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Pentagon Aims to Reduce “Stigma” Around Reporting UFOs
May 21, 2022 Mind Matters
The UAPs (formerly UFOs) could be undocumented weather phenomena, returned space junk, or advanced surveillance craft that hostile powers are not telling the United States about. Or…
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Could the Dinosaurs Have Had a Now-Lost Civilization?
May 21, 2022 Mind Matters
Geoscientist Dirk Schultze-Makuch asks us to be sure why we believe it couldn’t be true. Not as simple as it first appears…
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Are All Those Codes Used by Cells Really “Codes”?
May 21, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Epigenetics: Editing Epigenome Decreased Alcoholism In Rats
May 21, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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On the Closest We Have to a Theory of Everything
May 21, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Even Neurons Have Rich Clubs and Poor Clubs
May 20, 2022 Mind Matters
Both -- doing different jobs -- are essential to the brain’s functioning
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News Update/Commentary
New research shows no evidence of structural brain change with short-term mindfulness training
May 20, 2022 Science Daily
A team found flaws in previous research that purported to show meditation could alter the brain's structure.
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News Update/Commentary
Killer T vs. memory -- DNA isn't destiny for T cells
May 20, 2022 Science Daily
Scientists have uncovered how one type of T cell creates two genetically identical, but functionally different, daughter cells.
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Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males
May 20, 2022 New Scientist
Pregnant and lactating female mice release a banana-smelling chemical in their urine that is thought to stress out males so they don’t commit infanticide
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In His New Book, Denton Shows How Science Leads the Charge to Theism
May 20, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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In His New Book, Denton Shows How Science Leads the Charge to Theism
May 20, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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Some Species Thought To Be Extinct May Simply Be “Lost”
May 20, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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New Complexities Discovered in How Plants Protect Themselves Against Microorganisms
May 20, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Did Small Brains Doom the Mammoth and the Giant Armadillo?
May 20, 2022 Mind Matters
A recent study showed that survivors had brains that were 53% larger, which was perhaps useful in avoiding predators
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Kant’s religion of reason and the reinterpretation of Genesis 1–3
May 20, 2022 Creation Ministries International
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Ghostly ‘mirror world' might be cause of cosmic controversy
May 19, 2022 Science Daily
The Hubble constant is the rate of expansion of the universe today. Predictions for this rate are significantly slower than the rate found by our most precise local measurements. This discrepancy is one that many cosmologists have been trying to solve
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In Life, Not One Code but Many
May 19, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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New Learning Model for Brain Overturns 70 Years of Theory
May 19, 2022 Mind Matters
The new model, if confirmed, could change the way algorithms are developed
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He Was a World-Renowned Cancer Researcher. Now He's Collecting Unemployment.
May 19, 2022 Bari Weiss
Behind the fall of David Sabatini, ‘one of the greatest scientists' of his generation.
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Fossil imprints from oceans of the past
May 19, 2022 Science
Imprints of fossil coccoliths discovered in black shales reveal that calcifying microalgae remained prominent producers during previous extreme ocean conditions.
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Astronomers question if the first picture of a black hole is accurate
May 19, 2022 New Scientist
The Event Horizon Telescope’s first image of a black hole showed a distinctive ring feature, but a reanalysis of their data has raised concerns over whether that ring of light is real
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Researchers Fuel a Microprocessor Using Power from Seaweed
May 19, 2022 Mind Matters
When they photosynthesize, algae produce a current that can be captured and used to power a small device
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Ancient technology that was centuries ahead of its time
May 19, 2022 Big Think
These astounding inventions show that civilizations of the past were a lot more advanced than we might have thought.
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Rogue Mitochondria Turn Hermaphroditic Snails Female: Study
May 19, 2022 The Scientist
The accidental finding marks the first time a phenomenon called cytoplasmic sterility, known to occur in plants, has been found in animals.
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Study Suggests Dolphins Use Coral Mucus as Medicine
May 19, 2022 The Scientist
Researchers observe that dolphins in a pod in the Red Sea regularly rub against certain corals and sponges, perhaps to sooth their skin by prompting the invertebrates to release mucus that contains antimicrobial compounds.
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Galaxies without dark matter perplex astronomers
May 19, 2022 Nature
Researchers say a cosmic collision could have created two galaxies that don’t contain the mysterious substance -- but others cast doubt on the claim.
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Mutations Conspire to Defeat Evolution
May 19, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Mutations don’t just act alone. They work in concert to decrease fitness.
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Why Cats Can Remember Other Cats' Names
May 18, 2022 Mind Matters
University of Kyoto scientists found that they can indeed remember, provided they live in the same household
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The Challenge of Testing Universal Common Descent
May 18, 2022 YouTube
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Move Over Apoptosis: Another Form of Cell Death May Occur in the Gut
May 18, 2022 The Scientist
Though scientists don’t yet know much about it, a newly described process called erebosis might have profound implications for how the gut maintains itself.
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Did the Milky Way lose its black hole?
May 18, 2022 Big Think
At four million solar masses, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole is quite small for a galaxy its size. Did we lose the original?
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News Media Swallow 830 Million Year Old Life Claim
May 18, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The extreme gullibility of scientists and reporters displays their blind love for Darwin and deep time
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When Medical Science Becomes Heartless
May 18, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
The Case of Joshua Smith
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From Non-Life to Life via Natural Forces Alone?
May 18, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
Nope
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Is the Human Shoulder Badly Designed?
May 18, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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What Design Can Explain About Life’s Origins That Chance Can’t
May 18, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design To Answer Common Objections
May 18, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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The W boson threat to the Standard Model
May 18, 2022 iai News
A first step towards a new theory
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No Two Human Brains Are Alike
May 17, 2022 nautil.us
The uniqueness of each mind is written in its ever-changing circuitry.
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This Gene Mutation Breaks the Immune System. Why Has It Survived?
May 17, 2022 Wired
Two new studies found genetic mutations that cause severe immune deficiencies are common in some remote populations, leaving them highly vulnerable to viruses.
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Aerodynamics of Perching Birds Could Inform Aircraft Design
May 17, 2022 University of Central Florida
A team of UCF researchers have investigated the mystery behind different bird perching maneuvers to better understand the aerodynamic forces of landing an aircraft.
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Ancient tooth suggests Denisovans ventured far beyond Siberia
May 17, 2022 Nature
Molar found in Laos could be the first fossil evidence that the hominin species was far-ranging and able to adapt to different climates.
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First animals developed complex ecosystems before the Cambrian explosion
May 17, 2022 Science Daily
Metacommunity analysis suggests succession, not mass extinction, explains Ediacaran diversity drop
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Wayne Grudem’s Seriously Inconsistent Opposition to Theistic Evolution
May 17, 2022 Answers in Genesis
Wayne Grudem’s old-earth beliefs undermine his opposition to theistic evolution.
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More Evidence Social Scientists Are Philosophical Dullards
May 17, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Is it any surprise that the evolutionary theory of humanity corrupts clear thinking?
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Tired of the Media Promoting Atheism in the Name of Science?
May 17, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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Earth’s Atmosphere Demonstrates Stunning Biocentric Fine-Tuning
May 17, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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“The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Engineering in the Biological Sciences”
May 17, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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The Surprising Relevance of Engineering in Biology
May 17, 2022 YouTube
Brian Miller explains how biology is adopting more design-based models in its research. Although many biologists still offer lip service to unguided evolution, engineers and biologists are working together to change the way we view how life developed.
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Can Largely Rearranged Genomes Explain Why Octopuses Are Smart?
May 17, 2022 Mind Matters
Even compared to each other, the genomes of three cephalopods studied had been broken up and extensively reorganized