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Four Kinds of Perspectival Truth
June 10, 2016 Philosophy and Phenomenological Truth
In this paper, I assess recent claims in philosophy of science about scientific perspectivism being compatible with realism.
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Rethinking space and time could let us do away with dark matter
March 13, 2024 New Scientist
Most physicists believe that only a quantum theory of gravity can fully explain mysteries of the universe like dark matter, but now an idea called “post-quantum gravity" is demonstrating an alternative approach
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Geologists reject the Anthropocene as Earth’s new epoch -- after 15 years of debate
March 6, 2024 Nature
But some are now challenging the vote, saying there were ‘procedural irregularities’.
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Peer-reviewed Paper
The evolution of menopause in toothed whales
March 13, 2024 Nature
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Why scientists trust AI too much -- and what to do about it
March 6, 2024 Nature
Some researchers see superhuman qualities in artificial intelligence. All scientists need to be alert to the risks this creates.
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Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting
March 13, 2024 Nature
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb says that an interstellar meteor showered Earth with particles. At a planetary-science conference this week, researchers begged to differ.
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Ancient malaria genome from Roman skeleton hints at disease’s history
March 13, 2024 Nature
Genetic information from ancient remains is helping to reveal how malaria has moved and evolved alongside people.
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Whales make waves in the quest to discover why menopause evolved
March 13, 2024 Nature
Why do several species of whale experience menopause, and why does the phenomenon occur at all? Analysing whale data might help to answer these questions and shed light on why menopause evolved in humans.
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What proportion of the human genome is actually functional?
March 14, 2024 Creation Ministries International
And how much variation is tolerable?
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News Update/Commentary
Sulfur and the origin of life
March 13, 2024 Science Daily
A new study shines a spotlight on sulfur, a chemical element that, while all familiar, has proved surprisingly resistant to scientific efforts in probing its role in the origin of life.
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JWST Sets Record for Early Mature Galaxies
March 13, 2024 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The James Webb Space Telescope sees mature stars and galaxies too early for big bang theory
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Aliens in the Garbage
March 11, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Shelley, Darwin, and the 19th-Century God Debate
March 13, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System
March 14, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Summer Seminars Were a Turning Point for Me
March 7, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
Up from Dawkins
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Grappling Honestly with Science's Blind Spot
March 12, 2024 Mind Matters
An astrophysicist, a theoretical physicist, and a philosopher all walk into a bar and say, “At the heart of science lies something we do not see that makes science possible” Um… yes!
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Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Consciousness?
March 12, 2024 YouTube
That the universe is fine-tuned for life, with multiple physical laws required to be within small ranges, is generally accepted. But can we then make the additional argument that the universe is somehow required to contain consciousness?
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Museums' vertebrate collections go online -- in 3D
March 7, 2024 Berkeley News
CT scans of animal skeletons are now available to anyone, including those with 3D printers
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Peer-reviewed Paper
Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging
March 6, 2024 BioScience (Oxford Academic)
The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network
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Peer-reviewed Paper
The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis
March 4, 2024 International Journal of Organic Evolution
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Scientists have replicated Earth's earliest form of evolution in the lab
March 12, 2024 Daily Mail (UK)
A minor theory of the creation of life just got a major boost in new experiments. The ‘RNA World' hypothesis proposed that Earth had RNA before life existed. Scientists have now shown that RNA could have existed and evolved before life.
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Is life based on a seeming violation of Newton’s law in molecular interactions?
March 12, 2024 Pennsylvania State University
Interactions between molecules that are not equal and opposite can occur naturally, researchers demonstrate
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A New Discovery Reveals Why Darwin’s ‘Living Fossil’ Keeps Defying Evolution
March 13, 2024 Popular Mechanics
As the world evolved rapidly around them, gars weirdly just stayed the same. Now we know why.
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A Leap Towards Building Synthetic Organisms
March 12, 2024 The Scientist
Douglas Blackiston’s frog-fueled research seeks to push the boundaries of understanding developing organisms.
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News Update/Commentary
Gene flow in giraffes and what it means for their conservation
March 12, 2024 Science Daily
Giraffes, with their bizarre body plan, have always held a special place in the minds of evolutionary biologists. In a new study whole-genome sequencing data investigated the evolutionary processes occurring within giraffes.
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News Update/Commentary
Researchers expand our understanding of how the body and brain communicate
March 12, 2024 Science Daily
Researchers investigating how the brain processes the incoming stream of information from the heart and lungs, discovered that specific neurons in the thalamus are involved in processing cardiac and respiratory signals.
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Darwin, Marx, and two letters
October, 2022 Creation Ministries International
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From Jacques Monod, a Grim Message for Humanity
March 12, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Is It Becoming Acceptable to Speak of Biological Systems and Processes in Terms of Design?
March 12, 2024 Evolution News & Science Today
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Pink Dancing Hippos: Don't Tell ChatGPT-4 Not To Do Something
March 11, 2024 Mind Matters
Can OpenAI fix this flaw in GPT4? Absolutely. Time will tell if they do or not.
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If AI Speeds Up Science, Does It Risk Squashing Some Parts?
March 11, 2024 Mind Matters
A Yale anthropologist and a Princeton psychologist warn of the dangers of overreliance on AI in science
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About the Claim That Chatbot Claude 3 Showed Self-Awareness ...
March 12, 2024 Mind Matters
Has anyone noticed the resemblance between the conviction that an AI project thinks like a human and that extraterrestrials are visiting us?
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What is Biological Information?
March 11, 2024 YouTube
information is essential for analyzing data and testing hypotheses. But what is information in molecular genetics and neuroscience? What in evolution, population genetics, and levels of selection? Why is computational biology transformational?
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Does Science Disprove Christianity?
March 10, 2024 YouTube
Meyer helps us understand the role philosophy plays in how scientists analyze evidence and reflects on the anti-supernatural bias among many in the scientific community. He also helps us understand the difference between Evolution and Intelligent Design.
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‘Cosmic clock’ dates earliest human presence in Europe
March 6, 2024 CNN
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We don’t need a quantum gravity
March 11, 2024 iai News
Why we shouldn't quantize spacetime
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News Update/Commentary
Nasa’s Webb, Hubble telescopes affirm universe’s expansion rate, puzzle persists
March 11, 2024 Science Daily
The puzzle is that the current rate of the expansion of the universe is faster than what astronomers expect it to be, based on the universe's initial conditions and our present understanding of the universe's evolution.
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News Update/Commentary
Evolutionary nature of animal friendships
March 8, 2024 Science Daily
Biologists present groundbreaking research shedding new light on the evolution of social bonds and cooperation among group-living animals.
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How Is Intentionality Embedded in the Universe?
March 11, 2024 Mind Matters
All efforts to extinguish intentionality and morality only serve to further establish their inescapable reality
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Wrestling with AI: Making More and Better Disciples
March 8, 2024 Mind Matters
AI may have “knowledge," but it lacks wisdom.
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The Singularity -- When We Merge with AI -- Won't Happen
March 8, 2024 Mind Matters
Futurist predictions depend on the assumption that the human brain is like a machine, says, computer scientist Erik Larson. But it isn’t
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Neuroscientist: How the Brain-As-Computer Myth Led Science Astray
March 8, 2024 Mind Matters
Michael Merzenich explains neuroplasticity -- how the brain organizes itself in detail -- to Robert Lawrence Kuhn at Closer to Truth
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Consciousness Observes Different Laws from Physics
March 10, 2024 Mind Matters
At Closer to Truth, British philosopher and pastor Keith Ward provides an example to host Robert Lawrence Kuhn
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“Will digital intelligence replace biological intelligence?" Romanes Lecture
February 29, 2024 YouTube
Geoffrey Hinton's public lecture discussed the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) and how to ensure it does not take control of humans, and consequently, wipe out humanity.
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The String Theory Wars and What Happened Next
March 9, 2024 YouTube
String theory became extremely controversial during what's been dubbed the “String Wars” about 20 years ago. Then it kind of disappeared. What happened? What were the string wars? And what are string theorists doing now?
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Dawkins/O'Connor Interview | In-Depth Analysis
March 8, 2024 YouTube
Richard Dawkins levels his critique at William Lane Craig ... once again. A deep-dive into the fascinating interview by Alex O'Connor.
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How Complexity and Emergence Create a Cosmos?
March 10, 2024 YouTube
The universe began as a simple hot bath of particles and forces. How then the vast diversity of things we find on earth today? Much depends on the principles of ‘complexity’ and ‘emergence’. What are they? How does each work and how do they work together?
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What Does Quantum Theory Mean?
March 9, 2024 YouTube
Quantum theory may be weird, but quantum theory is truly how the microworld works. What does all this weirdness mean? How to go from microworld weirdness to macroworld normalcy? Will we ever make sense out of quantum mechanics?
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These gars are the ultimate ‘living fossils’
March 4, 2024 Science
Fish’s genomes are so static that groups whose last common ancestor lived during the time of the dinosaurs can produce fertile hybrids today
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Skull, tooth, and claw
March 7, 2024 Science, v.383, n.6687, p.1069-1070
these birds exhibited a surprising range of trophic levels, from being plant and fish eaters to ambush predators and raptors. It is likely that the capacity to fly allowed access to more niches and fueled diversification.