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Frans de Waal on what apes can teach us about sex and gender
May 4, 2022 New Scientist
Having studied chimps and bonobos for decades, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that variation in gender-typical behaviour is likely to be more common than we thought in humans
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We are the only humans in the universe
May 4, 2022 Big Think
All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
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Consciousness is the collapse of the wave function
May 4, 2022 iai News
Quantum mechanics and the organic light of consciousness
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Can animals have wealth inequality?
May 4, 2022 Cosmos Magazine
Researchers propose using economics to understand ecology.
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News Update/Commentary
Gene expression in the nervous system: Mechanism for its targeted stimulation discovered
May 4, 2022 Science Daily
Genes are the carriers of our genetic information. They are read in our cells and used to produce ribonucleic acids (RNAs). During this process, termed transcription, the enzyme RNA polymerase II has a decisive influence
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Squid and octopus genome studies reveal how cephalopods' unique traits evolved
May 4, 2022 Science Daily
Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish are wonderfully weird creatures. They have the largest nervous system of any invertebrate, complex behaviors such as instantaneous camouflage, and arms studded with dexterous suckers
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Lizard Explosion Heard Around the World
May 4, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Lizards burst onto the scene 50 million years earlier than thought, complete with modern features. Then they changed little.
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Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID
May 4, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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Classical Darwinism Is Dead
May 4, 2022 Uncommon Descent
If Traits Can Jump Between the Branches of the Tree of Life
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Unexpectedly? Multiple Brain Regions Control Speech
May 4, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Academic Exile, Two Years On
May 4, 2022 Quillette
Academia has become an intellectual prison, and many incarcerated professors are compelled to live a dual existence.
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Another Layer of Complexity in the Human Brain
May 4, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil
May 4, 2022 Science Daily
A reassessment of a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil resulted in the description of a new taxon -- researchers present a small reptile considered to be the most basal of the evolutionary lineage that gave rise to pterosaurs.
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Book
The Teleological and Kalam Cosmological Arguments Revisited
May, 2022 Palgrave Macmillan
A prominent issue in many contemporary philosophy of religion debates concerns whether the universe has a Designer. This book moves the discussion ahead in a significant way | See Also Amazon
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John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”
May 4, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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What is life like on other planets?
May 4, 2022 Genetic Literacy Project
Microorganisms provide possible clues
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Was the Flood global?
May 3, 2022 Creation Ministries International
Creation Answers Book (8th ed. 2019), Chapter 10
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A single genetic mutation made humans more susceptible to cancer
May 3, 2022 New Scientist
Since we split from chimpanzees, a single letter change in our DNA appears to have made us more likely to get cancer, possibly as a trade-off for extra fertility
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How psychopathy might be an evolutionary adaptation
May 3, 2022 Big Think
Instead of a mental illness, some research suggests that psychopathy -- in moderation -- is a reasonable life strategy.
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Is Evolutionary Pressure a Thing?
May 3, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Darwinists think that the environment drives birds to evolve wings and worms to innovate eyes. This is balderdash, poppycock and hogwash.
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What happens when traits jump between branches of the tree of life
May 3, 2022 Science Daily
We all must play the game of life with the cards we're dealt, so the common aphorism goes. In biology, this means organisms must compete through natural selection with the genes and anatomy they were born with. But the saying is a lie.
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Beetle iridescence a deceptive form of warning coloration
May 3, 2022 Science Daily
A new study published today in Animal Behaviour shows for the first time that brilliant iridescence and gloss found in some animals can have a protective function by working as a form of deceptive warning coloration
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Researchers discover overlooked Jurassic Park of lizards
May 3, 2022 Science Daily
New research moves back the moment of the radiation of squamates -- the group of reptiles that includes lizards, snakes and worm lizards -- to the Jurassic, a long time before current estimates.
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Could Cosmic Expansion Be Coming to an End?
May 3, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge
May 3, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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Wealth Inequality… in Animals?
May 3, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Tree Rings Could Pin Down Thera Volcano Eruption Date
May 3, 2022 Forbes
A new study that combines a mosaic of techniques to confirm the source of a volcanic eruption in 1628 B.C.E. has shown that it wasn't Thera volcano, but instead Mount Aniakchak in Alaska.
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Why AI Can't Save Us from Ourselves -- If Evolution Is Any Guide
May 2, 2022 Mind Matters
Famous evolutionary theorist E. O. Wilson’s reflections help us understand
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A Tyranny of the Minority
May 2, 2022 City Journal (Manhattan Institute)
St. Vincent College seeks to torpedo one of academia’s few remaining jewels.
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The universe could stop expanding ‘remarkably soon', study suggests
May 2, 2022 Live Science
In just 100 million years, the universe could start to shrink, new research suggests.
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Mapping study yields novel insights into DNA-protein connection, paving way for researchers to target new treatments
May 2, 2022 Science Daily
DNA-to-protein mapping could help researchers understand some health disparities.
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Dinosaur extinction changed plant evolution
May 2, 2022 Science Daily
Effects of missing large herbivores on food plants still detectable today
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Comfort for the Climate Panicked
May 2, 2022 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Take heart; the world is not coming to an end. Who says so? Climate scientists.
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Did the Dinosaurs’ Departure Change Plants?
May 2, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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The Secret World in the Gaps Between Brain Cells
May 2, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Did the W-Boson Break the Standard Model?
May 2, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Resurrecting “Ancient” Enzymes?
May 2, 2022 Institute for Creation Research
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics
May 2, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
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The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
May, 2022 Skeptical Inquirer, v.46, n.3
mathematics affords the possibility of an “in-principle” argument against evolution
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J. Harlen Bretz (1882-1981)
May, 2022 GSA Today
Outrageous Geological Hypothesizer
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New brain learning mechanism calls for revision of long-held neuroscience hypothesis
May 1, 2022 Science Daily
Just one single neuron can realize deep learning algorithms, which previously required an artificial complex network consisting of thousands of connected neurons. This discovery is expected to have important implications on future AI hardware.
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Outrageous Geological Hypothesizer
May, 2022 GSA Today
J. Harlen Bretz (1882-1981)
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Against Scientific Gatekeeping
May, 2022 reason
Science should be a profession, not a priesthood.
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Physicist Eric Hedin Was Bullied by Atheists But Not Squashed
May 1, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Claim: Complex Cells Started Without Oxygen
May 1, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Atheism Not As Rational As You Think?
May 1, 2022 Uncommon Descent
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Apparently, the Machinery of Sleep Is Very Complex
May 1, 2022 Uncommon Descent
new sleep molecule:
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A 10,000 year history of geological change in Lower Geyser Basin
May 1, 2022 Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyoming)
Yellowstone National Park
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Deaths in climate-related disasters declined 99% from a century ago
April 30, 2022 New York Post
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics
April 30, 2022 Evolution News & Science Today
systematics is the relationships between organisms