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Novel insights on cellular suicide could provide new avenues for cancer therapies

November 12, 2020 University of California, Santa Barbara Science Daily

When it comes to complex life -- that of the multicellular variety -- cell death can be just as important as survival. It allows organisms to clean house and prevent the proliferation of damaged cells that could compromise tissue function.
Slice of History: Darwin Helped His Co-Theorist Wallace Get a Pension

November 12, 2020 Uncommon Descent
At New Scientist: Questioning the Idea of Species

November 12, 2020 Uncommon Descent
Why haven't we found alien life yet? Blame our closed minds

November 11, 2020 Steve Nadis Astronomy magazine

Are we simply looking for life in the wrong places, in the wrong way? Would we even recognize the signs? One astronomer says that out there ideas may point the way to E.T.
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Folding proteins feel the heat, and cold

November 11, 2020 Rice University Science Daily

Atom-scale models could help refine established theories on how proteins interact with solutions
Charles Darwin’s hunch about early life was probably right

November 11, 2020 Michael Marshall BBC

In a few scrawled notes to a friend, biologist Charles Darwin theorised how life began. Not only was it probably correct, his theory was a century ahead of its time.
News Update/Commentary
New genome alignment tool empowers large-scale studies of vertebrate evolution

November 11, 2020 University of California, Santa Cruz Science Daily

Three new articles present major advances in understanding the evolution of birds and mammals, made possible by new methods for comparing the genomes of hundreds of species.
News Update/Commentary
How organ functions were shaped over the course of evolution

November 11, 2020 University of Heidelberg Science Daily

The scientists investigated RNA synthesis and subsequent protein synthesis in the organs of humans and other representative mammals.
Intelligent Design -- Join the Resistance While There’s Still Time

November 11, 2020 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today
As Science Frauds Go, Haeckel Beats Piltdown Man

November 9, 2020 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today
New “Long Story” on Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance -- Premiere and Live Chat, November 12

November 5, 2020 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today
Today: Debut of New “Long Story” on Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance, with Live Chat

November 12, 2020 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today
George Gilder: Can a Computer Model a Brain?

November 4, 2020 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today
From Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking in Three Catastrophic Steps

November 11, 2020 David Klinghoffer Evolution News & Science Today
On the Recent Behe-Swamidass Debate

November 11, 2020 Karsten Pultz Uncommon Descent
At the BBC: Should “Killing Nature” Be a Crime?

November 11, 2020 Rob Sheldon Uncommon Descent
As Part of Science Reform, Should Peer Reviewers Be Paid?

November 11, 2020 Uncommon Descent
New Ediacaran Fossils, 570-560 Mya, Make the Picture Clearer

November 11, 2020 Uncommon Descent
Dynamically evolving novel overlapping gene as a factor in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

October 1, 2020 Chase W. Nelson, et al. eLife
These are science’s Top 10 erroneous results

November 10, 2020 Tom Siegfried Science News

Mistakes from the past demonstrate the reliability of science
The Denialist Playbook

November 8, 2020 Sean B. Carroll Scientific American

On vaccines, evolution, and more, rejection of science has followed a familiar pattern
Scientists discover two new mammals in Australia

November 8, 2020 Bonnie Burton cnet.com

"It's really exciting to find this biodiversity under our noses." A new study reveals that DNA testing uncovered two more greater glider marsupial species.
Lizards that lost their legs re-evolved them as the climate got wetter

November 11, 2020 Christa Lesté-Lasserre New Scientist
Giant seal fossil found in New Zealand hints they evolved in the south

November 11, 2020 Donna Lu New Scientist
News Update/Commentary
Study identifies new ‘hidden' gene in COVID-19 virus

November 10, 2020 American Museum of Natural History Science Daily

Overlapping gene in SARS-CoV-2 may have affected its biology and ability to spread
Darwin Is Now Blamed for Environmental Destruction

November 10, 2020 Uncommon Descent
At Science News: Top Ten Wrong Results in Science

November 10, 2020 Uncommon Descent
There’s a New Buzz on the Block, “Social Genomics”

November 10, 2020 Uncommon Descent
What If We Don't See Aliens Because They Have Not Evolved Yet?

November 7, 2020 Mind Matters

If so, not only did we emerge during a favorable time in the universe’s history but we could end up suppressing them
Is It Empathy, Not Intellect, That Makes Humans Unique?

November 8, 2020 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

Could empathy create intellect, and not the other way around?
Has a Computer Algorithm Discovered the Secret of Life

November 8, 2020 Mind Matters

In the past, a curious pattern wouldn’t have been visible due to the lack of computing resources
Peer-reviewed Paper
Ediacaran Doushantuo-type biota discovered in Laurentia

November 6, 2020 Sebastian Willman, et al. Nature, Communications Biology
A Naturalist's Strong Case Against Abiogenesis

November, 2020 Jeff Miller Apologetics Press
Well-preserved addition to the evolution story

November 10, 2020 Lauren Fuge Cosmos Magazine

South African cave throws up another important find.
Blog Post
The Truth About Galileo and the Church

November 9, 2020 Steven Novella NeuroLogica
“The origin of SARS-CoV-2 is being seriously questioned”

November 9, 2020 Yaroslav Pigenet CNRS News

Nearly a year after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was identified, researchers have yet to determine how it “jumped species” to infect humans.
News Update/Commentary
Diet and lifestyle during pregnancy linked to modifications in infants' DNA

November 9, 2020 University of Southampton Science Daily

A new study has shown pregnant women with obesity could reduce the health risks for their infants through improved diet and more physical activity.
It’s a CELL World After All!

November 10, 2020 Joe Francis Answers in Genesis

Cell diversity explained by creation
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Researchers discover bacterial DNA's recipe for success

November 9, 2020 Duke University Science Daily

A single criterion predicts whether a genetic package such as antibiotic resistance will thrive in a given environment
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Cockroach mating habits and developmental features help uncover insect evolution

November 6, 2020 University of Tsukuba Science Daily

Researchers find that a ‘lost' family of cockroaches may be the missing link in the evolution of insects from prehistoric times to the present day.
Radioactive elements may be crucial to the habitability of rocky planets

November 10, 2020 University of California, Santa Cruz Science Daily

internal heating from the radioactive decay of the heavy elements thorium and uranium drives plate tectonics and may be necessary for the planet to generate a magnetic field
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Newly discovered fossil shows small-scale evolutionary changes in an extinct human species

November 9, 2020 Washington University, St. Louis Science Daily

Fossil cranium suggests environmental conditions drove rapid changes
News Update/Commentary
Chronic stress causes genetic changes in chickens

November 10, 2020 Uppsala University Science Daily

Scientists have now found that what are known as epigenetic biomarkers could be used to detect long-term exposure to stress in commercially raised chickens. This may, in time, lead to improved conditions in animal rearing.
News Update/Commentary
Half-a-billion year old microfossils may yield new knowledge of animal origins

November 9, 2020 Uppsala University Science Daily

When and how did the first animals appear? Researchers have now jointly found, in Greenland, embryo-like microfossils up to 570 million years old, revealing that organisms of this type were dispersed throughout the world.
News Update/Commentary
Yin and Yang: Two signaling molecules control growth and behavior in bacteria

November 9, 2020 University of Basel Science Daily

Bacteria are considered to be true experts in survival. Their rapid adaptive response to changing environmental conditions is based, among other things, on two competing signaling molecules.
Do Origin-of-Life Researchers Now Accept Intelligent Design?

November 9, 2020 Brian Miller Evolution News & Science Today
Karl Popper Never Really Retracted His Doubt of Darwin

November 9, 2020 Laszlo Bencze Uncommon Descent
Did Climate Change Cause the Extinction of Two Hominin Species?

November 9, 2020 Uncommon Descent
The Tale of How Duckbilled Dinosaurs Crossed the Ocean to Africa

November 9, 2020 Uncommon Descent
Has the Singularity Been Called Off? Indefinitely Postponed?

November 5, 2020 Mind Matters

If a human brain has as many connections as the whole internet, why should we merge with computers in a Singularity?