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Planetary ‘autopsies' indicate worlds like Earth common in the cosmos
October 17, 2019 Reuters
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Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror
October 17, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Blog Post
Human Body Capabilities Uncovered
October 17, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
More surprises about the body come to light, including the ability to regrow cartilage.
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Quest for Consciousness: A Historic Contest Is Announced
October 17, 2019 Mind Matters
The two theories to be tested pit “information processing" against “causal power" as a model of consciousness. One side must admit it is wrong
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Scientists Seek to Kill Genetic Test for Same-Sex Attraction
October 17, 2019 The Scientist
GenePlaza’s direct-to-consumer “How Gay Are You?” app has been criticized for being misleading and irresponsible.
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Biological and Engineered Systems Employ Same Principles
October 17, 2019 Institute for Creation Research
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New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics
October 17, 2019 Science
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Reason Won’t Save Us
October 17, 2019 nautil.us
It’s time to accept the limits of how we think.
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Early mouse fetuses generated without sperm or eggs for first time
October 17, 2019 New Scientist
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Long strand of DNA from Neanderthals found in people from Melanesia
October 17, 2019 New Scientist
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Researchers: Human Neurons Mature More Slowly Than Those of Chimpanzees and Macaques
October 17, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Hossenfelder: Could the Problem with Dark Matter Come Down to Using Wrong Equations?
October 17, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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What Do Animal Studies Tell Us About Human Minds?
October 17, 2019 Mind Matters
They show that human experience is unique
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News Update/Commentary
Ancient stars shed light on Earth's similarities to other planets
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
New method used to study planets' geochemistry implies that Earth is not unique
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News Update/Commentary
Embryo's early development revealed in a dish
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
Bioscientists learn how ectoderm cells begin to differentiate
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News Update/Commentary
An evolution in the understanding of evolution
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
New modeling tool has implications for better understanding of disease
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News Update/Commentary
Phylogenetic analysis forces rethink of termite evolution
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
Despite their important ecological role as decomposers, termites are often overlooked in research. Evolutionary biologists have constructed a new family tree for this unassuming insect brood, shedding unexpected light on its evolutionary history.
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News Update/Commentary
Industrial melanism linked to same gene in 3 moth species
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
The rise of dark forms of many species of moth in heavily polluted areas of 19th and 20th century Britain, known as industrial melanism, was a highly visible response to environmental change.
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Sexual selection alone could spark formation of new species
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
Animals that seek mates and fight rivals that resemble parents could eventually set stage for new species
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Paleontologists discover complete Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
Discovery provides valuable insight into evolution of theropod dinosaurs around the world
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Arthropods formed orderly lines 480 million years ago
October 17, 2019 Science Daily
Researchers studied fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites, which lived 480 million years ago and showed that the trilobites had probably been buried in their positions -- all oriented in the same direction.
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Researcher: The Question Is Not Whether Epigenetic Learning Is Inherited But How
October 17, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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UVic bows to outside pressure and rescinds my adjunct professor status
October 16, 2019 Watts Up With That?
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Inherited Learning? It Happens, but How Is Uncertain
October 16, 2019 Quanta Magazine
Studies suggest that epigenetics allows some learned adaptive responses to be passed down to new generations. The question is how.
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Dark matter nightmare: What if we are just using the wrong equations?
October 16, 2019 backreaction.blogspot.com
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Why a computer will never be truly conscious
October 16, 2019 The Conversation
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‘Outlandish’ competition seeks the brain’s source of consciousness
October 16, 2019 Science
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News Update/Commentary
Scientists find early humans moved through Mediterranean earlier than believed
October 16, 2019 Science Daily
Scientists have unearthed new evidence in Greece proving that the island of Naxos was inhabited by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
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Study helps pinpoint what makes species vulnerable to environmental change
October 16, 2019 Science Daily
Researchers have reported that a bird species' ability to adapt to seasonal temperature changes may be one factor in whether it can better withstand environmental disruption.
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How human brain development diverged from that of great apes
October 16, 2019 Science Daily
Cell atlas of great ape forebrain development illuminates dynamic gene-regulatory features that are unique to humans
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News Update/Commentary
Huge dinosaurs evolved different cooling systems to combat heat stroke
October 16, 2019 Science Daily
Researchers use 3D imaging to discover multiple heat exchangers in dinosaur heads
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Society is rejecting facts; medical researchers can help
October 16, 2019 Science Daily
Anecdotes, fake news and social media have created a skeptical and misinformed public who is rejecting the facts.
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But If Homo Erectus Was Just an Ordinary Dude…
October 16, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Researchers: There Is an Inference Crisis as Well as a Replication Crisis
October 16, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Once Again, for the Thousandth Time, We Are “Closing in” on Alien Life
October 16, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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How evolution builds genes from scratch
October 16, 2019 Nature
Scientists long assumed that new genes appear when evolution tinkers with old ones. It turns out that natural selection is much more creative.
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Peer-reviewed Paper
The Negative Intelligence–Religiosity Relation: New and Confirming Evidence
October 15, 2019 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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Nobody Really Knows Why We Dream
October 15, 2019 daily.jstor.org
An extensive literature review reveals a startling lack of consensus around why we dream, though neurologists have made important discoveries.
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Ever Wonder What the Most Asked Questions About Intelligent Design Are?
October 15, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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These secret battles between your body’s cells might just save your life
October 15, 2019 Nature
To fight cancer and ageing, biologists are looking at how cells evict, kill or cannibalize less-fit rivals.
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Natural Selection in Guppies
October 15, 2019 Answers in Genesis
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Monkeys outperform humans when it comes to cognitive flexibility
October 15, 2019 Science Daily
When it comes to being willing to explore more efficient options to solving a problem, monkeys exhibit more cognitive flexibility than humans, according to a new study.
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Did early mammals turn to night life to protect their sperm?
October 15, 2019 Science Daily
Diurnalism is by far the exception rather the rule in mammals. About 250-230 million years ago, the mammalian ancestors, called the therapsids, became exclusively nocturnal, and stayed so until the demise of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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DNA fracturing rewires gene control in cancer
October 15, 2019 Science Daily
A multi-institutional team has brought attention to genomic structural variation as a previously unappreciated mechanism involved in altering DNA methylation, a form of gene control, in human cancers.
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Sperm and egg cell ‘immune response' protects koala DNA
October 15, 2019 Science Daily
Discovery of a type of immunity that protects koalas' DNA from viruses has importance for the survival of koalas and our fundamental understanding of evolution.
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The War on Math Targets the Equals Sign
October 15, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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Giant Molecules Show Quantum Effects: Appear in Two Places at Once
October 15, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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One in 2000 People May Have Two Copies of a Chromosome from One Parent
October 15, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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How Do Liquid Organelles Coexist Without Merging?
October 15, 2019 Uncommon Descent
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A Frank Look at Female Orgasms and Rabbits
October 15, 2019 Discover magazine
A very weak paper in PNAS has attracted some attention lately: An experimental test of the ovulatory homolog model of female orgasm