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News Update/Commentary
Microbes Can Influence Evolution of Their Hosts
July 18, 2013 Science Daily
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First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain
July 18, 2013 New Scientist, n.2926, p.6-7
in a technological breakthrough, the system of gene switches in Neanderthals has been uncovered, allowing us to assess their mental life
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Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light
July 18, 2013 New Scientist, n.2926, p.3
Neanderthals have had a bad press, but with the first look at gene activity in their brains, their reputation is going from strength to strength
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Batty Illogic Published in Evolutionary Paper
July 18, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Scientific papers do not emerge from pure realms of wisdom and knowledge. They are written by people, who can be illogical sometimes.
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Longevity of DNA Estimated
July 18, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
How long can DNA survive in a fossil? Claims of ancient DNA can be compared with a new estimate based on a crime scene.
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News Update/Commentary
Lizards Show Evolution Is Predictable
July 19, 2013 Science Daily
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Do Honeycombs Just Happen, or Do Bees Design Them?
July 19, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
The idea that honeycombs in beehives self-assemble is as old as Darwin. A new study claims to reinforce the idea, yet honeybees are not just bystanders in the process.
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Battle for the Americas
July 19, 2013 Science, v.341, n.6143, p.230-233
The formation of the Isthmus of Panama allowed the fauna of two continents to mingle, transforming biogeography. A radical new hypothesis holds that the land bridge formed millions of years earlier than scienti
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Ever-Bigger Viruses Shake Tree of Life
July 19, 2013 Science, v.341, n.6143, p.226-227
with genomes the size of a parasitic eukaryote, newly described viruses vie for a place on the tree of life
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Parallel Universe of Microbial “Dark Matter” Revealed
July 20, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
as scientists continue to find incredible diversity in the smallest of organisms, realizations of all we’ve been missing are changing conceptions of life
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A tall tale: How the sauropod got its neck
July 24, 2013 New Scientist, n.2926, p.39-41
at up to 15 metres long, the necks of one group of dinosaurs grew six times as long as those of any other land animal ... now we know how
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Rules of evolution go a bit random if you're small
July 26, 2013 New Scientist, n.2926, p.26-27
Darwin's theory of natural selection is so powerful that we can find it hard to believe features can arise in other way
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More Findings Shed Light on the Complexity of Butterflies
July 19, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Rescuing Darwin: Another Major Problem with Peter Bowler's Counterfactual History
July 20, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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News from the Flight Deck
July 22, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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“Extreme Convergence” Strains Credibility of Darwinism
July 22, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
When completely unrelated animals or plants display the same engineering solution, is it reasonable to assume a blind, unguided process of selection achieved improbable outcomes multiple times? Is calling it “convergent evol
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New Archaelogical Findings at Judean Fortress Khirbet Qeiyafa
July 23, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
a hilltop near where David fought Goliath has revealed buildings and artifacts suggestive of royal organization during the time of King David
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Darwin Defenders Love Donald Prothero's Ranting Review of Darwin's Doubt
July 23, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Poll: Belief in Evolution Up, Majority of Americans Believe God Involved
July 24, 2013 Newsmax
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News About Your Favorite Dinosaurs
July 24, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
T. Rex, Triceratops and other stars of the age of dinosaurs have made news lately. Here are some recent dinosaur findings.
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News Update/Commentary
'International Beam Team' Solves Martian Meteorite-Age Puzzle
July 24, 2013 Science Daily
by directing energy beams at tiny crystals found in a Martian meteorite, a Western University-led team of geologists has proved that the most common group of meteorites from Mars is almost 4 billion years younger than many scientists had b
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Toddler Beats Artificial Intelligence Computers
July 25, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Artificial intelligence, despite decades of work, still cannot match some of the mental capabilities of a 3-year-old. Computers have no common sense.
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News Update/Commentary
Extinct Ancient Ape Did Not Walk Like a Human
July 25, 2013 Science Daily
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Book
My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
April 1, 2013 Scientific American (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
see also Amazon
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Book
The Life of David Lack: Father of Evolutionary Ecology
July 1, 2013 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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Tiny heir of the sabre-toothed cats
July 24, 2013 New Scientist, n.2927, p.19
10,000 years ago formidable cats with huge canines roamed the Earth, but exactly how they used their teeth is a mystery. Could a small marsupial offer some clues?
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My so-called viral life: is discovery new life form?
July 24, 2013 New Scientist, n.2927, p.14
dubbed "Pandora viruses", jumbo-sized viruses have been discovered that are so unusual they might need their own, new domain of life
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Gut bacteria vital in evolution of new animal species
July 24, 2013 New Scientist, n.2927, p.12
wasps of different species can mate successfully if we tinker with their gut bugs, backing the "hologenome" idea that bacteria shape their hosts' evolution
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News Update/Commentary
Evolution on the Inside Track: How Viruses in Gut Bacteria Change Over Time
July 26, 2013 Science Daily
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Remarkable Cell Processes That Keep You Alive
July 27, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Within the factories of molecular machines that run living cells, including those in the human body, processes occur non-stop that are designed to meet every contingency. Here are just a few examples.
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Book
Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
August 1, 2013 Columbia University Press
see also Amazon
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Coal: memorial to the Flood
March 1, 2001 Creation magazine, v.23, n.2, p.22-27
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Fossil Focus: Coal swamps
January 9, 2011 Paleontology online
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"Science Media Center" to Craft Talking Points for Controversial Scientific Issues
July 25, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Instant Body Plans: The Case of Jellyfish
July 26, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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In Discovering Intelligent Design, Discovering the Importance of "Inquiry-Based Learning"
July 27, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Orphan Genes: A Guide of the Perplexed
July 30, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Birds and Their Evolution (or Design)
July 30, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Several recent science papers try to find evolution in bird brains, genes, and behaviors. Do they succeed?
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News Update/Commentary
Bird Brains Predate Birds Themselves
July 31, 2013 Science Daily
'flight-ready' brain was present in some non-avian dinosaurs, CT scans indicate
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More Evidence for Epigenetic Controls on Genetics
July 31, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
Epigenetics has become a hot topic in biology. There are players “above DNA”– some heritable – that may be more important than the genetic code itself.
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Feeding andesitic eruptions with a high-speed connection from the mantle
August 1, 2013 Nature, v.500, p.68-72
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The Origin of Coal
February 13, 1976 Acts & Facts, v.5, n.11
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Caltech Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Ocean on Mars
July 18, 2013 NBC New York
if it existed, the ocean could have covered nearly a third of the red planet and may have harbored life
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Why Some Species Thrived When Dinos Died
July 24, 2013 Science Now
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Ball State University President Imposes Gag Order on Scientists Supportive of Intelligent Design
July 31, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Thank Evolution that Nothing Is Evil (or Good)
August 1, 2013 Creation-Evolution Headlines
when evolutionists discuss the evolution of war, or of monogamy, or of religion, they rob mankind of any basis for judging good and evil
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Cambrian Animals? Just Add Oxygen
August 1, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Protein Evolution: A Guide for the Perplexed
August 2, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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Are Our Genes a Product of Us?
August 5, 2013 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)
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R.C. Sproul Interviews Author of “Darwin’s Doubt” on Evolution, Intelligent Design
August 5, 2013 Gospel Herald