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• Monumental Roots

  January 3, 2014 Science, v.343, n.6166, p.18-23

  the great stone monuments of prehistoric Britain, including Stonehenge, were born in a wave of innovation that apparently began on a remote Scottish island

• Paleoanthropologist Overthrows Darwinian Tree of Man: We Are All One

  January 3, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  a veteran paleoanthropologist says the discoveries of 2013 have replaced Darwin’s tree picture of human evolution with a “braid”

• Can Anticreationist Rhetoric Survive Debate?

  January 4, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  Darwinist rhetoric thrives when it’s the only show in town

• Flower in Amber Shows No Evolution

  January 5, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  the details in a flower said to be 100 million years old look just like those in modern flowers

• Dark Matter Search Tinkers with Mythology

  January 6, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  They can’t find it, but it must be there. How long can that approach be sustained?

• Anybody out there? The how and what of alien life

  January 6, 2014 New Scientist, n.2950, p.46-47

  three new books bring us up to speed on extraterrestrial life, its prospects and possible forms -- but it remains "queerer than we can suppose"

• Playing make-believe with history is a risky business

  January 6, 2014 New Scientist, n.2950, p.3

  heritage tourism is big business -- but chasing dollars by mythologising the past can be costly for people in the present

• Evolutionary Tales Are Constructed Out of Imagination, Not Data

  January 7, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  fossil bits or genetic tidbits are often used as props for grand evolutionary tales, even when the data are problematic for Darwinian theory

• Biomimetics Stories Showcase Natural Designs

  January 8, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  evolution is no match for five enthusiastic reports of scientists rushing to imitate animal designs

• Huge cosmic voids could probe dark energy

  January 8, 2014 New Scientist, n.2951, p.11

  despite being vast expanses of nothing, voids in the universe could lead us to a new theory of gravity -- and give a clue to dark energy's nature

• Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

  January 9, 2014 Byrappa Venkatesh, et al. Nature, v.505, p.174-179

• Diversity of ageing across the tree of life

  January 9, 2014 Owen R. Jones, et al. Nature, v.505, p.169-173

• Hubble Finds Early Large Galaxies

  January 9, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  the latest deep space image by the Hubble Space Telescope shows many small galaxies near the beginning, but large ones, too

• Rare Celestial Trio to Put Einstein's Theory to the Test

  January 10, 2014 Science, v.343, n.6167, p.126-127

  a pulsar in orbit with two other stars--the first trio of its kind ever discovered--could soon be used to put Einstein's theory of gravity to an unprecedented test

• Imagining Worlds -- No Evidence Required

  January 11, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  science fiction is fun, but science demands evidence, not imagination

• “Inclusive Fitness” Is a Just-So Story Generator

  January 12, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  critics of the “inclusive fitness” evolutionary explanation for altruism liken it to Ptolemy’s epicycles

• Defrosting history: Lost lives thaw from glaciers

  January 13, 2014 New Scientist, n.2951, p.36-39

  high mountains and latitudes were once thought far too bleak for ancient humans, but as icy patches melt they are revealing a rich world of human history

• News Update/Commentary

  'Hand of God': Dead Star and Distant Black Holes Dazzle in X-Rays

  January 13, 2014 NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab Science Daily

• News Update/Commentary

  Discovery of New Tiktaalik Roseae Fossils Reveals Key Link in Evolution of Hind Limbs

  January 13, 2014 University of Chicago Medical Center Science Daily

• Tiktaalik Is Back, This Time With a Hip Twist

  January 14, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  discoverer of a putative ancestor of tetrapods thinks it came with rear-wheel drive

• News Update/Commentary

  How Could Dinosaurs Weigh Up to 80 Tons? New Research on Sauropod Gigantism

  January 14, 2014 Universität Mainz Science Daily

• Human meddling will spur the evolution of new species

  January 17, 2014 New Scientist, n.2951, p.28-29

  by wrecking ecosystems and changing climate, we're causing a mass extinction -- and preparing an evolutionary explosion, says ecologist Chris Thomas

• Dinosaur-Era Swimming Reptiles Had Black Skin

  January 8, 2014 National Geographic

  fossilized skin reveals color of ancient marine reptiles for the first time

• The "Other Flagellum" Is Also a Design Wonder

  January 9, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)

• In Search of a Road to Reality

  January 13, 2014 Denyse O'Leary Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)

• For Students of Duke Biologist Mohamed Noor

  January 14, 2014 Evolution News & Views (Discovery Institute)

  a special invitation to apply for CSC's summer seminar, July 11-19 in Seattle

• Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham Debate

  February 4, 2014 Answers in Genesis (Petersburg, Kentucky)

• Book

  Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

  January 1, 2014 Random House & Knopf

  see also Amazon

• Astrophysics: The heart of darkness

  January 15, 2014 Nature, v.505, p.280-282

  the supermassive black holes that lie at the centre of every large galaxy are full of mysteries, but astronomers are finally getting a clear look

• Prehistoric sharks were earliest animals to migrate

  January 15, 2014 New Scientist, n.2952, p.15

  a primitive shark that lived 310 million years ago is the earliest animal known to migrate, swimming downriver to the sea to breed

• Volcanic mayhem drove major burst of evolution

  January 16, 2014 New Scientist, n.2952, p.6-7

  the violent birth of a mega-continent, with huge volcanic eruptions, could help explain the rich diversity of animal life that exists today

• A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos

  January 16, 2014 Nature, v.505, p.403-406

  a full mitochondrial genome from a 400,000-year-old Middle Pleistocene hominin from Spain unexpectedly reveals a close relationship to Denisovans, a sister group to the Neanderthals, raising interesting questions about

• Trilobites ventured beyond the ocean

  January 16, 2014 Nature, v.505, p.264-265

• Genes suggest dogs descended from a now-extinct breed of wolf

  January 16, 2014 Alan Boyle NBC News

• Many Paths to the Origin of Life

  January 17, 2014 Science, v.343, n.6168, p.259-260

  a plethora of prebiotic chemistries are fueling research on the pathway to the first self-replicating system

• The urge to dehumanise others is itself all too human

  January 22, 2014 New Scientist, n.2952, p.3

  recognising dehumanisation as part of human nature helps us guard against its darkest consequences

• Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins

  December 4, 2013 Carl Zimmer New York Times

• An adverb and a professor’s fight against teaching alternative theories of evolution

  January 8, 2014 Jeremy Borden Post and Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina)

• Here Comes Cosmos Again

  January 15, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos is coming back in version 2.0 with a new cast of atheists to spread the gospel of scientism

• Formation Flight Physics Mastered by Birds

  January 16, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  birds fly in that beautiful V formation for a reason, and it requires sophisticated abilities in high precision aerodynamics

• Pain: Evolution or Curse?

  January 17, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  It doesn’t take much “evolution” to create a toxin, or to switch on or amplify the pain response. Are these good things gone bad?

• Amazing Animals

  January 18, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  The capabilities of animals large and small continue to fascinate scientists and the public. Here are some recent findings.

• Creationism’s Latest Trojan Horse Edges Toward Virginia Schools

  January 19, 2014 Daily Beast

  after years on the defensive, opponents of evolution and climate change are learning that subtle language may be the ticket to sabotaging science education in public schools

• Materialists Shoot Themselves in the Foot

  January 19, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  in science, it’s never wise to propose a self-refuting theory

• Astrobiolo-SETI: Science or Fantasy?

  January 20, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  fantastical scenarios with no evidence -- sometimes contrary to evidence -- continue to get good publicity in science venues

• News Update/Commentary

  How the Genetic Blueprints for Limbs Came from Fish

  January 21, 2014 Université de Genève Science Daily

• Miller-Urey Spark Discharge Experiment Resurrected

  January 21, 2014 Creation-Evolution Headlines

  technicians provide detailed instructions how to spark gases to make amino acids without causing explosions in the lab

• Book

  The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals

  November 1, 2013 Basic Books

  see also Amazon

• Creationism again stalks the classroom

  January 21, 2014 Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times

• Water found in stardust suggests life is universal

  January 22, 2014 New Scientist, n.2953, p.10

  pockets of water have been detected in dust from our solar system -- suggesting that life's ingredients may be spread across the universe