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| IN THE NEWS - August 2015 |
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| Devolution: Dumping info can make life better, maybe |
Uncommon Descent |
| A Molecular Ambulance for DNA |
BioTechniques |
| The Economist replies to Steve Meyer, seemingly |
Uncommon Descent |
| A Surprise Source of Life's Code |
Scientific American |
| Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins – review |
The Guardian |
| Dark Matter May Be More Complex Than Physicists Thought |
Wired |
| Discovering DNA's secrets |
New York Times |
| Some argue planet Jupiter formed from pebbles |
Uncommon Descent |
| Rules of communication in the nucleus: genes and nuclear pores need 'interpreters' |
Science Daily |
| The other Big Bang: What caused the Cambrian explosion? |
Economist |
| A barcode for shredding junk RNA |
Science Daily |
| Quantum 'spookiness' passes toughest test yet |
Nature |
| Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed, Study Says |
New York Times |
| Human genome decay and origin of life |
Creation.com |
| Were cave symbols early writing attempts? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Study delivers bleak verdict on validity of psychology experiment results |
The Guardian |
| Research identifies a protein that helps determine the fate of RNA |
Science Daily |
| Evidence suggests subatomic particles could defy the standard model |
Science Daily |
| Simulating the genesis of life in a $5 toaster oven |
Nautil.us |
| Dr. Hawking, relax, this is the auto-eject model |
Uncommon Descent |
| Dr. Hawking, your black hole is ready now |
Uncommon Descent |
| Epigenetics: The carnies have caught up |
Uncommon Descent |
| Darwin's fast-evolving finches use a natural insect repellent |
New Scientist |
| Plant species' genetic responses to climate change |
Science Daily |
| Pigments, organelles persist in fossil feathers said to be 150 myo |
Science Daily |
| Earth's extremes point the way to extraterrestrial life: Exploring the limits of life in the universe |
Science Daily |
| More Flaws in Darwin's Mechanism |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Are Human Hands More Primitive Than Chimps'? |
Answers in Genesis |
| Opinion: Engineering the Epigenome |
The Scientist |
| Current State of the Sea Ice Cover |
NASA Cryosphere |
| Free chapter on macroevolution from $80 2012 book |
Uncommon Descent |
| Pushback against accepting non-evidence-based science? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Black holes are a passage to another universe, says Stephen Hawking |
The Independent |
| Algorithm helps identify elusive genes that express like clockwork |
Science Daily |
| Are we facing a 'world without wild bees'? |
Genetic Literacy Project |
| Arguing for separate but same eel species |
Uncommon Descent |
| Adaptive mutation mechanism may explain some forms of antibiotic resistance: Retromutagenesis: Mutations occur in RNA first |
Science Daily |
| Epigenetic Change: Lamarck, Wake Up, You're Wanted in the Conference Room! |
Evolution News and Views |
| Stephen Hawking says he has a way to escape from a black hole |
New Scientist |
| The Widening World of Hand-Picked Truths |
New York Times |
| How did 20-30 myo salamander in amber get IN there? |
Uncommon Descent |
| World’s first flower (?) 125-130 mya |
Uncommon Descent |
| Can new genes arise from junk DNA? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Re-thinking “adaptive radiation” |
Uncommon Descent |
| Was Einstein the First to Invent E = mc2? |
Scientific American |
| What is our Universe made of? |
BBC |
| Dead Reckoning in Human Beings: An Example of Excellent Design |
Reasons to Believe |
| Why we're smarter than chickens |
Science Daily |
| Giant Galaxy Ring Shouldn't Exist |
ICR |
| Paul Nurse: Science under attack |
SciBlogs |
| Richard Dawkins: No moralist like an atheist moralist |
Uncommon Descent |
| Christians in science org dismisses ID but who cares now? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Physicists are more preposterous than fundies? |
Uncommon Descent |
| So we can’t upload our consciousness to the Internet? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Still chipping away at the sense of self |
Uncommon Descent |
| Increasing the heat energy leads to decreasing the information |
Uncommon Descent |
| Eibi Nevo: Evolution theory is an evolving theory |
Uncommon Descent |
| Tree of Life: Sir, the dog ate my Darwin textbook |
Uncommon Descent |
| Researchers: Jumping genes make the Tree of Life a bush |
Uncommon Descent |
| Cell Feature Resembles Power Grid |
ICR |
| Darwinists debate human exceptionalism |
Biologic Institute |
| Inside an astrobiology meeting, with Rob Sheldon |
Uncommon Descent |
| The Case for Complex Dark Matter |
Quanta Magazine |
| Origin of complex cells: Can energy create information? |
Uncommon Descent |
| The Search for Dark Matter Just Got Interesting |
Real Clear Science |
| Watery time capsule hints at how life got started on early Earth |
New Scientist |
| Give Early Man More Credit |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Breaking: Parrots, as well as chimps, becoming like us |
Uncommon Descent |
| Scientists reject claims of lab-grown mini human brain |
New Scientist |
| How variations in our molecular make-up are controlled within our DNA |
Science Daily |
| Chameleons' swiveling eyes not as independent as once thought |
Science Daily |
| Unexpected resistance mechanism found in pathogenic bacteria |
Science Daily |
| Humans are 'unique super-predator' |
BBC |
| Darwin's Tree Am-Bushed |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Homeschoolers fear government Darwinists? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Earth is outside the habitable zone? |
Uncommon Descent |
| BBC announces: Chimps have entered Stone Age |
Uncommon Descent |
| Biologist investigates how gene-swapping bacteria evade antibiotics |
Science Daily |
| Good Fossils, But Where's the Evolution? |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Honey bees rapidly evolve to overcome new disease |
Science Daily |
| Female fish genitalia evolve in response to predators, interbreeding |
Science Daily |
| Animal sex signals can adaptively disappear |
Science Daily |
| Earliest baboon ever found |
Science Daily |
| The amazing adaptability of brain's vision center |
Science Daily |
| Did Jupiter Form From Pebbles? |
Real Clear Science |
| How New Genes Arise from Scratch |
Quanta Magazine |
| We Will Never Be Able to Upload Our Consciousness |
Althouse |
| Oldest hand hints we came down from trees earlier than thought |
New Scientist |
| Frogs mount speedy defence against pesticide threat |
Nature |
| What makes a planet habitable? |
BBC |
| Amazon’s “purposeful Darwinism” |
Uncommon Descent |
Mathematicians and Their Gods: Interactions Between Mathematics and
Religious Beliefs (New Book) |
Oxford University Press |
| Meteorite impacts can create DNA building blocks |
Science Daily |
| Key genetic event underlying fin-to-limb evolution |
Science Daily |
| The Tree of Life may be a bush |
Science Daily |
| Dog Ancestors Evolved From Mongoose-Like Forest Dwellers |
Discovery |
| Chimpanzees and monkeys have entered the Stone Age |
BBC |
| Linguist comments on latest Ape speaks! claims |
Uncommon Descent |
| Water worlds can’t host life? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Life's X Factor |
The Scientist |
| Ancient underwater plant 'could be world's first flower' |
BBC |
| 'Dark photons': another cosmic fudge factor |
John Gideon Hartnett |
| Astrobiology: The Joy of Being Wrong |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Why water worlds won't host life |
Science |
| Stone tools confirmed from 3.4 mya? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Richard Dawkins' moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief - and disbelief |
Salon |
| Consciousness evolved for the greater good, not just the self |
New Scientist |
| Darwinism: The Joy of Being Clueless |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Science Reporters Don't Even Try to Be Politically Neutral |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Seeing past Darwin to a plausible history of life |
Uncommon Descent |
| Bonobos prefigure language? Agenda so obvious |
Uncommon Descent |
| What Science Can Tell Us About Bad Science |
The Atlantic |
| Settled science part 1: Is science ever actually settled? |
The Logic of Science |
| National Geographic: Bonobo peeps point to human language origin |
Uncommon Descent |
| Seeing Past Darwin |
James A. Barham Blog |
| Mass extinctions can accelerate evolution? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Apes close to speaking? No. |
Uncommon Descent |
| Planets Defy Bottom-Up Assembly |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Silly season: Vast sums to be spent seeking space aliens |
Uncommon Descent |
| Paul Davies: Search for alien life on Earth |
Uncommon Descent |
| Stripes offer no advantage to zebra? |
Uncommon Descent |
| First it was epigenetics, now epigenomics |
Uncommon Descent |
| Geology abstracts from Origins 2015 |
coresci.org |
| Biology abstracts from Origins 2015 |
coresci.org |
| Ribosomes can translate 'untranslated region' of messenger RNA |
Science Daily |
| Be careful what you say to aliens |
New Statesman |
| No evidence for multiverse offered, but none sought |
Uncommon Descent |
| Beneficial Aspects of Bacteria |
Answers in Genesis |
| How beneficial bacteria protect intestinal cells |
Science Daily |
| OOL: Computing the origin and evolution of the ribosome from its structure |
Science Direct |
| Flies that fight off parasites produce offspring with greater genetic mix |
Nature |
| Comet yields 'rich array' of organics |
BBC |
| Evolutionists Struggle to Explain Language |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| is a Divine Intelligent Designer Just a God of the Gaps? |
Cold Case Christianity |
| Multiversal truths - Is the universe alone? |
The Economist |
| Horizontal gene transfer: Sorry, Darwin, it's not your evolution any more |
Evolution News and Views |
| Mystery of Australia's five-legged animals cracked |
New Scientist |
| Evolution peaks on tropical mountain |
Science Daily |
| Humans responsible for demise of gigantic ancient mammals |
Science Daily |
| Computer scientists find mass extinctions can accelerate evolution |
Science Daily |
| Are we alone in the universe? Paul Davies on the search for extraterrestrial life |
ABC |
| Nature: More info on why octopus is smart |
Uncommon Descent |
| Multilevel selection theory and the evolutionary functions of transposable elements |
Oxford Journals |
| Stripes might not offer protection for animals living in groups, such as zebra, as previously thought |
EurekAlert |
| How many forms can an ape take? |
ABC |
| Newly discovered brain network recognizes what's new, what's familiar |
Science Daily |
| Octopus genome holds clues to uncanny intelligence: DNA sequence expanded in areas otherwise reserved for vertebrates |
Nature |
| Big Bang Antimatter Problem Deepens |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Ancient Tissue Revolutionizing Historical Science |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Life on Earth 2.0 - Really? The discovery of Kepler-452b |
Creation.com |
| Golden jackals: Two distantly related species look the same |
Uncommon Descent |
| The damage false consensus does to science |
Uncommon Descent |
| Did large eyes make the Neanderthals weird loners? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Good and bad arguments for fine-tuning? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Boxfish shell inspires new materials for flexible electronics |
Printed Electronics World |
| Competition from cats drove extinction of many species of ancient dogs |
Science Daily |
| Following Humbly where Nature Leads: How Scientists Embody Humility |
Slate |
| Loss of the "altruistic" worker caste in ants is not accompanied by a loss of genes |
Science Daily |
| Evolutionary Enigmas |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| The Lost World of Adam and Eve: A Review Essay |
Themelios |
| Cosmic Conundrums |
Creation Evolution Headlines |
| Patrick Matthew - the Scot who pre-empted Darwin |
Creation.com |
| How Did We Get Our Teeth? |
Anwsers in Genesis |
| Re-thinking ‘adaptive radiation’ - one of biology’s most important concepts |
pos-darwinista.blogspot |
| Yeast double genome through interspecies mating? |
Uncommon Descent |
| New call for an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis |
Uncommon Descent |
| The physics of butterfly wings |
Word Press |
| A tale of two museums |
World Magazine |
| Experts: "Epigenetics can drive genetics” |
Uncommon Descent |
| The Case Against Scholarly Consensus |
Chronicle of Higher Education |
| The extended evolutionary synthesis: its structure, assumptions and predictions |
The Royal Society Publishing |
| What if We All Decide that God Exists? |
New Scientist |
| New water mite genus discovered |
Science Daily |
| Gene deletions, duplications reveal our genetic storyline |
Science Daily |
| Bonobo "Baby Talk" Reveals Roots of Human Language |
National Geographic |
| Messages in the Noise |
The Scientist |
| Larry Moran misses the point about Gunther Witzany |
Uncommon Descent |
| Steve Pinker on faitheism |
Uncommon Descent |
| Can neuroscience tell us anything about the mind? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Human Evolution: 550 Million Years in 40 Seconds |
Real Clear Science |
| AI will make religion obsolete soon? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Science and philosophy not in competition |
Uncommon Descent |
| Serious discussion: Is science broken? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Natural selection can IMPEDE new species? |
Uncommon Descent |
| A Mendelian myth tested, and flunks |
Uncommon Descent |
| How yeast doubled its genome, by mating between species |
Science Daily |
| 15-23 myo scorpion |
Real Clear Science |
| The mystery of Neanderthals' massive eyes |
BBC |
| Ediacaran reproduction fossilized? |
Uncommon Descent |
| What to Teach Your Kids about Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design |
YouTube |
| Teaching Your Kids about Creation with Jurassic World and Pokemon |
YouTube |
| This again? Yup. Our universe might be a fake. |
Uncommon Descent |
| Philosopher of science: Schoolbook Darwinism needs replacement |
Uncommon Descent |
| MIT claims to have found a "language universal" that ties all languages together |
ars technica |
| Debunking the biggest genetic myth of the human tongue |
PBS |
| Horse facial expressions similar to human ones? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Bioethics accused of doing more harm than good |
Nature |
| Is Our Universe a Fake? |
Space |
| Mr. Epigenetics |
The Scientist |
| Genomic Elements Reveal Human Diversity |
The Scientist |
| Neo-Darwinism Inadequate; Needs “Extension” and “Expansion” |
Creation/Evolution Headlines |
| New Scientist asks What if we could talk to animals? |
Uncommon Descent |
| The secret to the success of insects |
Science Daily |
| Natural selection can impede formation of new species |
Science Daily |
| How to Evaluate the Certainty in Scientific Discoveries |
Reasons to Believe |
| Before the Big Bang: an outrageous new perspective and
its implications for particle physics (Roger Penrose, 2008) |
Proceedings of EPAC |
| What if Intelligence is a Dead End? |
New Scientist |
| Environment affects evolution via epigenetics |
Science Daily |
| Milky Way-like galaxies may have existed in the early universe |
Science Daily |
| Stability Implies Computational Tractability: Locating a Tree in a Stable Network is Easy |
Cornell University Library |
| Human Enhancement: Destiny or Disaster? (YouTube) |
Science, Technology, Future |
| New book - "HUMANS: The fascinating story of how early Homo sapiens became modern humans" |
My God, Your God? |
| Spectacular Discovery Reveals Power Grid in Muscle Cells; Design Implications Are Profound |
Evolution News and Views |
| New book - "Who Designed the Designer?" |
Ignatius Press |
| Sometimes, NASA’s promotion is fun but shameless |
Uncommon Descent |
| The mystery of particle generations |
Symmetry Magazine |
| Largely brain absent man functions normally |
Evolution News and Views |
| The Healthy Man Who Was Missing a Brain |
Real Clear Science |
| Giant Mystery Ring of Galaxies Should Not Exist |
Discovery |
| Scientists solve structure of the eukaryotic MCM2-7 complex |
Science Daily |
| Bonobo noise challenges human uniqueness? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Four legged-snake |
Creation.com |
| The Prescient Placenta |
The Scientist |
| Researchers are borrowing designs from the natural world to advance biomedicine |
The Scientist |
| Fifty psychology terms to lose? |
Uncommon Descent |
| A review of Peter Harrison's "The Territories of Science and Religion" |
LA Review of Books |
| Don’t bog down bioethics in social justice! (?) |
Uncommon Descent |
| Ancient Viruses as Gene Therapy Vectors |
The Scientist |
| Caution urged over editing DNA in wildlife (intentionally or not) |
Nature |
| New insights into the production of antibiotics by bacteria |
Science Daily |
| Updated fossil hominin body mass estimates |
Science Daily |
| Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech |
Science Daily |
| Is modern science broken? |
ABC |
| More DNA Evidence Against Human Chromosome Fusion |
ICR |
| Carbon-Dating Fossils |
ICR |
| Origin of Life for Dummies |
Creation/Evolution Headlines |
| Basic Geology Disproves Creationism? |
Answers in Genesis |
| Introduction to Design Arguments: A review of a review worth viewing |
Darwin's God |
| Cosmic Inflation: It Really Happened |
Reasons to Believe |
| New atheists hardly open-minded says old-fashioned atheist |
Uncommon Descent |
| More multiverse blather |
Uncommon Descent |
| Whatever Happened to Intelligent Design? (mp3) |
Reasonable Faith |
| Organic molecules, not previously observed, found in comets? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? Think Again |
SingularityHUB |
| Reconstructing the reproductive mode of an Ediacaran macro-organism |
Nature |
| Molecular Architecture of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor in Cells |
American Chemical Society |
| How do we know that evolution is really happening? |
BBC |
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