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New Theory Cracks Open the Black Box of Deep Learning
September 21, 2017 Quanta Magazine
a new idea called the “information bottleneck” is helping to explain the puzzling success of today’s artificial-intelligence algorithms -- and might also explain how human brains learn
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News Update/Commentary
Neuron types in brain are defined by gene activity shaping their communication patterns
September 21, 2017 Science Daily
families of genes encoding proteins involved in communication across synapses define neurons by determining which cells they connect with and how they communicate
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Dino-killing asteroid's impact on bird evolution
September 21, 2017 Science Daily
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Scientists sequence asexual tiny worm whose lineage stretches back 18 million years
September 21, 2017 Science Daily
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Jellyfish, with no brains, still seem to sleep
September 21, 2017 Science Daily
jellyfish and humans may seem wildly different, but both still need to sleep
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Reconstructing how Neanderthals grew, based on an El Sidrón child
September 21, 2017 Science Daily
Neanderthal growth rate is very similar to that of Homo sapiens
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Early trilobites had stomachs, new fossil study finds
September 21, 2017 Science Daily
remarkable Chinese specimens contradict previous assumptions about trilobite digestive systems and evolution
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The Big Bang Wasn't The Beginning, After All
September 21, 2017 Forbes
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Professor Says He Can "Slam Dunk" Creationists
September 21, 2017 Institute for Creation Research
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The lecture that changed biology
September 21, 2017 BBC
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Can Neuroscientists Measure Free Will?
September 21, 2017 Big Questions Online
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Theology in Biology Class: Vestigial Structures as Evidence for Evolution
September 21, 2017 Evolution News & Science Today
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Diamonds show Earth still capable of ‘superhot’ surprises
September 21, 2017 Science Daily
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Icelanders’ Genomes Hint at Origins of Genetic Diversity
September 20, 2017 The Scientist
an analysis of 14,000 genomes reveals regions where new mutations are more likely to develop
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Old fathers pass on more mutations to kids than old mothers
September 20, 2017 New Scientist
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Gravity may be created by strange flashes in the quantum realm
September 20, 2017 New Scientist
a model of how wave forms of quantum systems collapse reveals a way they could create gravitational fields, and perhaps even reconcile two pillars of physics
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HD 140283: Older than the Universe?
September 20, 2017 Answers in Genesis
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How the Internet of cells has biologists buzzing
September 20, 2017 Nature, v.549, p.322-324
networks of nanotubes may allow cells to share everything from infections and cancer to dementia-linked proteins
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Genome editing reveals role of gene important for human embryo development
September 20, 2017 Science Daily
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Dinosaur evolution: Lumbering giants had agile ancestors
September 20, 2017 Science Daily
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Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained
September 20, 2017 Evolution News & Science Today
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Imagining a world without species
September 20, 2017 Harvard
applied mathematician rethinks how we differentiate organisms on the microbial scale
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Convergent evolution of mimetic butterflies confounds classification
September 20, 2017 Science Daily
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Why flu vaccines so often fail
September 20, 2017 Science
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How biomolecules from deep time can help to reconstruct the tree of life
September 20, 2017 The Guardian
applying spectroscopy techniques to tricky fossil leaves enables researchers to work out their evolutionary relationships
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Consciousness Goes Deeper Than You Think
September 19, 2017 Scientific American
awareness can be part of it, but it’s much more than that
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Artificial Human Embryos Are Coming, and No One Knows How to Handle Them
September 19, 2017 MIT Technology Review
stem cells can be coaxed to self-assemble into structures resembling human embryos
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'One-size-fits-all’ threshold for P values under fire
September 19, 2017 Nature
scientists hit back at a proposal to make it tougher to call findings statistically significant
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AAAS Tries to Downplay Dinosaur Soft Tissue
September 19, 2017 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The biggest bombshell of the century in paleontology threatens evolutionary time. It’s not surprising that the AAAS would want to put out the fire.
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What web browsers and proteins have in common
September 19, 2017 Science Daily
researchers discover molecular 'add-ons' that customize protein interfaces
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Dinosaurs Laid Blue Eggs -- and That's a Big Deal
September 18, 2017 National Geographic
in a twist for paleontologists, a fossil nest found in China shows that colored eggshells were not just for the birds
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Genetics Spills Secrets from Neanderthals’ Lost History
September 18, 2017 Quanta Magazine
How many Neanderthals were there? Archaeology and genetics have given very different answers. A new study helps to reconcile them and reveals the lost history of these ancient people -- including an early brush with extinction.
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In Turkey’s New Curriculum, Ataturk, Darwin and Jihad Get Face-Lifts
September 18, 2017 New York Times
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Belly Up: Why Ankylosaurs Are Always Found Upside Down
September 18, 2017 Live Science
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RNA Editing in Corals Stupefies Evolution
September 18, 2017 Institute for Creation Research
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Homo naledi: there is another
September 18, 2017 Core Academy of Science
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What Krauss and Scherrer’s “End of Cosmology” Scenario Means for the Epistemology of Modern-Day Cosmology
September 18, 2017 Answers in Genesis
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CRISPR reveals genetic master switches behind butterfly wing patterns
September 18, 2017 Nature
one gene draws the lines while a second fills in the colours
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Analysis: Hybrid Birds Are Supercolliders of Speciation
September 18, 2017 All About Birds (Cornell)
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Changes in Earth's crust caused oxygen to fill the atmosphere
September 18, 2017 Science Daily
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Evergreen U settles with biology prof over threat of harm due to non-PC stance
September 17, 2017 Uncommon Descent
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Nabeel Qureshi (1983-2017)
September 16, 2017 Gospel Coalition
Muslem, Christian, apologist
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Necking in the Dark: Evolutionists Clueless about Giraffes
September 16, 2017 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Evolutionary storytelling about giraffes’ long necks goes back before Darwin, but all the tales have one thing in common: they don’t work. Doesn’t matter. Evolution marches on.
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Ancient amphibian had mouthful of teeth ready to grab you
September 15, 2017 Science Daily
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Humans no longer have ancient defense mechanism against viruses
September 15, 2017 Science Daily
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Why we did not evolve to live forever: Unveiling the mystery of why we age
September 15, 2017 Science Daily
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New Supernova Analysis Questions Dark Energy, Cosmic Acceleration
September 15, 2017 Motherboard
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Why We Help: Do Our Microbes Make Us Do It?
September 15, 2017 Answers in Genesis
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The Virtual Human Embryo
September 15, 2017
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Could interstellar ice provide the answer to birth of DNA?
September 14, 2017 University of York