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25 Years Later, Embryonic Stem Cell Research Has Been a Complete Failure

November 1, 2023 Gene Tarne Life News
Starfish body is a head, say scientists

November 1, 2023 University of Southampton
Fossil evidence for a pharyngeal origin of the vertebrate pectoral girdle

November 1, 2023 Martin D. Brazeau, et al. Nature
A radical evolutionary makeover gave echinoderms their unusual body plan

November 1, 2023 Thurston Lacalli Nature

Echinoderms such as starfish are unusual for their five-fold body symmetry. Maps of gene-expression patterns show how this body plan was acquired, and that the genes specifying head structures do the heavy lifting.
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How the fish got its shoulder

November 1, 2023 Imperial College London Science Daily

A new analysis of the bones and muscles in ancient fish gives new clues about how the shoulder evolved in animals -- including us.
Understanding the Limits of Scientism

November 1, 2023 Stephen J. Iacoboni Evolution News & Science Today
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Gary Habermas on the Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

November 1, 2023 Discovery Science YouTube

On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with Habermas about his chapter evaluating the evidence for near-death cases in the new book Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science.
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Genesis, Geology, and the Future of Creationist Thought

November 1, 2023 Seraphim Hamilton YouTube
Empty Words: Convergent Evolution

October 31, 2023 Jerry Bergman Creation-Evolution Headlines

“Convergent Evolution” is an attempt to explain the inexplicable by Darwinian processes
Billions of Biological Nanomachines Point to Christ's Workmanship

October 31, 2023 Randy J. Guliuzza Institute for Creation Research
Trait Variation: Engineered Alleles, Yes! Random Mutations, No!

October 31, 2023 Brian Thomas Institute for Creation Research
The dust that may have killed the dinosaurs

October 31, 2023 Alex Lopatka Physics Today

Paleoclimate simulations suggest that only dust could have shut down photosynthesis for two years after the Chicxulub impact.
Bacterial Flagella: Molecular Motors Show Masterful Design

October 31, 2023 Brian Thomas and David Thomas Institute for Creation Research
On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Successfully Called These Researchers’ Bluff

October 31, 2023 Brian Miller Evolution News & Science Today
Rogues’ Gallery Comes in Pairs

October 31, 2023 Kimberly M. S. Cartier Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union

A new trove of free-floating planets, smaller and paired up more than expected, challenges stellar and planet formation models.
3 Astronomical Evidences from Deep Space that Counter the Big Bang Theory

October 31, 2023 Institute for Creation Research

The Creation Podcast: Episode 60
Fixing the Problem with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

October 31, 2023 Tanvir Khan The Scientist

A new strategy prevents reprogramming-induced epigenetic aberrations in human induced pluripotent stem cells.
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How sunflowers see the sun

October 31, 2023 University of California, Davis Science Daily

Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. But how do sunflowers 'see' the sun to follow it? Plant biologists show that they use a different, novel mechanism from that previously thought.
Blood-sucking fish had flesh-eating ancestors

October 31, 2023 Xiaoying You Nature

Two ‘superbly preserved’ fossil lampreys from the Jurassic period help piece together the past of the unusual jawless fish.
Parasites are the bedrock of life and evolution. It's time to give them the respect they deserve

October 31, 2023 Troy Farah Salon

Without parasites, our web of life would be weaker and less diverse. We should conserve them like other species
Stone Age people may have worn flip-flops over 75,000 years ago

October 31, 2023 Fermin Koop ZME Science

Unearthed ancient footprints challenge our understanding of footwear history.
On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Successfully Called These Researchers’ Bluff

October 31, 2023 Brian Miller Evolution News & Science Today
Did dust from the Chicxulub asteroid impact kill the dinosaurs?

October 30, 2023 Katharine Sanderson Nature

Fine particles kicked up by the collision could have blocked out the Sun for years, resulting in global cooling and disastrous consequences for ecosystems.
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The genetic heritage of the Denisovans may have left its mark on our mental health

October 30, 2023 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Science Daily

The study reveals that the genetic variant observed, which affects zinc regulation, could have signified an evolutionary advantage in our ancestors' adaptation to the cold
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Two bee species become one as researchers solve identity puzzle

October 30, 2023 Curtin University Science Daily

A new study has found that what were thought to be two different species of native Australian bee are in fact one.
Evolutionists Deceive Themselves about Consciousness

October 30, 2023 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

Nature cannot select consciousness unless you make it an idol
A Possible Crisis in the Cosmos Could Lead to a New Understanding of the Universe

October 30, 2023 Michael D. Lemonick Scientific American

Several unexplained measurements are threatening to upend scientists’ understanding of the universe’s origin and fate
AI Meets Its Match: The Butterfly Effect

October 30, 2023 Saima May Sidik Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union

Artificial intelligence algorithms fail to account for a key limitation in weather prediction.
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New species of mosasaur named for Norse sea serpent

October 30, 2023 American Museum of Natural History Science Daily

With ‘transitional' traits that place it between two well-known mosasaurs, the new species is named after a sea serpent in Norse mythology, Jormungandr, and the small North Dakota city Walhalla near to where the fossil was found.
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Frightening Abuses of Science: A Conversation with Wesley J. Smith

October 30, 2023 Discovery Science YouTube

Experiments on the living unborn. Organ harvesting. Reckless biotech. Radical environmentalism. These are not horror stories playing at your local movie theater. They're playing out in labs, hospitals, and institutes across America.
How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all

October 30, 2023 Michael Marshall New Scientist

Seventy years ago, three discoveries propelled our understanding of how life on Earth began. But has the biggest clue to life's origins been staring biologists in the face all along?
Consciousness: what it is, where it comes from -- and whether machines can have it

October 30, 2023 Liad Mudrik Nature

To understand where artificial intelligence might be heading, we must first understand what consciousness, the self and free will mean in ourselves.
Intelligent Design at High Altitudes

October 30, 2023 David Coppedge Evolution News & Science Today
These Tiny, Beautiful Wasps Eat the Hearts Out of Cockroaches

October 29, 2023 Jason Bittel New York Times

Jewel wasps carve up cockroaches like jack-o’-lanterns in a way scientists have never seen before.
Why Are Eccentric Theories of Consciousness Tolerated?

October 29, 2023 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

Even prominent theorists have held eccentric theories of consciousness. It stems from the apparent impossibility of deriving human consciousness from the material substances of the brain
Scientists Warn of Extreme Bias in Brain Aging Research

October 28, 2023 Carly Cassella Science Alert

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Herman Bavinck Teaches Us to Accept Science’s Limits

October 28, 2023 Dennis Greeson The Gospel Coalition

REVIEW: Christianity and Science by Herman Bavinck (Crossway, 2023) | See Also Amazon
Genetic methods enable the use of fossil lipids as biomarkers for oxygen-producing primordial bacteria

October 27, 2023 GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ Potsdam, Helmholtz Centre EurekAlert!

New study in Nature Ecology & Evolution provides important basis for deciphering the evolutionary history of life on Earth
New Study Confirms Discontinuities in the History of Plants

October 27, 2023 Günter Bechly Evolution News & Science Today

Fossil Friday
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Significance of Folds in Tapeats Sandstone at Grand Canyon

October 27, 2023 Andrew Snelling YouTube

Not only was the Tapeats Sandstone rapidly deposited at the beginning of the Flood, but detailed investigation demonstrates it was folded while still soft as the Flood ended.
Secrets of the Universe

October 27, 2023 Neil Turok YouTube

insights into the basic laws of the universe and their surprising simplicity -- including his latest work on an alternative to the cosmological inflation model
How life evolved the power to choose

October 27, 2023 Kevin J. Mitchell Princeton University Press

Do you ever wonder if you’re really in charge of your own actions? We certainly seem to be capable of making decisions and guiding our own behavior, for our own reasons. At least, it feels that way most of the time.
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Researchers solve protein mystery

October 27, 2023 The University of Bergen Science Daily

Researchers have uncovered that proteins use a common chemical label as a shield to protect them from degradation, which in turn affects motility and aging.
When Did Humans Evolve Language?

October 27, 2023 Avery Hurt Discover magazine

When did language start? Find out why the exact timeline for the evolution of language remains up for debate among researchers.
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Evolutionary chance made this bat a specialist hunter

October 27, 2023 University of Southern Denmark Science Daily

It is generally believed that, for millions of years, bats and the insects they hunt at night have adapted to each other in an evolutionary arms race to become better at finding or avoiding each other. Now, a new study shows that this may not be the case
Materialists Choose to Believe in Determinism

October 27, 2023 David F. Coppedge Creation-Evolution Headlines

Why do materialists fail to see the self-refuting flaw in denial of free will?
Understanding the Biochemistry -- and Intelligent Design -- of Muscle Contraction

October 27, 2023 Jonathan McLatchie Evolution News & Science Today
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Middle ear innovation in Early Cretaceous eutherian mammals

October 26, 2023 Haibing Wang and Yuanqing Wang Nature Communications
Can Roger Penrose Explain Consciousness Through Physics?

October 26, 2023 Denyse O'Leary Mind Matters

The Nobel Laureate physicist makes clear that he only wants a theory of human consciousness if the explanation comes down to physics
What is the shape of space itself?

October 26, 2023 Don Lincoln Big Think

Einstein's theory of general relativity introduced the concept of space having a shape. So, what is the shape of space?