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Peer-reviewed Paper
Venus Flytrap: How an Excitable, Carnivorous Plant Works
March 1, 2019 Trends in Plant Science
Best known from the animal kingdom, carnivory in the green branch of the tree of life at a first glance seems to be a peculiar trait. Thanks to recent advances, we now know that plant carnivory evolved at least six times independently.
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Humans Made Tools Atop the Tibetan Plateau More than 30,000 Years Ago
March 1, 2019 The Scientist
A finding pushes back the timeline on humankind’s conquest of one of Earth’s harshest environments, and may provide clues about interactions with their hominin relatives.
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Book
The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them)
March, 2019 Penguin (Random House)
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First Confirmed Denisovan Skull Piece Found
March 1, 2019 sapiens
Fragments of a hominin skull add to the sparse collection from our obscure cousins.
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Do Humans and Chimps Share a Common Ancestor?
March 1, 2019 Answers in Genesis
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Sentience and Consciousness in Single Cells
March, 2019 BioEssays, v.41, n.3
How the First Minds Emerged in Unicellular Species
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Does the Toast Model Explain Fossil Protein Persistence?
February 28, 2019 Institute for Creation Research
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Blog Post
Big Changes in Science Publishing Underway
February 28, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
People are so used to peer-reviewed scientific journals behind paywalls, it’s hard to think of any other way. Till now.
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Engineered Adaptability: Creatures' Anticipatory Systems Forecast and Track Changes
February 28, 2019 Institute for Creation Research
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News Update/Commentary
'Mutation hotspot' allows common fungus to adapt to different host environments
February 28, 2019 Science Daily
A new study finds that samples of Candida albicans from patients frequently lack one copy of a vital master regulator, which gives them flexibility to lose the other copy and adapt to different environments.
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News Update/Commentary
Ant societies' arms race: Gene activity in defenders depends on invading slavemaking ants
February 28, 2019 Science Daily
Defenders' behavior and brain gene activity reflects origin of attacking slavemakers
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News Update/Commentary
New findings shed light on origin of upright walking in human ancestors
February 28, 2019 Science Daily
4.5 million-year old fossil shows evidence of greater reliance on bipedalism than previously suggested
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News Update/Commentary
Amoebae diversified at least 750 million years ago, far earlier than expected
February 28, 2019 Science Daily
Reconstitution of Amoebozoa's evolution shows significant Precambrian species diversity. This study changes the view of how life evolved in the very remote past and deepens the understanding of current climate change.
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CRISPR base editing, known for precision, hits a snag with off-target mutations
February 28, 2019 stat news
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The quest for autism’s causes, and what it reveals about all of us
February 28, 2019 knowable magazine
The more researchers look, the more multifaceted the risk factors appear -- and the more we learn about how the brain works and develops
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Sold Out Evening with Michael Behe, Eric Metaxas Was a Blast; Video to Follow
February 28, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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News Update/Commentary
500-million-year old worm 'superhighway' discovered in Canada
February 28, 2019 Science Daily
Prehistoric worms populated the sea bed 500 million years ago -- evidence that life was active in an environment thought uninhabitable until now, research shows.
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Redemptive history and evolution don’t mix
February 28, 2019 Creation Ministries International
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First semi-identical twins identified in pregnancy
February 28, 2019 Queensland University of Technology
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Clues to Martian life found in Chilean desert
February 28, 2019 phys.org
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Science and evolution
February 28, 2019 Genetics and Molecular Biology
Evolution is both a fact and a theory. Evolution is widely observable in laboratory and natural populations as they change over time. At the same time, evolutionary theory explains more than observations, as the succession on the fossil record.
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Manfred Eigen (1927–2019)
February 28, 2019 Nature
Observer of fast reactions in the laboratory and in life.
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Blog Post
The “All Outcomes Are Equiprobable” Argument
February 28, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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News Update/Commentary
The Wonders of Genomic Acrobatics: Ciliated Protozoa as a Case Study
February 27, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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New Fossil Feathers Affirm Created Kinds
February 27, 2019 Institute for Creation Research
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Blog Post
Design in Chemistry Explained by a PhD Chemist
February 27, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
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News Update/Commentary
Cell mechanism delays and repairs DNA damage that can lead to cancer
February 27, 2019 Science Daily
Researchers have identified a specific mechanism that protects our cells from natural DNA errors -- an 'enemy within' -- which could permanently damage our genetic code and lead to diseases such as cancer.
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News Update/Commentary
Jumping spider mimics two kinds of ants as it grows
February 27, 2019 Science Daily
Biologists found that adult spiders that pretend to be ants retain their spiderly figures to attract mates
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An Examination of Hugh Ross’s List of “Creation Passages” -- Part 1: Genesis Verses
February 27, 2019 Answers in Genesis
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Team discovers ‘incredibly' diverse microbial community high in Yellowstone
February 27, 2019 phys.org
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Siberia’s ancient ghost clan starts to surrender its secrets
February 27, 2019 Nature
A mysterious group of extinct humans known as Denisovans is helping to rewrite our understanding of human evolution. Who were they?
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According to Biologist Nathan Lents, It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism
February 27, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Blog Post
In Seattle and Dallas, Education Days Will Offer Students the Latest In Intelligent Design Research
February 27, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Mike Keas: Modern-Day Atheism Meets the Occult
February 26, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Dark matter secrets could lie buried in ancient rocks on Earth
February 26, 2019 New Scientist
Fossil traces hidden deep underground may solve the mystery of dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up 80 per cent of the universe
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News Update/Commentary
Mechanism behind DNA damage control uncovered
February 26, 2019 Science Daily
Researchers have identified a mechanism that is critical for the survival of cells under genotoxic stress. New finding could help develop novel anti-cancer approaches to improve the cancer cell killing effects of chemotherapy.
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Species evolve ways to back up life's machinery
February 26, 2019 phys.org
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Blog Post
Graduate Level Baloney Detecting About Natural Selection
February 26, 2019 Creation-Evolution Headlines
We examine some leading journal papers that lean on natural selection to see if they can wobble without falling over.
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The concept of probability is not as simple as you think
February 26, 2019 Aeon
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News Update/Commentary
Better together: Mitochondrial fusion supports cell division
February 26, 2019 Science Daily
New research shows that when cells divide rapidly, their mitochondria are fused together. In this configuration, the cell is able to more efficiently use oxygen for energy.
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News Update/Commentary
Inside the brains of hungry worms, researchers find clues about how they hunt
February 26, 2019 Science Daily
When looking for food, the roundworm C. elegans searches the same area for up to 20 minutes before trying its luck at more distant locales. New research on the worm's brain explains how this behavior arises at the level of molecules and cells.
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News Update/Commentary
Radiation-resistant E. coli evolved in the lab give view into DNA repair
February 26, 2019 Science Daily
Scientists are blasting E. coli bacteria with ionizing radiation once a week to watch evolution happen in real time as the bacteria become radiation resistant.
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The Story of Creation
February 26, 2019 Voice, Dallas Theological Seminary
this episode discusses issues related to creation in Genesis
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How the bacterial replicative helicase opens to start DNA replication process
February 26, 2019 Science Daily
The new discovery may prove useful in developing a novel class of antibiotics and designing molecular nanodevices
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NASA was able to recreate the ‘origins of life' and the results are shocking
February 26, 2019 Fox News
NASA scientists offer new clues to how life started on Earth after reproducing the origins of life on the ocean floor
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Blog Post
Human Zoos and a Cruel Past: A Visit to Washington University
February 26, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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Blog Post
Fasten Your Seat Belt; Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves Launches!
February 26, 2019 Evolution News & Science Today
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10 answers from biblical creationists—Part 2
February 26, 2019 Creation Ministries International
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Video
Revolutionary
February 26, 2019 Discovery Institute
A Heretical Idea | See Also online video
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Book
Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
February 26, 2019 Harper Collins
The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator.