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Brine Pools Emerge as a New Place to Search for Life on Mars
October 29, 2018 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
Some pools of salty water on the Red Planet could contain enough dissolved oxygen for microorganisms and sponges to survive, new calculations suggest.
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"Schrödinger's Bacterium" Could Be a Quantum Biology Milestone
October 29, 2018 Scientific American
A recent experiment may have placed living organisms in a state of quantum entanglement
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Crickets rapidly evolve new mating call to evade their parasites
October 29, 2018 New Scientist
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Synthetic microorganisms allow scientists to study ancient evolutionary mysteries
October 29, 2018 Science Daily
Scientists use the tools of synthetic biology to engineer organisms similar to those thought to have lived billions of years ago
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Studies raise questions over how epigenetic information is inherited
October 29, 2018 Science Daily
Evidence has been building in recent years that our diet, our habits or traumatic experiences can have consequences for the health of our children -- and even our grandchildren.
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News Update/Commentary
Cancer's most deadly assassin exists in every cell
October 29, 2018 Science Daily
Scientists discover new kill code embedded in each cell to extinguish cancer
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Scientists describe 17 new species of sea slugs
October 29, 2018 Science Daily
Team constructs new family tree for group of nudibranchs; discovers color mimics
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How an outsider in Alzheimer’s research bucked the prevailing theory -- and clawed for validation
October 29, 2018 statnews.com
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Archaeologists find 300,000-year-old stone tools in Saudi Arabia
October 29, 2018 ars technica
At the time, the Arabian Peninsula was a grassland dotted with lakes.
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There Is No Universal Moral Machine
October 29, 2018 Mind Matters
The “Moral Machine” project aimed at righteous self-driving cars revealed stark differences in global values
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Antivaccine propaganda from Dr. W. Gifford-Jones in The Toronto Sun
October 29, 2018 Science-Based Medicine
The column was packed with anti-vaccine misinformation and pseudoscience. Apparently due to complaints, the article was taken down
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Determine to Oppose Determinism
October 28, 2018 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Even secularists have trouble with books that promote the idea that we are what our genes make us.
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Science’s Got Troubles
October 27, 2018 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Numerous news articles point to moral shortcomings in Big Science that threaten public trust.
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Pearcey: “Stephen Hawking’s Final Salvo”
October 27, 2018 Evolution News & Science Today
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New Theory of Intelligence May Disrupt AI and Neuroscience
October 27, 2018 Psychology Today
Numenta’s “The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence”
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Physicist Uses Physics to Rebut Sexual Misconduct Allegations
October 27, 2018 Daily Wire
Arizona State University physicist Lawrence M. Krauss spent 40 years building his reputation. All of that was taken away after a few women accused him of inappropriate comments or touches.
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Are Maiacetus, Indohyus, and Dorudon missing links?
October 27, 2018 Creation Ministries International
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Big Bang Cosmology Needs Miracles
October 26, 2018 Creation-Evolution Headlines
A leading cosmologist’s account of the current big bang theory makes no sense unless the hearer is already committed to believing it.
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On the Evolutionary Origin of New Genes, Stephen Meyer Is Vindicated Again
October 26, 2018 Evolution News & Science Today
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Fruit fly study challenges theories on evolution and high-carb diets
October 26, 2018 Science Daily
Fruit fly research challenges neutral theory of molecular evolution and suggests one day we may be prescribed diets according to our genes.
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What in the world is consciousness?
October 26, 2018 Science Nordic
Our perception of the world around us, and ourselves within it, are ‘controlled hallucinations’ that the brain uses to help keep itself alive
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Vertebrate evolution kicked off in lagoons
October 26, 2018 Cosmos Magazine
Researchers trace first animals with backbones to shallow “evolutionary hot-spots”
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Three More Designs that Defy Evolution
October 25, 2018 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Darwinian natural selection sounds convincing until you look at the details of extraordinary designs in nature.
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Great Minds: Stephen Meyer and Michael Medved See Design in the Lives of Washington, Lincoln
October 25, 2018 Evolution News & Science Today
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Intelligent Design and Other “Sensitive Topics”
October 25, 2018 Evolution News & Science Today
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Dinosaur fossil may be a whole new species of the first birds
October 25, 2018 New Scientist
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Genome-wide study confirms six tiger subspecies
October 25, 2018 Science Daily
Fewer than 4,000 free-ranging tigers remain in the wild. Efforts to protect these remaining tigers have also been stymied by uncertainty about whether they represent six, five or only two subspecies.
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A single genetic switch changes butterfly wing color
October 25, 2018 Science Daily
Scientists use genetic analysis and CRISPR/Cas9 editing to identify a gene that controls wing color mimicry in butterflies
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Evolution does repeat itself after all: How evolution lets stripes come and go
October 25, 2018 Science Daily
The findings about the stripes of the especially diverse species of East-African cichlid fishes explain how evolution can repeat itself at record speed.
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95% of Human Genome Can't Evolve
October 25, 2018 Institute for Creation Research
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Ancient Rocks from Grand Canyon Discovered in Australia
October 25, 2018 Newsweek
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Rare genetic sequences illuminate early humans’ history in Africa
October 25, 2018 Nature
Little-studied ethnic groups on the continent are helping researchers to understand the movements of people who lived there tens of thousands of years ago.
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First Vertebrates Evolved in Shallow Water
October 25, 2018 The Scientist
Fish stuck to coastal habitats for nearly 100 million years after they first appeared.
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Book Review: Scientism and Secularism by J.P. Moreland
October 25, 2018 Apologetics 315
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Already beyond the Standard Model
October 25, 2018 Symmetry magazine
We already know neutrinos break the mold of the Standard Model. The question is: By how much?
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What's keeping us from discovering dark matter?
October 25, 2018 Astronomy magazine
Numerous experiments have been dedicated to the search for dark matter, but the strange substance remains frustratingly elusive.
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Archaeopteryx: The day the fossil feathers flew
October 25, 2018 BBC News
There is no greater insult you can hurl at a museum than to suggest its prize fossil is a fake.
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Oldest known footprints in the Grand Canyon found
October 25, 2018 National Geographic
Exposed by a rockfall, the oddly angled tracks offer a rare glimpse into early animal behavior.
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How a Computer Programmer Looks at DNA
October 25, 2018 Mind Matters
And finds it to be "amazing" code
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Melissa Cain Travis Introduces the “Maker Thesis”
October 24, 2018 Evolution News & Science Today
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Flight: The Genius of Seeds
October 24, 2018 Evolution News & Science Today
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Bird-like lungs may have helped dinosaurs rule the world
October 24, 2018 New Scientist
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New Caledonian crows can create compound tools
October 24, 2018 Science Daily
The birds are able to combine individual parts to form a long-distance reaching aid
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The elephant as a person
October 24, 2018 Aeon
Elephants might have the necessary capacities for personhood -- we just need to help them acquire the cognitive scaffolding
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The Trouble-Makers of Particle Physics
October 24, 2018 Cosmic Shambles
Having changed the Standard Model once already, perhaps neutrinos are poised to do it again.
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Human Birth Canal Varies More Widely than Previously Thought
October 24, 2018 The Scientist
The pelvic bones of women have been shaped more by random evolution than by natural selection, a new study finds.
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First analysis of ‘pre-registered’ studies shows sharp rise in null findings
October 24, 2018 Nature
Logging hypotheses and protocols before performing research seems to work as intended: to reduce publication bias for positive results.
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Lawrence Krauss and the Legacy of Harassment in Science
October 24, 2018 The Atlantic
The theoretical physicist isn’t the first celebrity scientist to be accused of sexual misconduct, but he is the first to face consequences.
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Denton Turns Sagan’s “Humdrum Star” on Its Head
October 23, 2018 Evolution News & Science Today
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Tortoise evolution: How did they become so big?
October 23, 2018 Science Daily
The evolution of giant tortoise might not be linked to islands, as had been previously thought. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers present the most comprehensive family tree of extinct and extant tortoises so far.