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Not 'junk' anymore: Obscure DNA has key role in stroke damage

December 15, 2015 University of Wisconsin, Madison Science Daily
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Scientist unravels the mysteries of a beetle that lived nearly 100 million years ago

December 15, 2015 Clemson University Science Daily
Fossil Discovery Adds Another Phylum to the Cambrian Explosion

December 15, 2015 Casey Luskin Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
Ten Myths About Dover: #6, "Judge Jones, No Activist, Stayed Strictly Within His Authority"

December 15, 2015 Sarah Chaffee Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
Ten Myths About Dover: #5, "Discovery Institute Supported Dover School Board Policy"

December 16, 2015 Sarah Chaffee Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Predators key to helping prey evolve with climate change

December 16, 2015 University of British Columbia Science Daily
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Geologists focus on extraterrestrial mineral for clues to beginning of biological life on Earth

December 16, 2015 University of South Florida Science Daily
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Plants crawled onto land earlier than we give them credit, genetic evidence suggests

December 16, 2015 Cell Press Science Daily
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Fossils enrich our understanding of evolution

December 16, 2015 University of Bristol Science Daily
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Preserved embryos illustrate seed dormancy in early angiosperms

December 16, 2015 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Science Daily
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Gene found in fruit flies explains how one species evolved into two

December 17, 2015 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Science Daily
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'Red Deer Cave people' bone points to mysterious species of pre-modern human

December 17, 2015 University of New South Wales Science Daily
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A gene for new species is discovered

December 17, 2015 University of Utah Science Daily
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Burgess Shale fossil site gives up oldest evidence of brood care

December 17, 2015 University of Toronto Science Daily
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‘Smoke detector’ enables fungal partnership that allowed plants to first survive on land

December 17, 2015 University of Cambridge Science Daily
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Turn-taking in communication may be more ancient than language

December 18, 2015 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Science Daily
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Scientists blueprint tiny cellular 'nanomachine'

December 18, 2015 Arizona State University Science Daily
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‘Virtual fossil’ reveals last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals

December 18, 2015 University of Cambridge Science Daily
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Archaeology: Hezekiah’s seal impression found in Jerusalem

December 20, 2015 Uncommon Descent
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Epigenetic discovery suggests DNA modifications more diverse than previously thought

December 21, 2015 University of Cambridge Science Daily
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Stone Age dentistry, 14 kya

December 21, 2015 Uncommon Descent
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Blocking “junk” DNA can prevent stroke damage

December 21, 2015 Uncommon Descent
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The Dover case, John West, and intelligent design

December 21, 2015 Uncommon Descent
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Elite scientists hold back progress?

December 22, 2015 Uncommon Descent
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Is Mark Hauser back? Betrayals helped humans spread?

December 22, 2015 Uncommon Descent
No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning

February 9, 2015 Lisa Zyga phys.org
Entangled universe: Could wormholes hold the cosmos together?

November 4, 2015 New Scientist
Local supernova 2 million years ago solves cosmic ray puzzle

November 18, 2015 New Scientist, n.3048
We Still Don't Know How Stars Explode

December 1, 2015 Ross Pomeroy realclearscience.com
How do we fix bad science?

December 7, 2015 Cosmos Magazine

independently verifying research can help science regain its credibility
Can Extinct Giant Tortoises Be Brought Back to Life?

December 8, 2015 Jane Braxton Little National Geographic
How to change your genes by changing your lifestyle

December 9, 2015 New Scientist
How not to get duped by coincidences

December 9, 2015 New Scientist

If the numbers get big enough any outrageously improbable thing is bound to happen. Discover when to trust your gut instincts.
All Birds Descend from One Feathered Founder

December 11, 2015 Jennifer Viegas discovery.com
Can a Predator Really Be Friends With Its Prey?

December 11, 2015 Cari Romm The Atlantic
Face Up: We Are Less than Neanderthals

December 11, 2015 Creation-Evolution Headlines

the facial differences between us and Neanderthals amount to a slight matter of bone resorption during development
Humans Evolved for Better Sleep in Less Time

December 14, 2015 Robin A. Smith Duke Today

humans sleep shorter, deeper than our closest animal relatives
Top 2015 News: Science Confronts Big Bang

December 14, 2015 Brian Thomas Institute for Creation Research
Fleming's discovery of penicillin couldn't get published today. That's a huge problem.

December 14, 2015 Julia Belluz vox.com
Cheetahs Prospered in North America

December 14, 2015 Creation-Evolution Headlines

If evolutionists can say cheetahs migrated over continents, why can’t Biblical creationists say the same?
DNA Dates Dog Domestication Back 33,000 Years

December 15, 2015 Jennifer Viegas discovery.com
The science myths that will not die

December 16, 2015 Nature, v.528, p.322-325

False beliefs and wishful thinking about the human experience are common. They are hurting people -- and holding back science.
A Fight for the Soul of Science

December 16, 2015 Natalie Wolchover / Quanta Magazine

String theory, the multiverse and other ideas of modern physics are potentially untestable. At a historic meeting in Munich, scientists and philosophers asked: should we trust them anyway?
Parrots use pebble tools to grind up own mineral supplements

December 16, 2015 Sandrine Ceurstemont New Scientist
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Scientists peg Anthropocene to first farmers

December 17, 2015 Science Daily

study shows 300-million-year natural pattern ended 6,000 years ago because of human activity
New Clues on How and When Wolves Became Dogs

December 17, 2015 Carrie Arnold National Geographic
Life exploded on Earth after slow rise of oxygen

December 18, 2015 phys.org
Did the Human Brain Evolve the Ability to Evolve?

December 18, 2015 Elizabeth Mitchell Answers in Genesis
Antique Homo Claims Threatened by New Bones

December 18, 2015 Creation-Evolution Headlines

the number of potential overhauls in thinking from this thigh bone in China is staggering
Dark Matter Is Lost in Space

December 19, 2015 Creation-Evolution Headlines

astronomers are spending millions on their biggest gamble yet: looking for something that may not exist