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| RECENT ARTICLES - December 2018 |
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| PHYSICS / ASTRONOMY / COSMOLOGY |
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| Physics World 2018 Breakthroughs of the Year |
Physics World |
| Stephen Hawkings’ views outside physics were more noted than notable |
Uncommon Descent |
| Here's Why String Theory Might Actually Point Us Towards a 'Theory of Everything' |
Science Alert |
| Belief in string theory is becoming, at this point, a sort of social virtue |
Uncommon Descent |
| The quantum heretics |
Physics World |
| These dusty young stars are changing the rules of planet-building |
Nature |
| We look for planets differently now |
Uncommon Descent |
| Quantum physicist: The particle itself does not know where it is |
Uncommon Descent |
| Jason Lisle's new book "The Physics of Einstein" |
Bible-Science Forum |
| Five Surprising Truths About Black Holes From LIGO |
Forbes |
| Bizarre 'dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe |
The Conversation |
| Discovery of Missing Atomic Matter Boosts Cosmic Creation Model - Hugh Ross |
Reasons to Believe |
| Long-standing dark-matter detection claim takes a hit |
Physics Today |
| Experiment challenges previous claims about the detection of non-luminous dark matter |
Science Today |
| Dark matter detection claim takes a hit |
Uncommon Descent |
| Cosmologists Cling to Ghosts |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Galaxy Redshift Research Update |
ICR |
| Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension |
Science Daily |
| Our universe understood at last: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension! |
Uncommon Descent |
| New theory could explain missing 95 percent of the cosmos |
Science Daily |
| Inflation theories must dig deeper to avoid collision with data |
ARS Technica |
| No, negative masses have not revolutionized cosmology |
Back Reaction |
| Could “negative masses” revolutionize cosmology? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Our solar system is a lot rarer than it was a quarter century ago |
Uncommon Descent |
| Physicists develop new theory to answer fundamental questions about black holes |
LSU |
| Proposed black hole information paradox solution: They become white holes |
Uncommon Descent |
| How the LHC may spell the end of particle physics |
BackReaction |
| Will the Large Hadron Collider doom particle physics? |
Uncommon Descent |
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| EARTH SCIENCES / GEOLOGY / PALEONTOLOGY |
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| Researchers: Ediacaran to Cambrian transition took “less than 410,000 years” |
Uncommon Descent |
| In Cambrian Explosion Debate, ID Wins by Default |
Evolution News |
| Five reasons why 2018 was a big year for palaeontology |
The Conversation |
| Fossilized bird lung tissue controversial; Big, if true |
Uncommon Descent |
| The most complete enantiornithine bird fossil from North America |
PeerJ |
| Soft tissue shows Jurassic ichthyosaur was warm-blooded, had blubber and camouflage |
Science Daily |
| Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene? |
Science Daily |
| New discovery pushes origin of feathers back by 70 million years |
University of Bristol |
| Feathers originated 70 million years earlier than thought |
Uncommon Descent |
| Stunning fossils show pterosaurs had primitive feathers like dinosaurs |
New Scientist |
| Pterosaurs Sported Feathers, Claim Scientists |
The Scientist |
| We Still Don't Know Why the Reign of the Dinosaurs Ended |
Smithsonian Magazine |
| Smithsonian: The asteroid strike was only one factor in dinosaur extinction |
Uncommon Descent |
| Could giant marine animals have been wiped out 2.6 million years ago by a supernova? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils |
BBC |
| Fossils suggest flowers originated 50 million years earlier than thought |
Science Daily |
| Researchers: Flowers bloomed in early Jurassic, 50 million years earlier than thought |
Uncommon Descent |
| Millipedes found in 100-million-year-old amber |
Science Daily |
| Middle East fossils push back origin of key plant groups millions of years |
Science |
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| BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY / CHEMISTRY |
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| Advances in Biology Discredit Argument that Cooption Can Explain Irreducible Complexity |
Evolution News |
| Why the Conclusion that Life Is Designed Really Is Inescapable |
Evolution News |
| Meyer, Axe: "Five Major Problems with Macro-Evolution" |
Evolution News |
| Watch: Mouse Embryo Development - Axe: "Appreciate It in Silence" |
Evolution News |
| A Unified Model of Specified Complexity |
Bio-Complexity |
| A new unified model of specified complexity |
Uncommon Descent |
| Prebiotic chemistry and human intervention |
Nature |
| Engineered Adaptability: Biological Networks Feature Finest Engineering Principles |
ICR |
| Opinion: The Central Dogma of Mitochondrial Genetics Needs Rewriting |
The Scientist |
| Mitochondrial DNA from Dad might affect claims about “mitochondrial Eve,” says biologist |
Uncommon Descent |
| Darwinsplaining the kids who get mitochondrial DNA from their dads |
Uncommon Descent |
| Unravelling mystery of how, when DNA replicates |
Science Daily |
| The Scientist: Life on land half a billion years older than thought is a top 2018 story |
Uncommon Descent |
| Scientists reveal a complex network of genes that helps plants cope with DNA damage |
Science Daily |
| A complex network of genes helps plants cope with DNA damage |
Uncommon Descent |
| Geneticists make new discovery about how a baby's sex is determined |
Science Daily |
| Explaining differences in rates of evolution |
Science Daily |
| Early animals: Death near the shoreline, not life on land |
Science Daily |
| Earliest “land animals” were actually victims of a prehistoric Pompeii, say researchers |
Uncommon Descent |
| Researchers Exploring Cyanobacteria To Understand Oxygen Evolution |
Times of Israel |
| What a Newfound Kingdom Means for the Tree of Life |
Quanta Magazine |
| The New Evolution Deniers |
Quillette |
| The perfect storm: Darwinists meet the progressive “evolution deniers” — and cringe… |
Uncommon Descent |
| Why deep oceans gave life to the first big, complex organisms |
Science Daily |
| Why did bigger, more complex organisms get started earlier in deep oceans? |
Uncommon Descent |
| The Darwinians’ cowardice before SJW mobs explained in detail |
Uncommon Descent |
| Does Barcoding DNA Reveal a Single Human Ancestral Pair? |
Evolution News |
| Biologist Wayne Rossiter on non-religious doubts about universal common ancestry |
Uncommon Descent |
| Adam and the Genome: Reading evolution into Scripture |
Creation.com |
| Adam and Eve Were Real After All, Extensive Genetic Study Claims |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Ewert's Dependency Graph Proposal: A Forest of Compositions |
Evolution News |
| A gene that sets primates (apes and humans) apart from other mammals |
Uncommon Descent |
| Computer logic meets cell biology: how cell science is getting an upgrade |
Nature |
| Creating Order from Disorder? |
Answers in Genesis |
| What sets primates apart from other mammals? |
Science Daily |
| Life has a new ingredient |
Harvard |
| Gecko, Fairyfly, Manta Ray: Animals Push the Limits of the Possible |
Evolution News |
| What Defines a Stem Cell? Scientists Rethink the Answer |
Quanta Magazine |
| These Organelles Have No Membranes |
The Scientist |
| Previously unknown human brain region identified |
Uncommon Descent |
| Wonders of the Equipment in Your Head |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Fitness and 'Reductive Evolution' |
Creation.com |
| Howler monkey study examines mechanisms of new species formation |
Science Daily |
| Geneticist solves long-standing finch beak mystery |
Uncommon Descent |
| Mighty mites stifle evolutionists |
Creation.com |
| Chemical Affinity, Motor Proteins: Good Questions from a Reader |
Evolution News |
| Researchers: Rare form of natural selection acts to “block the formation” of unfit hybrids |
Uncommon Descent |
| Slimy Evolution Reporting Continues |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Looking for LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor |
AstroBiology |
| Computing the Origin of Life |
AstroBiology |
| Origin of life thesis: Asteroid impacts scattered life-friendly chemicals |
Uncommon Descent |
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| ARCHAEOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIAL SCIENCES |
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| Why Psychology is Turning Back to God |
Intellectual Takeout |
| Psychology: Study of religion takes evidence-based turn |
Uncommon Descent |
| Rodney Stark: A social scientist who begged to differ with the “distinguished bigots” |
Uncommon Descent |
| Why Social Science Needs Evolutionary Theory |
Nautilus |
| Talk about a perfect storm! Social science needs evolutionary theory? |
Uncommon Descent |
| 'Little Foot' hominin emerges from stone after millions of years |
Nature |
| The Skull: Early lessons from Little Foot |
Human Genesis |
| Little Foot update |
Todd C. Wood Blog |
| Peering into Little Foot's 3.67-million-year-old brain |
Science Daily |
| Little Foot - Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole |
New Scientist |
| Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human |
New Scientist |
| How Did Human Language Evolve? Scientists Still Don't Know |
Discover Magazine Blogs |
| "Social science hoax papers" is one of RealClearScience’s top junk science stories 2018 |
Uncommon Descent |
| The Evolution of Neanderthal Man: From Evolution Ancestor to Modern Man |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| How Humans Invented Writing - Four Different Times |
Discover Magazine |
| When Did Modern Human Brains—and the Image of God—Appear? - Fuz Rana |
Reasons to Believe |
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| PHILOSOPHY / SCIENCE / THEOLOGY |
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| The Biggest Science News of 2018 |
The Scientist |
| The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2018 |
Real Clear Science |
| The Biggest Junk Science of 2018 |
Real Clear Science |
| The Really Worst Pseudoscience of 2018 |
NeuroLogica Blog |
| C.S. Lewis’ Case for the Christian Faith - Ken Samples |
Reasons to Believe |
| The phony war of science vs. religion pales in the face of the “social justice” assault on Darwin |
Uncommon Descent |
| More theistic evolution piece on "Faith and Fossils" |
Times of Israel |
| Michael Egnor On The Immateriality Of The Mind |
Uncommon Descent |
| Stop Using Science To Validate Your Beliefs |
Forbes |
| New atheism in decline? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Yes, There Is a War Between Science and Religion |
Real Clear Science |
| What is the “Platonic Realm”? |
Uncommon Descent |
| God, Unicorns, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster |
God Evidence |
| God’s Veritable Domain |
More Than Cake |
| Why Genesis is Unique |
SixDay Science |
| J.P. Moreland: Comparing Scientific to Moral Knowledge |
Evolution News |
| A review of Hitler's Religion: The twisted beliefs that drove the Third Reich by Richard Weikart |
Creation.com |
| America's New Religions |
NY Magazine |
| Nancy Pearcey at More Than Cake, on how Darwin really triumphed |
Uncommon Descent |
| Quantum Randomness Gives Nature Free Will |
Mind Matters |
| Science Is Nothing Without Integrity, continued |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| 'Junk Science' Is Everywhere, And The Media Eat It Up |
Uncommon Descent |
| Testing the Limits of Universalism in Science |
Areo Magazine |
| Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does "Semantic Information" Mean? |
Evolution News |
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| AND MORE |
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| Are near-death experiences hallucinations? Experts explain the science behind this puzzling phenomenon |
The Conversation |
| The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections |
Evolution News |
| How can we measure meaningful information? |
Mind Matters |
| Logic & First Principles, 3: The roots of right reason and the power/limits of entailment |
Uncommon Descent |
| A Single Cell Hints at a Solution to the Biggest Problem in Computer Science |
Popular Mechanics |
| Alien Hunters, Stop Using the Drake Equation |
Space.com |
| Astrophysicist: Alien hunters, please stop using the Drake Equation |
Uncommon Descent |
| Asteroid impacts could have scattered microbes from earth to other worlds |
Smithsonian Air & Space |
| Science Article Castigates "Human Supremacy" |
Evolution News |
| CRISPR Babies and the Genetic Code |
Uncommon Descent |
| Gene editing babies? A dangerous, pointless experiment |
Creation.com |
| Are Academics Cowards? The Grip of Grievance Studies and the Sunk Costs of Academic Pursuit |
Areo Magazine |
| Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity |
Evolution News |
| 2018 ICR Research at a Glance |
ICR |
| The New Atheist Sledgehammer: Like Epistemological Air Boxing |
The Gospel Coalition |
| Stephen Hawking and the AI Apocalypse |
Mind Matters |
| Something is rotten in the state of Denmark |
Uncommon Descent |
| Michael Egnor: How is human language different from animal signals? |
Mind Matters |
| Planets with oxygen not necessarily good candidates for ET life? |
Uncommon Descent |
| There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought |
Scientific American |
| Understanding Nazi Ideology Can Help Us Avoid Its Horrors |
Gospel Coalition |
| How Big Data Has Created a Big Crisis in Science |
Real Clear Science |
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