
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Phillip E. Johnson: Men Must Endure Their Going Hence
November 5, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Meeting Phil Johnson at Berkeley
November 5, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Rob Sheldon on Whether Quanta Mag’s Universe Is Closed or Flat
November 5, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Looking for a Mechanism Behind the Big Bang…
November 5, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Remembering the Impact of Phillip Johnson’s Darwin on Trial (1991)
November 5, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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These birds form surprisingly complex societies
November 5, 2019 Cosmos Magazine
And that’s despite not having particularly large brains.
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American Thinker Mag Recognizes Marcos Eberlin
November 5, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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The Hazard Cascade That Led to the Anak Krakatau Landslide
November 4, 2019 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
Researchers used a combination of ground and space-based measures to look for warning signs for the flank collapse at Anak Krakatau in 2018, which triggered a tsunami that killed hundreds.
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Creationism’s Debt to Phillip Johnson
November 4, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019) was a unifying figure, but not a compromiser. A unique and wise influencer, his strategy will continue.
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Darwinism vs. Abstract Thoughts and Language
November 4, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Human Evolution Researchers Stick Botswana Origin Claims with “Colonialism” Label
November 4, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Even Different Species of Butterflies Can Easily Share Genes
November 4, 2019 labroots.com
After assessing the genomes of twenty species of butterflies, scientists were surprised to find that genes flow easily between them, even species that aren’t closely related. The work reported in Science may change how we view species diversity.
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“Unique Human Origins”: Explained
November 4, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Blog Post
The Faces of Miracles -- A Serialized eBook
November 4, 2019 billdembski.com
The Faces of Miracles is an eBook presented on this blog over the next four months (Nov 2019 thru Feb 2020), with new installments typically appearing on Mondays.
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Cosmological crisis: We don't know if the universe is round or flat
November 4, 2019 New Scientist
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What Shape Is the Universe? A New Study Suggests We’ve Got It All Wrong
November 4, 2019 Quanta Magazine
When researchers reanalyzed the gold-standard data set of the early universe, they concluded that the cosmos must be “closed,” or curled up like a ball. Most others remain unconvinced.
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News Update/Commentary
Deep sea vents had ideal conditions for origin of life
November 4, 2019 Science Daily
By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been in deep-sea hydrothermal vents rather than shallow pools.