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News Update/Commentary
Insects silencing the alarm
February 17, 2021 Science Daily
An enzyme in the saliva of certain insects prevents their food plants from warning neighboring plants of an attack
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Texas Weather Postpones Dallas Science and Faith Conference
February 17, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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“Simulation Hypothesis” and Star Trek -- Intelligent Design by Another Name
February 17, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Farewell to Tom Bethell (1936–2021)
February 17, 2021 Uncommon Descent
One of the Earliest Modern Darwin Skeptics
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The rise of God-like beings
February 17, 2021 iai News
Overcoming the limits of being human
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Theistic Evolution: A Response to Wayne Grudem, Making the Same Errors He Opposes in Others
February 17, 2021 Answers in Genesis
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News Update/Commentary
Researchers solve riddle of plant immune system
February 17, 2021 Science Daily
Team led by the University of Göttingen describes influence of molecular mechanisms
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News Update/Commentary
How sessile seahorses managed to speciate and disperse across the world's oceans
February 17, 2021 Science Daily
Based on an evolutionary tree of 21 species it was possible to reconstruct the dispersal routes of seahorses worldwide and to explain where and when new species emerged.
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Yes, There Really Is a War on Math in Our Schools
February 16, 2021 Mind Matters
Pundits differ as to the causes but here are some facts parents should know
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Darwin Imagineers Stuff Fantasy Narratives with Irrelevant Details
February 16, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Brains are like trees, only ours are upside down because plant brains are in the roots. Both came from chemicals.
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Another Attack on Karl Popper’s Falsification Concept
February 16, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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The Origin of Life Problem Is Forever on the Verge of Being Solved
February 16, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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New Book by Physicist Eric Hedin Challenges Atheist Cancel Culture
February 16, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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How to prevent AI from taking over the world
February 16, 2021 New Statesman
If we can’t teach machines to internalise human values and make decisions based on them, we must accept -- and ensure -- that AI is of limited use to us.
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Did We Find Life on Mars in 1976?
February 16, 2021 The Debrief
NASA wasn't convinced back then, but all subsequent missions prove Mars was habitable once
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Highest-Resolution Images of DNA Reveal It's Surprisingly Jiggly
February 16, 2021 Gizmodo
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Questions Raised About Widely Used Blood-Brain Barrier Model
February 16, 2021 The Scientist
A study has sparked controversy by suggesting that cells made using a popular lab protocol have been misidentified, with potentially serious repercussions for brain research. Critics say the significance of the findings has been overstated.
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High Profile Developmental Biologist Lewis Wolpert Dies at 91
February 16, 2021 The Scientist
Wolpert, who conducted research at University College London, was known for his work on morphogenesis and pattern development in embryos and for his multiple books and broadcast appearances.
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News Update/Commentary
Can evolution be predicted?
February 16, 2021 Science Daily
Scientists created a framework to test the predictions of biological optimality theories, including evolution
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News Update/Commentary
Perceiving predators: Understanding how plants ‘sense' herbivore attack
February 16, 2021 Science Daily
Plants are known to possess solid immune response mechanisms. One such response is ‘sensing' attack by herbivorous animals. Researchers discuss ‘elicitors' -- the molecules that initiate plant defense mechanisms against herbivore attack.
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Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell
February 16, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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News Update/Commentary
Evolution's game of rock-paper-scissors
February 16, 2021 Science Daily
A group of scientists has recently provided empirical evidence that evolution can be nontransitive. The team has identified a nontransitive evolutionary sequence through a 1,000-generation yeast evolution experiment.
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Episode 1 of Chemist James Tour on Abiogenesis: Watch Now
February 16, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis
February 16, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
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Random Evolution Doesn't Produce Algorithmic Functions in Animals
February 15, 2021 Mind Matters
A bird does not fly just because it has wings; it needs a “flight” program in its brain. Explanations of the evolution of flight do not account for that.
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Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice
February 15, 2021 Wired
Researchers only drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf to sample sediment. Instead, they found animals that weren't supposed to be there.
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Bill Dembski Teases the 2021 Dallas ID Conference
February 15, 2021 ID the Future
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The Alien-Haunted World
February 15, 2021 nautil.us
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News Update/Commentary
Capuchin monkey genome reveals clues to its long life and large brain
February 15, 2021 Science Daily
Scientists have sequenced the genome of a capuchin monkey for the first time, uncovering new genetic clues about the evolution of their long lifespan and large brains.
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News Update/Commentary
Neanderthals and Homo sapiens used identical Nubian technology
February 15, 2021 Science Daily
New analysis of a fossil tooth and stone tools from Shukbah Cave reveals Neanderthals used stone tool technologies thought to have been unique to modern humans.
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News Update/Commentary
Membrane building blocks play decisive role in controlling cell growth
February 15, 2021 Science Daily
Lipids are the building blocks of a cell's envelope -- the cell membrane. In addition to their structural function, some lipids also play a regulatory role and decisively influence cell growth.
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Nature Article Admits Unanswered Origin-of-Life Questions
February 15, 2021 Evolution News & Science Today
Exposing Broken Promises of ID Critics
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A Comet, Not an Asteroid, Killed the Dinosaurs, Say Astrophysicists
February 15, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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The Cheerfully Darwin-Doubting Philosopher David Berlinski Interviewed on Italian TV
February 15, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Remarkable Antarctic Life Find on Rock Far Beneath Ice Shelf
February 15, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet ‘shouldn't be there'
February 15, 2021 New Scientist
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Chimpanzees seem to ‘speak' in sentences of three or more calls
February 15, 2021 New Scientist
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Whoops; Tooth Date Is at Least 750% Off
February 15, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
It’s amazing how wrong evolutionists can be without batting an eye. Errors this large should be a firing offense.
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Researchers rethink life in a cold climate after Antarctic find
February 15, 2021 The Guardian
Scientists surprised by marine organisms on boulder on sea floor beneath 900 metres of ice shelf
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Reconciling Two Different Calculations of the Hubble Constant
February 15, 2021 Institute for Creation Research
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Video
A Course on Abiogenesis
February 14, 2021 YouTube
In this prologue episode, Dr. James Tour explains why he is addressing abiogenesis and common misconceptions in this series of lectures. After providing the outline for the course, Dr. Tour provides a sneak peak of the upcoming critique.
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Fun: The Babylon Bee’s Guide To Being Woke
February 14, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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A Geophysicist’s Unconventional Guide To Surviving Campus Witch Hunts: Show Love
February 14, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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At Inverse: Why “Darwinian Gastronomy” Can’t Explain the Popularity of Spice
February 14, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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3D Chimp and Human Genomes Differ Significantly
February 14, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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How should we address Charles Darwin's complicated legacy?
February 13, 2021 The Guardian
The Descent of Man, 150 years old this month, is a work of humanist brilliance -- yet its errors, particularly on sex, now make for uncomfortable reading
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The Simulation Hypothesis is Pseudoscience
February 13, 2021 backreaction.blogspot.com
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Science Dissolving in a Sea of Lies
February 13, 2021 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The line between “mainstream” science and fake science continues to blur.
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Researchers Ask: Are We More Like Primitive Fish Than We Thought?
February 13, 2021 Uncommon Descent
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Researchers: Huge Coelacanth Fish Is “Not a Living Fossil”
February 13, 2021 Uncommon Descent