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The Silent Underground Network
December 15, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
under your feet in the woods is a vast communication network where information technology keeps the ecosystem functioning
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Mars Methane Is Not Alive
December 16, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
small periodic spikes in methane on Mars are turning the Mars-lifers into spin doctors
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Astrobiology Has No Bio
December 17, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
When you take the “bio” out of astrobiology, what do you get? Is it still a science?
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Spin cycle
December 17, 2014 Nature, v.516, p.287-288
pressures in all stages of the news-making process can lead to hype in science reporting
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Science News Hype Getting Overdue Scrutiny
December 18, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
finally, a journal is owning up to the propensity for scientists and reporters to exaggerate research
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Breakthrough to our origins
December 19, 2014 Science, v.346, n.6216, p.1433
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Birds Go Splat on Evolutionary Theories
December 19, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
a flock of surprising traits of birds has dropped a load on simplistic notions of evolution
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Storm Surge Carries Huge Boulders
December 20, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
a typhoon carried 180-ton rocks 150 feet up a beach -- the largest transport recorded in recent times
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Dinosaurs and the Battle of Killers
December 21, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
An impact drove the dinosaurs extinct; or was it volcanoes?
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Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?
December 22, 2014 New Scientist, n.3000, p.61-63
So you're an alien seeding primordial Earth with life. Like any creator, you sign your work. Now we may have found that signature -- in the genetic code.
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Overqualified Mammals
December 22, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
here are some mammals with capabilities that exceed the requirements of mere survival
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Ancient 'Toothy' Dolphin Fossils Found in Peru
September 10, 2014 LiveScience
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2015 preview: Meet more of your long-lost cousins
December 16, 2014 New Scientist, n.3000, p.25
a major discovery of hundreds of bones belonging to mysterious early humans may soon add another piece to the puzzle of our messy evolution
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Humans and birds share the same singing genes
December 16, 2014 New Scientist, n.3000, p.13
an intriguing evolutionary similarity might mean that songbirds will make good models for studying the genetics of speech disorders
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News Update/Commentary
Tales from a Martian rock
December 22, 2014 Science Daily
new chemical analysis of ancient Martian meteorite provides clues to planet's history of habitability
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News Update/Commentary
Modern genetics confirm ancient relationship between fins and hands
December 22, 2014 Science Daily
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Why are we so eager to embrace conspiracy theories?
December 22, 2014 New Scientist, n.3000, p.36-37
a staggering number of people believe the unbelievable
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News Update/Commentary
Oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey discovered
December 23, 2014 Science Daily
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Fossil fish eye has 300 million-year-old rods and cones
December 23, 2014 Science News
oldest evidence found of color vision cells
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Comets Are Not Life Givers
December 23, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
astrobiologists dream of comets as bearers of life in spite of -- not because of -- the data from Rosetta’s comet
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Comparing Astronaut Christmas Greetings from 1968 and 2014
December 24, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
On Apollo 8 Christmas Eve 46 years ago, astronauts read from Genesis. You won’t believe what today’s astronauts had to say for holiday greetings.
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Y(ou)r q(ua)ntifi(e)d s(el)f, a short story
December 28, 2014 New Scientist, n.3000, p.80-82
whether or not your existence is noticed, whether you detect it or not, you are exquisite
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Planet hunters plot course for habitable worlds
December 29, 2014 Nature, v.517, p.8-9
researchers aim to set aside differences in search for life on distant spheres
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2014 review: The most awesome stories of the year
December 30, 2014 New Scientist, n.3000, p.32-33
the elixir of youth, a switch to turn consciousness on and off, electric life forms … and more
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Acts & Facts, v.44, n.1 (pdf)
January 1, 2015 Institute for Creation Research
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Jane Hawking tells her Theory of Everything
January 1, 2015 New Scientist, n.3002, p.40-41
"the tension between Stephen's atheistic stance and my faith always existed, but neither of us tried to convert the other"
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Origins of major archaeal clades correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria
January 1, 2015 Nature, v.517, p.77-80
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The Christmas Story As Told by a Secular Science Reporter
December 25, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines
here’s how the Christmas story fares under the lens of a secular science reporter who doesn’t believe in a miracle-working God who enters into history
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Origins of Art
January 1, 2015 National Geographic
the greatest innovation in the history of humankind was neither the stone tool nor the steel sword, but the invention of symbolic expression by the first artists
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Why We Have Free Will
January 1, 2015 Scientific American, v.312, n.1
neurons fire in your head before you become aware that you have made a decision, but this discovery does not mean you are a “biochemical puppet”
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Planets More Habitable Than Earth May Be Common in Our Galaxy
January 1, 2015 Scientific American, v.312, n.1
planets quite different from our own may be the best homes for life in the universe
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Introducing the Heavyweight Dino of the World
January 1, 2015 Discover Magazine
top 100 stories of 2014, #21 ... Dreadnoughtus schrani's tail alone measures an impressive 30 feet
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Researchers Construct First Designer Chromosome
January 1, 2015 Discover Magazine
top 100 stories of 2014, #17 ... the synthetic yeast chromosome marks the first step toward synthesizing a eukaryotic organism
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The First Dinosaur to Menace Both Land and Water
January 1, 2015 Discover Magazine
top 100 stories of 2014, #9 ... a new specimen of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus helps researchers sort out its strange traits
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The Year in Science Fraud
January 1, 2015 Discover Magazine
top 100 stories of 2014, #8 ... what can we learn from the scandals that plagued scientific research in 2014
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What Made the Bang so Big?
January 1, 2015 Discover Magazine
top 100 stories of 2014, #5 ... if the findings are verified, BICEP2 will have amassed the strongest support yet for cosmic inflation
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Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes
January 2, 2015 Science, v.347, n.6217
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Harvard Evolutionists Justify Terror as Darwinian Fitness
January 3, 2015 Creation-Evolution Headlines
their “study” involved native tribespeople, but the amoral implications give aid and comfort to evildoers
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‘A Great Moment’: Rover Finds Methane, a Clue That Mars May Harbor Life
December 16, 2014 New York Times
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Egg and sperm race: Scientists create precursors to human egg and sperm
December 25, 2014 Science Daily
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Universe, Planet, Proteins...It's Fine-Tuning All the Way Down
December 26, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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More evidence points to drought causing demise of Mayan civilization
January 2, 2015 Fox News Latino
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When Humans Make a Simplified Imitation of a Cell Machine, It's Called Design
January 3, 2015 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Once Again, Neil deGrasse Tyson on Isaac Newton's Religious Views
January 5, 2015 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Congratulations to John West as Biology of the Second Reich, "Best Documentary Short," Scores Big Recognition!
January 6, 2015 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Bill Nye, Nicholas Wade, and the Origin of Human Color Vision
January 6, 2015 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Eight new planets found in 'Goldilocks' zone
January 6, 2015 Science Daily
two are most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets
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Is Animal Play Just an Evolutionary Survival Mechanism?
January 6, 2015 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Yes, your dog enjoys play, say biologists, and so do birds, dolphins and many other kinds of animals. How did “having fun” evolve?
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The time illusion: How your brain creates now
January 7, 2015 New Scientist, n.3003, p.28-31
Time is not out there -- "now" is a strange trick of the mind. The good news is that with training you can live in the moment for longer.
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Deep bacteria may evolve even without passing genes on
January 7, 2015 New Scientist, n.3003, p.12
genetic changes found in mysterious bacteria living deep under the sea may have let them survive for millions of years without passing genes on to offspring