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Homo erectus Joins Art Society
December 4, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Etchings on a shell said to be 500,000 years old are shaking up evolutionary paleoanthropologists. Why? Evidence of abstract thinking far too early.
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First carnivorous plant fossil is 40 million years old
December 3, 2014 New Scientist, n.2998, p.18
the find challenges previous assumptions of an African origin for the plant's unusual family
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The smart mouse with the half-human brain
December 3, 2014 New Scientist, n.2998, p.15
when human brain cells called astrocytes are let loose in mouse brains, they rapidly overwhelm the mouse cells and make the rodents smarter
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Shell 'art' made 300,000 years before humans evolved
December 3, 2014 New Scientist, n.2998, p.8-9
a shell etched by Homo erectus is by far the oldest engraving ever found, challenging what we know about the origin of art and complex human thought
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Rival species recast significance of ‘first bird’
December 3, 2014 Nature, v.516, p.18-19
Archaeopteryx’s status is changing, but the animal is still key to the dinosaur-bird transition
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ABC News Says "'Darwin's Dilemma' May Be Solved": What, Again?
December 3, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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The New Horse Series: Genomes Confuse “Textbook Example of Evolution”
December 3, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
horses, asses and zebras show evidence of gene flow despite extreme chromosome rearrangements
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"Dear Atheist Santa... "
December 3, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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News Update/Commentary
Strange galaxy perplexes astronomers
December 2, 2014 Science Daily
prominent 'jets' of subatomic particles
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Earthbound Martians Go Nuts
December 2, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
how 90,000 Earthlings sent greetings to imaginary friends on Mars, and other Martian nuttiness
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Most violence arises from morality, not the lack of it
December 2, 2014 New Scientist, n.2997, p.30-31
we are rarely violent because we fail to think about right and wrong, we do it because it feels like the right thing
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When Atheist Professors Evangelize, Freedom from Religion Foundation Is AWOL
December 2, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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You Can Get the Discovering Intelligent Design Textbook and Workbook
December 2, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Do We Live in a "Golden Ratio" Universe?
December 2, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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The history of the camel bone dating project
December 1, 2014 Anthropozoologica, v.49, n.2, p.225-235
The results obtained by the AMS laboratory in Oxford for the ‘Camel Bone Dating Project’ are summarized and discussed.
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It's a Bird! The Size of a Plane!
December 1, 2014 Discover Magazine
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Random no more: Evolution isn't down to chance alone
December 1, 2014 New Scientist, n.2997, p.48
Where do evolution's adaptations come from?
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Book
Acts & Facts, v.43, n.12 (pdf)
December 1, 2014 Institute for Creation Research
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News Update/Commentary
Scientists find 240-million-year-old parasite that infected mammals' ancestor
December 1, 2014 Science Daily
the discovery of a 240-million-year-old pinworm egg confirms that herbivorous cynodonts -- the ancestors of mammals -- were infected with the parasitic nematodes
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Mosquitoes Developed a Taste for Human Blood Recently
December 1, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
an experiment with disease-carrying mosquitoes in Africa showed a surprising result: they switched to human blood just thousands of years ago
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Notwithstanding What Bill Nye Says, the Sun Is Not an "Unremarkable" Star
December 1, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Book
The Altruistic Brain: How We Are Naturally Good
December 1, 2014 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time: A Proposal in Natural Philosophy
December 1, 2014 Cambridge University Press
see also Amazon
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Ivan Pavlov: A Russian Life in Science
December 1, 2014 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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Schizophrenia: Diagnosis or Delusion?
November 30, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
much as psychiatrists would like to help the afflicted, it doesn’t help to affix an empty label to an imprecise condition
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p.4 — The Gift of God's Presence
November 30, 2014 From the Editor
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p.9 — Purpose, Progress, and Promise, Part 3
November 30, 2014 Research
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p.10-13 — The Noble Clock: Radioactive Dating, Part 3
November 30, 2014 Impact
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p.14-15 — A Recent Origin for Stonehenge?
November 30, 2014 Back to Genesis
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p.16 — Fountains of the Deep
November 30, 2014 Back to Genesis
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p.18 — Are Animals the Result of Natural Processes or Creation?
November 30, 2014 Creation Q & A
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p.19 — Job's Icy Vocabulary
November 30, 2014 Apologetics
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Star Trek for Real: Impenetrable Force Field Protects Earth
November 29, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
radiation belts discovered at the dawn of the space age have a new trick in their pocket: shielding the Earth
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Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years
November 28, 2014 Science, v.346, n.6213, p.1113-1118
an ancient human genome illuminates human demography in Eurasia and Europe
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Biologists Are Getting to Be Less Reticent About Using the Phrase "Design Principles"
November 28, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Mammalian evolution: A beast of the southern wild
November 27, 2014 Nature, v.515, p.495-496
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Good Gratitude: To Science or God?
November 27, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
there are health benefits to thanksgiving, but motivation is the key
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Finding aliens harder now we know DNA survives space
November 27, 2014 New Scientist, n.2997, p.10
A rocket painted with DNA flew to the upper atmosphere and back. The DNA still worked -- but this means contamination of other planets by robot explorers is a serious problem.
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Let’s Get [Thankful for the] Mental
November 26, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
wonders of the human brain and sensory systems continue to pour forth from scientific research, providing more reasons to give thanks
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DNA survives critical entry into Earth's atmosphere
November 26, 2014 Science Daily
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Scientists Discover an Invisible Shield Surrounding Earth, Baffled at How It Formed
November 26, 2014 inquisitr.com
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Invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth blocks 'killer electrons'
November 26, 2014 Science Daily
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Watch a tapeworm squirm through a living man's brain
November 26, 2014 New Scientist, n.2997, p.19
a tapeworm that usually lives in frogs and dogs has been found crawling across a man's brain, most likely tucking into fatty acids from the cerebral tissue
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Saturn's calming nature keeps Earth friendly to life
November 26, 2014 New Scientist, n.2997, p.18
even slight tweaks to Saturn's orbital plane and distance could have put Earth on a comet-like path around the sun -- and ejected Mars from the solar system
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10 years ago science was broken -- I'm making it better
November 25, 2014 New Scientist, n.2996, p.32-33
Science is plagued by bias, sloppy methods and dodgy statistics. John Ioannidis has dedicated his career to pointing out the flaws and getting rid of them.
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In Search of Circumstellar Habitable Zones
November 25, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Mission Impossible: Trying to Explain the Feather Without Teleology
November 25, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Let’s Get [Thankful for the] Physical
November 25, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
wonders of the human body continue to pour forth from scientific research, providing more reasons to give thanks
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'Scary' centipede's genes reveal how life evolved on our planet
November 25, 2014 Science Daily
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Turtles and dinosaurs
November 24, 2014 Science Daily
scientists solve reptile mysteries with landmark study on the evolution of turtles