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Ancient Bird Shakes Up Avian Evolution
January 1, 2014 Discover Magazine
the species, dubbed Aurornis xui, is the most primitive bird known
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Skull Suggests One Hominid Lineage
January 1, 2014 Discover Magazine
the diverse set of human ancestors may have in fact been one species
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Chelyabinsk Meteor Equaled Nearly 30 Hiroshima Bombs
January 1, 2014 Discover Magazine
during its surprise appearance the fireball was brighter than the sun
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Worlds Without End: Q&A with Exoplanet Hunter Sara Seager
January 1, 2014 Discover Magazine
a pioneering planet-hunter shares her thoughts on Kepler, exoplanets, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrials
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Extracting Family Trees From Ancient Genomes
January 1, 2014 Discover Magazine
new techniques and very old bones overcome the limits of genome sequencing for prehistoric horses, ancient cave bears, and even our own early ancestors
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New Signs of Long-Gone Life on Mars
January 1, 2014 Discover Magazine
A spectacular nail-biter of a landing was just the beginning. This was the year Mars’ rover Curiosity proved its worth by giving researchers unprecedented access to the Red Planet.
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Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
January 1, 2014 Penguin (Viking)
see also Amazon
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Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950
January 1, 2014 University of Chicago Press
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The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life
January 1, 2014 Basic Books
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Counting to God
January 1, 2014 Attitude Media
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Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse
January 1, 2014 Columbia University Press
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Origin of Life Faces Four Paradoxes
December 31, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
one show-stopper is enough, but a veteran origin-of-life researcher acknowledges four paradoxes in origin-of-life research that have never been solved
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Water plumes spark a race to Jupiter moon Europa
December 31, 2013 New Scientist, n.2950, p.8
recent water geysers on Europa are raising hopes that the icy moon is a hot destination in the hunt for alien life -- several craft are lining up to visit
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Texas repels creationist threat to biology textbooks
December 31, 2013 New Scientist, n.2950, p.5
children in Texas will use biology textbooks free from anti-evolution propaganda, thanks to the defeat of creationist attempts to cast doubt on evolution
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p.4 — Be the One to Make a Difference
December 31, 2013 From the Editor
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p.5-7 — Both Hands
December 31, 2013 Feature
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p.9 — Using ENCODE Data for Human-Chimp DNA Comparisons
December 31, 2013 Research
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p.10-12 — The Solar System: Saturn
December 31, 2013 Impact
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p.13-15 — Bloody Mosquito Pierces Standard Fossil Dating Procedure
December 31, 2013 Back to Genesis
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p.16-17 — The Red Record
December 31, 2013 Back to Genesis
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p.18-19 — Runaway Subduction and Deep Catastrophic Earthquakes
December 31, 2013 Back to Genesis
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p.22 — The Truth Test
December 31, 2013 Apologetics
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Two Genetic Codes Are Better Than One
December 30, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
If a genetic language written in DNA is a problem for Darwinism, how about two languages written in the same sequence of letters?
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Political divide over evolution is growing, new Pew survey shows
December 30, 2013 NBC News
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Did God Create the World?
December 30, 2013
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Want proof evolution is real? Just look at creationism
December 30, 2013 Grist
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#4 of Our Top-Ten Evolution Stories of 2013: Ball State President Imposes Gag Order on Intelligent Design
December 29, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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#5 of Our Top-Ten Evolution Stories of 2013: Introducing a New Intelligent Design Curriculum, Discovering Intelligent Design
December 28, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Major Tenet of Darwinism Found Opposite the Evidence
December 28, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
species do not compete to survive in the same space, a massive study of birds shows
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Feather Mistake: Dinosaurs Were Mostly Scaly
December 27, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
some paleontologists have been going overboard with dino-feathers
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#6 of Our Top-Ten Evolution Stories of 2013: How "Freethought" Bullies Threatened College into Cancelling Intelligent Design Course
December 27, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Terrible Mistake about Diamond Dates
December 26, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
geologists fess up to wrong conclusion about the “world’s oldest diamonds”
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2014 preview: First million-year-old genome
December 24, 2013 New Scientist, n.2948, p.26
be it mammoth, penguin or a distant human ancestor, the first genome sequence to pass this milestone will be a triumph
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Goodwill hunting: Random ants of kindness
December 24, 2013 New Scientist, n.2948, p.62-63
it's the season of selflessness, so meet some unlikely altruists -- the ants that work tirelessly to rescue their sisters
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Video
Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary
December 24, 2013 YouTube
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Dawkins: 'I'd rather be remembered for science'
December 23, 2013 New Scientist, n.2948, p.40-41
the world's pre-eminent atheist speculates about why he polarises people, what prompts him to take on religion, and whether humans are built to be irrational
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Nobel Prize Winner Fights Tyranny of Big Scientific Journals
December 23, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
he’s on a campaign to bring power to the people
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Did Zebras Invent Their Own Stripes?
December 22, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
the explanations some evolutionists give for fur and feather patterns sound like tales of talking animals planning out their new fashion lines
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Changing Stories at Saturn and Titan
December 21, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
news from the ringed planet and its largest moon shows scientists can’t keep their stories straight when trying to keep Saturn billions of years old
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Genomic Clues to the Ancestral Flowering Plant
December 20, 2013 Science, v.342, n.6165, p.1456-1457
the genome sequence of Amborella trichopoda provides insights into the molecular evolution of flowering plants
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Mega-Eruptions Drove the Mother of Mass Extinctions
December 20, 2013 Science, v.342, n.6165, p.1424
huge volcanic eruptions triggered the biggest mass extinction 252 million years ago
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Crude Oil in One Hour, Not Millions of Years
December 20, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
a slurry of algae with the right heat and pressure can produce crude oil in one hour
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Monkeying with the Monkey Trial
December 20, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Codes Within Codes: How Dual-Use Codons Challenge Statistical Methods for Inferring Natural Selection
December 20, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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"Bah! Humbug!" How Darwin Stole Christmas ...
December 20, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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There's no resting place for the human race
December 19, 2013 New Scientist, n.2948, p.5
this year, many fixed points in the human condition have begun to look distinctly movable
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News Update/Commentary
New Salt Compounds Challenge the Foundation of Chemistry
December 19, 2013 Science Daily
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News Update/Commentary
Driving Force Behind Mitochondrial 'Sex' in Ancient Flowering Plant
December 19, 2013 Science Daily
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News Update/Commentary
The Origin of Flowers: DNA of Storied Plant Provides Insight Into the Evolution of Flowering Plants
December 19, 2013 Science Daily
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News Update/Commentary
Ancient Cranial Surgery: Practice of Drilling Holes in the Cranium That Dates Back Thousands of Years
December 19, 2013 Science Daily