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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
February 1, 2014 Basic Books
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Math Explains Likely Long Shots, Miracles and Winning the Lottery
February 1, 2014 Scientific American, v.310, n.2
why you should not be surprised when long shots, miracles and other extraordinary events occur--even when the same six winning lottery numbers come up in two successive drawings
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The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
February 1, 2014 Random House (Doubleday)
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Life Unfolding: How the Human Body Creates Itself
February 1, 2014 Oxford University Press
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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
February 1, 2014 Macmillan (Scientific American)
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The Evolution of Plants
February 1, 2014 Oxford University Press
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Neandertals and Moderns Made Imperfect Mates
January 31, 2014 Science, v.343, n.6170, p.471-472
our extinct cousins left us some key genes, according to two studies of Neandertal DNA in living people, but much of their genetic legacy has been wiped out of modern genomes
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NASA Video Captures Stunning Volcano Eruption View from Space
January 31, 2014 Yahoo! News (Live Science)
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South Dakota bill would protect teachers who promote intelligent design
January 31, 2014 ars technica
joins three other states in considering changes to science education
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p.4 — Following Faithful Footsteps
January 31, 2014 From the Editor
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p.5-7 — The Power of Love
January 31, 2014 Feature
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p.9 — New Discoveries from 2,700 Species Comparisons
January 31, 2014 Research
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p.10-12 — The Solar System: Uranus
January 31, 2014 Impact
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p.13 — Trilobites: Sudden Appearance and Rapid Burial
January 31, 2014 Back to Genesis
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p.14 — Earth’s Age: Science or Consensus?
January 31, 2014 Back to Genesis
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p.15 — Counting Sheep Since Jacob’s Day
January 31, 2014 Back to Genesis
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p.16 — Scripture and the Flood
January 31, 2014 Back to Genesis
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p.17 — Fishy Science
January 31, 2014 Apologetics
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p.18-19 — The Vital Ministry of Teaching
January 31, 2014 Legacy
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p.20 — Human and Chimp DNA -- Nearly Identical?
January 31, 2014 Creation Q&A
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Scientific Pride and Prejudice
January 31, 2014 New York Times
science is in crisis, just when we need it most
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Stem Cell Revolution Leaps Forward
January 30, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
called revolutionary and “too good to be true,” a simple way to turn ordinary cells into stem cells has everyone excited -- and some cautious
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Bidirectional developmental potential in reprogrammed cells with acquired pluripotency
January 30, 2014 Nature, v.505, p.676-680
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Mutational and fitness landscapes of an RNA virus revealed through population sequencing
January 30, 2014 Nature, v.505, p.686-690
rapid adaptation ... virus evolution ... mutation rates
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Water dives deep inside Earth
January 30, 2014 Nature, v.505, p.588
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Two Cheers for the Washington Post, Which Accurately Reports on Virginia's Academic Freedom Bill
January 30, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Closest supernova in 27 years may reveal fate of cosmos
January 29, 2014 New Scientist, n.2954, p.5
the nearest exploding star detected since 1987 could offer insights into dark energy, ghostly neutrinos, and even how the universe's story will play out
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Strange Animals and Stranger Facts About Them
January 29, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The world is decorated with an astonishing diversity of animals. Here are some new discoveries about a few of them.
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Infectious cancer preserves dog genes for 11,000 years
January 29, 2014 New Scientist, n.2954, p.18
a venereal cancer prevalent in dogs throughout the world 11,000 years ago still carries the genes of the single dog in which it began life
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Grand Canyon is a sprightly young 6-million-year-old
January 29, 2014 New Scientist, n.2954, p.17
new measurements date Arizona's vast canyon to 6 million years ago, not 70 million years as has been suggested
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Stephen Hawking's new theory offers black hole escape
January 29, 2014 New Scientist, n.2954, p.12
The world's most famous living scientist has a new mind-bending theory about black holes. Rather than getting sucked into a singularity of confusion, read our explainer
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Acid bath offers easy path to stem cells
January 29, 2014 Nature, v.505, p.596
just squeezing or bathing cells in acidic conditions can readily reprogram them into an embryonic state
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News Update/Commentary
A simple new way to induce pluripotency: Acid
January 29, 2014 Science Daily
an unusual reprogramming phenomenon by which the fate of somatic cells can be drastically altered through changes to the external environment
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Stem cell breakthrough could reopen clone wars
January 29, 2014 New Scientist, n.2954, p.3
The ability to easily reprogram any cell to an embryonic state will inevitably bring out maverick human cloners. We shouldn't let them set the agenda.
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Stem cell power unleashed after 30 minute dip in acid
January 29, 2014 New Scientist, n.2954, p.6-8
the revolutionary discovery that any cell can be rewound to a pre-embryonic state remarkably easily could usher in new therapies and cloning techniques
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Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility
January 29, 2014 New Scientist, n.2954, p.9
a handful of sexual encounters between humans and Neanderthals may have left people outside Africa with lighter skins, straight hair and some nasty diseases
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Neanderthal lineages excavated from modern human genomes
January 29, 2014 Science Daily
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Things You Didn’t Know About Your Body
January 28, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
here are more glimpses at the power under the hood: human capabilities recently discovered by researchers
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Messier 82 Supernova
January 28, 2014 University College London
Steve Fossey discusses the discovery by UCL staff and students of a supernova in Messier 82 and what we can learn from such a finding
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News Update/Commentary
Blueprint for 'Noah's Ark' found?
January 28, 2014 CNN
a recently translated 4000-year-old clay tablet has revealed stunning new details about the tale of Noah
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Noah's Ark discovery raises flood of questions
January 28, 2014 CNN
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News Update/Commentary
Researchers find 300,000-year-old hearth in Israel
January 28, 2014 Fox News
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How to Talk to Family About Evolution
January 28, 2014 BioLogos
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Slate Cartoonist Takes a Stab at Statutory Interpretation 'Cause, Hey, Why Not?
January 28, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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What separates us from other animals?
January 27, 2014 New Scientist, n.2953, p.48-49
We are unlike any other animal, but the differences are surprisingly difficult to pin down. The Gap by Thomas Suddendorf is the most comprehensive attempt yet.
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Belief in immortality hard-wired?
January 27, 2014 Science Daily
study examines development of children's 'prelife' reasoning
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Grand Canyon Age Changes Again
January 27, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Is the Grand Canyon old or young? Both, geologists are now saying. The latest theory, though, is unlikely to end the 140-year debate.
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Dissecting a Dead Jellyfish: Reading Stephen Meredith on Intelligent Design
January 27, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Turkeys Aren’t Stupid
January 26, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
turkeys that are inspiring homeland security technology are just one example of hot designs engineers are finding in the biosphere’s treasure chest
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How Students Discovered New Supernova in Nearby Galaxy
January 26, 2014 space.com