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The Problem of Smith: When Mind Uploading Multiplies Identity

October 8, 2025 Mind Matters

a thought experiment by Tyler Bauer on transhumanist Ray Kurzweil’s idea of attaining immortality by uploading the mind into AI
The Challenge of Proving Creativity in AI

October 8, 2025 Robert Marks Mind Matters

Podcast: AI researcher Mappouras discusses the limitations of the Lovelace test for AI creativity with host
Verify, Then Trust: the Human Fixes That Make LLMs Work

October 8, 2025 Robert J. Marks Mind Matters

Here are some examples of fixes that programmers and other workers have applied over time to large language model (LLM) bloopers
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Genomic Evidence Refutes the Chromosome 2 Fusion

October 8, 2025 Jeffrey P. Tomkins Logos Research Associates

Humans and apes differ in their diploid chromosome numbers by two (humans = 46, apes = 48). To explain the discrepancy, evolutionists claim that a fusion between two smaller chromosomes occurred
Long-lived gamma ray burst could signal a new kind of cosmic catastrophe

October 8, 2025 Daniel Clery Science

Some theorists think unusual event could be a black hole devouring a star from within
Is the universe really one big black hole?

October 7, 2025 Jonas Enander New Scientist

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density -- given that the universe contains a lot of relatively empty space, could the whole cosmos be a black hole?
Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds

October 7, 2025 Rohini Subrahmanyam knowable magazine

Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck -- studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones
When and How Did the Brain First Invent the Idea of Gods?

October 7, 2025 Gary Wenk Psychology Today

Discover how changes in human cognition may have led to spiritual beliefs.
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The hidden Denisovan gene that helped humans conquer a new world

October 7, 2025 University of Colorado, Boulder Science Daily

a mysterious gene, inherited through interbreeding between Denisovans, Neanderthals, and humans, may have played a vital role in helping early Americans survive new diseases, foods, and environments.
French Authors Say Science Points to God; Scientists Listen

October 7, 2025 Denyse O’Leary Evolution News & Science Today
Ice Diatoms Glide at Record-Low Temperatures

October 7, 2025 Kimberly M. S. Cartier Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union

New observations reveal how microscopic organisms move through polar ice and illustrate how they may have evolved to thrive in extreme environments.
On the Evolution of Flightless Birds

October 7, 2025 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

A new analysis does not help evolutionists explain permanently grounded birds
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What If Fire Never Existed?

October 7, 2025 Discovery Science

From cooking our first meals to creating engines, glass, and electricity, fire shaped everything about human civilization. But have you ever wondered why Earth is the only planet where fire can burn… or why only humans can control it?
Scientists ‘resurrected’ microbes frozen for thousands of years in Alaska soil

October 7, 2025 Irene Wright Miami Herald
Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

October 6, 2025 Richard Wrangham Nature

She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.
Galaxies fling out matter much more violently than we thought

October 6, 2025 Karmela Padavic-Callaghan New Scientist

An analysis of the afterglow of the big bang sheds light on how black holes distribute mass in the universe, and why some matter previously seemed to have been missing
Rethinking Our Place in the Universe

October 6, 2025 Matteo Viel Physics, v.18

The new map of the Universe’s expansion history released by the DESI Collaboration offers hints at a breakdown of the standard model of cosmology.
Hawking radiation and the messy truth behind black hole physics

October 6, 2025 Eugene Chua Institute of Art and Ideas

Bringing our models closer to reality
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It’s not just genes -- parents can pass down longevity another way

October 6, 2025 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Daily

Scientists studying tiny roundworms have uncovered how the secrets of a long life can be passed from parents to their offspring -- without changing DNA.
French Authors Say Science Points to God; Scientists Listen

October 6, 2025 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

But, as materialism wanes and religion slowly revives, will many scientists find panpsychism more attractive?
Evolutionists Resurrect Discarded Notions

October 6, 2025 John Wise Creation-Evolution Headlines

Evolutionary theory keeps recycling ideas, discarding them as discredited one decade, reviving them under a new name the next
Death by Intelligent Design? A Biological Enigma

October 6, 2025 Eric Hedin Evolution News & Science Today
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Science editor of Sunday Times touts book “proving” God’s existence

October 5, 2025 Jerry A. Coyne Why Evolution Is True

In the face of declining belief in God in countries like the US and UK, believers are looking for any evidence that God exists. But there’s nothing new to support the existence of the supernatural
Does God exist? Modern science shows he must, bestseller argues

October 5, 2025 Ben Spencer The Times

A book by two French authors that challenges a longstanding academic consensus is being published in Britain next week
Changes that gave humans complex thought may help explain autism

October 5, 2025 Rhys Blakely The Times (England)

Study suggests that the roots of autism could lie deep in our evolutionary past, challenging the idea that it’s a modern phenomenon
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God-belief changes science in this extraordinary way

October 5, 2025 Joe Deweese Theos Theory

Does belief in God, and Christianity in particular, hinder or help scientific discovery? Dr. Deweese, Professor of Biochemisty at Freed-Hardeman University, unpacks the claim that it does.
One Reason Why Near-Death Experiences Are Difficult to Study

October 5, 2025 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

Philosopher Bernardo Kastrup talks at Closer to Truth about the problem of trying to communicate experiences for which there are no words
Atheism as a “Foreign Influence” on Science

October 5, 2025 Michael Egnor Mind Matters

On the Ex-Skeptic show, the neurosurgeon -- an ex-skeptic himself -- discusses his journey with Jana Harmon, who studies atheists who came to believe in God
A Neglected Dissenter from Darwinism

October 5, 2025 Neil Thomas Evolution News & Science Today

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Are Digital ID Cards and AI Surveillance on the Horizon?

October 4, 2025 Peter Biles Mind Matters

The man who believes AI-surveillance is in our future is about to have even more influence over social media and its algorithms
Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way

October 3, 2025 EDITORIAL Nature

Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.
John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

October 3, 2025 Bruce Gordon Evolution News & Science Today
Why Young Men Are Losing Faith in Science

October 3, 2025 Adam Frank New York Times
Why the Similarity Percentage of Chimp and Human DNA Is Deceptive

October 3, 2025 Andrew Fabich Answers in Genesis

What do genome comparisons actually mean -- and what does E. coli indicate?
AI has designed thousands of potential antibiotics

October 3, 2025 Rachel Fieldhouse Nature

Will any work? ... Machine learning can speed up the discovery of potential antibiotics, but challenges remain.
20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call

October 3, 2025 Chris Simms New Scientist

Several species of birds from different continents use and understand similar alarm calls when they see an invader that might lay an egg in their nest -- this shared call hints at the origin of language
There is an odd streak in the universe -- and we still don’t know why

October 3, 2025 Karmela Padavic-Callaghan New Scientist

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation from the big bang persists even after a new analysis from radio telescopes
Occam's razor is leading cosmology astray

October 3, 2025 Jim Al-Khalili Institute of Art and Ideas

The search for simplicity is a mistake
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Japan’s hot springs hold clues to the origins of life on Earth

October 3, 2025 Institute of Science Tokyo Science Daily

These findings show how life adapted before photosynthesis reshaped the planet and may also guide the search for life on alien worlds.
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Scientists uncover a mysterious Jurassic lizard with snake-like jaws

October 3, 2025 American Museum of Natural History Science Daily

This creature's unusual mix of traits suggests either that snake ancestors were very different than expected, or that snake-like features evolved independently more than once.
Was the Legendary Jane Goodall (1934–2025) the End of an Era?

October 3, 2025 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

Perhaps. A more realistic appraisal of the reality of human uniqueness is needed if we hope to prevent the extinction of chimpanzees in the wild
Eternity in Their Near-Death Experiences

October 3, 2025 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

As reports rise, scientists are taking NDE’s more seriously. But is it a scientific question?
Skulls from China Said to Push Origin of Homo sapiens Back to 1 Million Years

October 3, 2025 Casey Luskin Evolution News & Science Today
Are chemical signatures on Mars evidence of life?

October 2, 2025 Andrew Sibley Creation Ministries International

The belief that there is life on Mars is a claim that refuses to die. It has a long history, stretching back at least to the 17th century
These alien planets are astronomers’ favourites: here’s why

October 2, 2025 Alexandra Witze Nature

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries -- from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits.
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

October 2, 2025 Rachel Fieldhouse and Mohana Basu Nature

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
How Jane Goodall changed the way we see animals -- and the world

October 2, 2025 Rowan Hooper New Scientist

Jane Goodall, who chronicled the social lives of chimps, has died, but she leaves a lasting legacy on how we view the natural world
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Before they sucked blood, leeches were ocean hunters

October 2, 2025 University of California, Riverside Science Daily

A 430-million-year-old fossil reveals leeches began as ocean hunters long before they evolved into bloodsuckers.
COSM 2025 Panel to Tackle the Hard Problem: Consciousness

October 2, 2025 Mind Matters

Michael Egnor sees the failure to find a “material center of consciousness” in the brain as a science success, not failure. It points to an important truth about us
Comparing Two Scientists at Rice University

October 2, 2025 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

One is a Christian. One is a Darwinian. Who is doing more to help mankind?