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Astronomers discover ‘raw materials for life' can form in planetary systems even before stars
June 30, 2025 space.com
“Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe -- and perhaps, the origins of the building blocks of life themselves."
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Humans use far more baby talk than apes
June 30, 2025 Mind Matters
by far, humans are the most frequent “baby-talk” users. “We were surprised by how little of this type of communication we actually observed in our closest living relatives”
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The 100th Anniversary of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial
June 30, 2025 Apologetics Press
One hundred years ago this month, all eyes and ears were on a little town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with a population of fewer than 2,000. Some 200 reporters converged upon Dayton
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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world
June 30, 2025 New Scientist
Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for their societies and cultures to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why
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After the Flood 3: Filling the Earth
June 30, 2025 Let's Talk Creation
find out how the residual catastrophism of earthquakes and volcanoes and glaciation combine with ideas of diversification within created kinds to explain how animals got to their present homes. All that and sloths too!
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On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments
June 30, 2025 Evolution News & Science Today
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In silico evolution of globular protein folds from random sequences
June 30, 2025 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v.122, n.27
Origin of protein folds is an essential early step in the evolution of life that is not well understood.
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We Need Science, Not Just Feelings
June 30, 2025 Evolution News & Science Today
With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching
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Those AI ghosts will not be quiet or harmless
June 30, 2025 Mind Matters
how generative AI is transforming the way we interact with the dead, from virtual reality reunions to lifelike digital avatars. These “generative ghosts” can remember, plan, and even evolve, offering real-time conversations
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When schools of fish lose their memories…
June 30, 2025 Mind Matters
They lost them because the older fish got fished out
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The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle of Worldviews
June 30, 2025 Institute for Creation Research
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Long Non-Coding RNAs: The Unsung Heroes of the Genome
June 30, 2025 Institute for Creation Research
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From Inference to Theory: A Common Design Case Study
June 30, 2025 Institute for Creation Research
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McDowell: Is It Time Christians Moved Beyond the Evolution Wars?
June 29, 2025 Mind Matters
Actually, a paradigm shift is already underway, Traditional Darwinism faces challenges on a number of fronts within biology studies
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Can Cultural Christianity Save Christian Culture?
June 29, 2025 Mind Matters
People cannot reconnect with a view on life that they don’t believe, simply to save the things that only such a view can create and maintain
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News Update/Commentary
Scientists just reconstructed half the Neanderthal genome -- thanks to Indian DNA
June 29, 2025 Science Daily
India’s complex ancestry has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA
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Birds Don’t Drive Buicks
June 28, 2025 Evolution News & Science Today
Because of … Evolution, You See
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Spicy Ideas from Evolutionary Biology
June 28, 2025 YouTube
what happens when scientific findings clash with cultural taboos? How do researchers navigate this minefield, and what can be done to protect science from political pressure moving forward?
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A Sound of Thunder: Does the Famous Butterfly Effect Make Sense?
June 28, 2025 Mind Matters
I am going to look at the 1952 short story first -- the premises and the plot -- before tackling the 2005 film
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Does Fine-Tuning Prove God's Existence?
June 28, 2025 Majesty of Reason
Is fine-tuning powerful evidence for theism? This question is debated, and more!
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Ancient Blueprint for Human Bodies Discovered in Sea Anemones
June 28, 2025 Science Alert
scientists just found out that sea anemones hide an ancient ‘blueprint' -- one that most animals, including humans, still follow. The discovery could shake up the timeline of evolution.
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Animals Taught Us Culture Though They Don’t Have It Themselves?
June 27, 2025 Mind Matters
Researchers tie themselves into some odd knots trying to demonstrate that humans are just like other life forms
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A barrage of radiation couldn’t kill this hardy life-form
June 27, 2025 Science News
The finding calls into question a long-held belief about habitability on certain exoplanets
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News Update/Commentary
These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
June 27, 2025 Science Daily
A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion -- the dramatic burst of diverse animal life -- might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought.
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When Did Nature Burst Into Vivid Color?
June 27, 2025 Quanta Magazine
Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them.
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Watch: Casey Luskin Debunks the “1 Percent” Myth
June 27, 2025 Evolution News & Science Today
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There are no particles or fields only structure
June 27, 2025 The Institute of Art and Ideas
Particle physics isn’t really about particles. Nor, it turns out, is it about fields -- at least not in any traditional sense
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Scientists say they have identified Earth’s oldest rocks
June 27, 2025 CNN
It could reveal an unknown chapter in our planet’s history
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2 Grand Canyon Evidences that Confirm the Bible
June 27, 2025 Answers in Genesis
Part 2 of “Flood Geology and the Grand Canyon: What the Evidence Really Does Say”
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A Tale of Two Worms: (R)Evolution on Trial in the Age of Genomics
June 27, 2025 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Through two studies about worms, we see a conceptual crisis in evolutionary biology
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The Very “Nature of the Universe” Puzzles Physicists
June 27, 2025 Evolution News & Science Today
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Origin and radiation of squids revealed by digital fossil-mining
June 26, 2025 Science, v.388, n.6754, p.1406-1409
Cephalopods are one of the most successful marine invertebrates in modern oceans, and they have a 500-million-year-old history. However, we know very little about their evolution
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Reactivation of mammalian regeneration by turning on an evolutionarily disabled genetic switch
June 26, 2025 Science, v.388, n.6754
The ability to regenerate damaged organs can be reactivated in nonregenerative mammals. For example, rabbits, but not mice and rats, can fully regenerate damaged ear pinna
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Out-of-Anatolia: Cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean
June 26, 2025 Science, v.388, n.6754
A pair of studies now present an analysis of stable isotopes and skeletal remains from 395 ancient individuals who lived 8000 to 5800 BCE, from whom DNA from 131 individuals could be sequenced
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Is the Reverse Flynn Effect -- Declining Intelligence -- Real?
June 26, 2025 Mind Matters
IQ tests were never meant to measure memorization or familiarity, yet that’s precisely what’s happening
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New study confirms that the oldest rocks on Earth are in northern Canada
June 26, 2025 EurekAlert!
Rocks formed during the Hadean eon are found in Nunavik, Quebec, north of the 55th parallel
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What Is Biofluorescence, and Did It Evolve?
June 26, 2025 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Baffled by biofluorescence diversity, scientists claim it evolved separately 100+ times
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Distant Galaxies Continue to Challenge the Big Bang
June 26, 2025 Institute for Creation Research
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Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?
June 26, 2025 Evolution News & Science Today
Critics Change the Topic
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Egnor and Koch Debate the Soul
June 26, 2025 Evolution News & Science Today
…and Talk Dogs
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AI Improves at Improving Itself Using an Evolutionary Trick
June 26, 2025 IEEE Spectrum
Researchers use evolutionary algorithms to enhance AI coding skills
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Evidence for Hadean mafic intrusions in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, Canada
June 26, 2025 Science, v.388, n.6754, p.1431-1435
Earth has a habit of renewing its crust through melting and recrystallization, thus erasing much of its early history. ... new tests point to an age of about 4.2 billion years, further evidence that a slice of Hadean crust may remain.
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Busting the top 5 myths about the Big Bang
June 26, 2025 Big Think
For over 50 years, it’s been the scientifically accepted theory describing the origin of the Universe. It’s time we all learned its truths.
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News Update/Commentary
Skull study shows Chicago's rodents are rapidly evolving
June 26, 2025 Science Daily
Chipmunk and vole skulls from over 125 years reflect changes in diet and noise exposure
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A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums
June 25, 2025 New Scientist
Natural history museums teach us about our world, but they aren’t telling us the whole story, writes curator Jack Ashby in Nature's Memory
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Mind: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor vs. Neuroscientist Christof Koch
June 25, 2025 Mind Matters
Released yesterday evening, the debate, hosted by science writer and broadcaster Michael Shermer, was cordial, and quite relatable
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The Field of Consciousness Studies
June 25, 2025 Closer To Truth
What is the current state of the consciousness studies field? What are the major issues and trends? What kinds of experiments are being conducted? What kinds of arguments are being made?
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Shifting Forces: The Evolving Debate Around Dark Energy
June 25, 2025 undark.org
New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.
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Spellbinding debut book explores the marvels of our brains
June 25, 2025 New Scientist
Neurologist Pria Anand recounts curious tales of the workings of the human mind in an elegant debut that is being compared to the late, great Oliver Sacks
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Face to Face at Last!
June 25, 2025 Core Academy of Science
A fifteen-year mystery was finally resolved thanks to a bit of DNA recovered from some dental tartar on an old skull from China. The story of this discovery began years ago hundreds of miles away in southern Siberia at a place called Densiova Cave.