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| NEW ARTICLES - October 2019 |
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| PHYSICS / ASTRONOMY / COSMOLOGY |
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| Are the “redundant” particles of the universe evidence of fine-tuning? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Astrophysicist: Materialism is on shaky ground |
Mind Matters |
| Astrophysicist Adam Frank: Materialism is on shaky ground |
Uncommon Descent |
| The crisis in physics is not only about physics |
BackReaction |
| Sabine Hossenfelder: There is a crisis in physics and it may spread to other sciences |
Uncommon Descent |
| How the Universe Stopped Making Sense |
Live Science |
| Has the universe really stopped making sense? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Is the Search for Dark Matter an Act of Faith? |
Nautilus |
| Cosmology's fatal weakness-underdetermination |
Creation |
| What the quark?! Why matter's most basic building blocks may not exist |
New Scientist |
| Quantum vacuum: Less than zero energy: Is it possible to borrow energy from an empty space? |
Science Daily |
| Quantum Weirdness |
Answers in Genesis |
| Penrose and Craig explain the universe for us at Unbelievable |
Uncommon Descent |
| Multiverse is science based on zero evidence, science writer complains |
Uncommon Descent |
| The weirdest idea in quantum physics is catching on: There may be endless worlds with countless versions of you. |
NBC News |
| Is the multiverse “increasingly popular” among physicists? |
Uncommon Descent |
| At VICE: The multiverse is brief, tiny bubbles in our universe |
Uncommon Descent |
| What does the future hold for particle physics? |
BackReaction Blogs |
| Sabine Hossenfelder on the future of particle physics |
Uncommon Descent |
| Is everything made of particles, fields or both combined? |
Aeon |
| String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Bet |
Scientific American Blogs |
| Physicist loses bet with science writer: No Nobel for string theory by 2020 |
Uncommon Descent |
| Are some galaxies more hospitable to life than others? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Exoplanets, Life, and the Danger of a Single Study |
Undark |
| Planetary 'autopsies' indicate worlds like Earth common in the cosmos |
Reuters |
| Researchers: Rocky dead planets common, therefore ET life common |
Uncommon Descent |
| How Long Will It Take to Find Proof of Alien Life? |
Space |
| How “single-study stories” build up science’s Neverland |
Uncommon Descent |
| Giant molecules in two places at the same time |
Scientific American |
| Giant molecules show quantum effects: In two places at once |
Uncommon Descent |
| Dark matter nightmare: What if we are just using the wrong equations? |
BackReaction Blogs |
| Hossenfelder: Could the problem with dark matter come down to using wrong equations? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Hossenfelder, did you know that, for some, the search for dark matter is an act of faith? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Dark energy debate reignited by controversial analysis of supernovae data |
Physics World |
| Monstrous galaxy from dawn of the universe accidentally discovered |
Science Daily |
| Martian landslides not conclusive evidence of ice |
Science Daily |
| The Origin of Time Bootstrapped From Fundamental Symmetries |
Quanta Magazine |
| Peering into the origin of time |
Uncommon Descent |
| Einstein killed the aether. Now the idea is back to save relativity |
New Scientist |
| Continuing Troubles for the Big Bang Model |
ICR |
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| EARTH SCIENCES / GEOLOGY / PALEONTOLOGY |
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| The World's Oldest Bird Fossil |
ICR |
| Evolution of middle ear bones in mammals from jaw bones in reptiles? |
Creation |
| Worming Evolution into the Cambrian Explosion |
Evolution News |
| Paleontologists discover complete Saurornitholestes langstoni specimen |
Science Daily |
| Trilobites buried in the same orientation |
Science Daily |
| Rare insight into trilobite behaviour 480 mya |
Uncommon Descent |
| How the earliest mammals thrived alongside dinosaurs |
Nature |
| How mammals inherited the Earth |
Cosmos Magazine |
| The mammals who crawled out after the dinosaurs died, 66 mya |
Uncommon Descent |
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| BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY / CHEMISTRY |
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| Factors for fine-tuning for life, intelligent life, listed |
Uncommon Descent |
| The Three Cardinal Problems Of Biology |
Uncommon Descent |
| Darwin Devolves - Evidence Keeps Rolling In |
Evolution News |
| Darwin Got It Wrong |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| A Textbook Evolutionary Story Is Wrong |
The Atlantic |
| Darwinism: Past, Present, and Future |
Evolution News |
| Historian Michael Flannery: There is much more Darwin doubt now than fifty years ago |
Uncommon Descent |
| New Nature paper for Doug Axe & Ann Gauger: "Sparse occupancy of sequence space" |
Nature |
| An Icon Revisited: Flagellar Hook Shows Further Aspects of Design |
Evolution News |
| At the Atlantic: Textbook evolution story is said to be WRONG |
Uncommon Descent |
| PragerU’s new vid explains science-based doubts about evolution |
Uncommon Descent |
| An evolution in the understanding of evolution |
Science Daily |
| Most of us did not know that evolutionary histories were this speculative |
Uncommon Descent |
| Exploring Adaptation from an Engineering Perspective |
ICR |
| The Darwinian Regime Can't Hide Emerging Clues to Life's Design |
Evolution News |
| Life's Amino Acid Kit Appears Pre-ordained |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| 'Protein-scaffolding' for repairing DNA damage |
Science Daily |
| Developmental gene regulatory networks - an insurmountable impediment to evolution |
Creation |
| What is sex really for? |
The Consersation |
| “Evolution” says: We are alone |
Uncommon Descent |
| Darwin Contradicted: Survival of the Friendliest Bacteria |
SciTechDaily |
| Bacteria thrive via non-Darwinian “survival of the friendliest” |
Uncommon Descent |
| Electroactive Bacteria: A "Mind-Blowing" Case of Intelligent Design |
Evolution News |
| Peppered Moths . . . Evidence for Evolution? |
Answers in Genesis |
| Evolution tells us we might be the only intelligent life in the universe |
The Conversation |
| Evolution Is a Magic Word |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Natural Selection in Guppies |
Answers in Genesis |
| Teeth, Mollusks: Design in Biominerals |
Evolution News |
| Study helps pinpoint what makes species vulnerable to environmental change |
Science Daily |
| How evolution builds genes from scratch |
Nature |
| Cells and Designers Both Use Control Theory |
ICR |
| Molecular basis of vision revealed |
Science Daily |
| Human Vision: Uniqueness of Human Eyesight |
Answers in Genesis |
| An Eye for Every Occasion |
Answers in Genesis |
| Vision scientists disprove 60-year-old perception theory |
Science Daily |
| Remember This: Memory Requires Intelligent Design |
Evolution News |
| The night gardeners: Immune cells rewire, repair brain while we sleep |
Science Daily |
| Biological and Engineered Systems Employ Same Principles |
ICR |
| Unmasking natural selection |
Creation |
| Quantum Darwinism, an Idea to Explain Objective Reality, Passes First Tests |
Quanta Magazine |
| Why the language-ready brain is so complex |
Science Daily |
| Language is much more complex than once thought |
Uncommon Descent |
| Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information processing |
Science Daily |
| Cells’ feedback circuitry is all in the math |
Uncommon Descent |
| Cell-Bacteria Mergers Offer Clues to How Organelles Evolved |
Quanta Magazine |
| Bacterial lifestyle alters the evolution of antibiotic resistance |
Science Daily |
| Historical contingency in the evolution of antibiotic resistance after decades of relaxed selection |
PLOS Biology |
| Industrial melanism linked to same gene in 3 moth species |
Science Daily |
| Lab-made primordial soup yields RNA bases |
Nature |
| Goofy OOL to Make Fools Drool |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Glycans May Bind to RNA, Initial Findings Suggest |
The Scientist |
| Chemical evolution -- One-pot wonder |
Science Daily |
| Why we age - new theories gaining ground |
The Conversation |
| Researchers Spot a New Code in Disordered Proteins |
Evolution News |
| 250-million-year-old evolutionary remnants seen in muscles of human embryos |
Science Daily |
| Human Reference Genome Doesn't Capture Full Genetic Diversity |
The Scientist |
| Massive Study Finds No Evidence of a Gay Gene |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Scientists uncover genetic similarities among species that use sound to navigate |
Science Daily |
| Mechanisms and Function of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps |
The Scientist |
| Big data reveals extraordinary unity underlying life's diversity |
Science Daily |
| Horizontal gene transfer: The cholera bacterium steals 150 genes at once |
Uncommon Descent |
| 4 things to know about epigenetics, including that most changes are not passed on to offspring |
Genetic Literacy Project |
| Genetic Literacy Project: Most epigenetic changes not passed on to offspring |
Uncommon Descent |
| Antibiotic Resistance Is Shared, Not Evolved |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Change in just one letter of DNA code in a gene conserved through generations of evolution can cause multiple types of cancer |
Science Daily |
| Koala epidemic provides lesson in how DNA protects itself from viruses |
Science Daily |
| Scientists ask: How can liquid organelles in cells coexist without merging? |
Science Daily |
| How do liquid organelles coexist without merging? |
Uncommon Descent |
| These secret battles between your body's cells might just save your life |
Nature |
| Human Body Capabilities Uncovered |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Sexual selection alone could spark formation of new species |
Science Daily |
| Claim: Sexual selection could spark new species |
Uncommon Descent |
| Sequences of African Genomes Highlights Long-Overlooked Diversity |
The Scientist |
| Protein movement in cells hints at greater mysteries |
Science Daily |
| New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics |
Science Magazine |
| New data on the evolution of plants and origin of species |
Science Daily |
| Building blocks of all life gain new understanding |
Science Daily |
| Long strand of DNA from Neanderthals found in people from Melanesia |
New Scientist |
| Long stretch of Neanderthal DNA found in a modern population |
Uncommon Descent |
| Scientists Seek to Kill Genetic Test for Same-Sex Attraction |
The Scientist |
| Asked seriously: What if plants are smarter than we think? |
Uncommon Descent |
| How the mouse X and Y chromosomes compete with each other to control offspring |
Science Daily |
| Butterflies and plants evolved in sync, but moth 'ears' predated bats |
Science Daily |
| Organoids Don't Accurately Model Human Brain Development |
The Scientist |
| Deep inside the brain: Unraveling the dense networks in the cerebral cortex |
Science Daily |
| The dangerous junk science of craniometry is making a comeback |
New Statesman |
| Insect evolution during the Eocene epoch |
Science Daily |
| We may be getting close to building new chromosomes from scratch |
Genetic Literacy Project |
| Red algae thrives despite losing 1/4 of genes, a billion years ago |
Uncommon Descent |
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| ARCHAEOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIAL SCIENCES |
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| A first couple origin is possible for humanity |
Bio-Complexity |
| New Bio-Complexity Paper: We Could Have Come From Two |
Evolution News |
| A First Couple? Here's the Backstory |
Evolution News |
| More Backstory on Our First-Couple Paper: Why Wasn't This Done Before? |
Evolution News |
| From Ann Gauger and Ola Hössjer, a New Standard for the Science of a "First Couple" |
Evolution News |
| New Research: Our DNA Doesn’t Rule Out Adam and Eve |
The Stream |
| Ola Hössjer and Ann Gauger sketch genetic scenarios for Adam and Eve |
Uncommon Descent |
| Scientists ponder, how would animals show self-awareness? |
Mind Matters |
| Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old street in Jerusalem built by Pontius Pilate |
Science Daily |
| Book Review: Humans 2.0 by Fazale R. Rana and Kenneth R. Samples |
Apologetics 315 |
| Homo erectus: The Ape Man That Wasn't |
ICR |
| Lee Berger: We have made another major discovery about early humans |
New Scientist |
| Lee Berger's New Hominid Is a Non-Starter |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Turkana Boy Hurts Evolutionary Narratives |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Neanderthal Locomotion Suited to Sprinting |
Sapiens |
| Neanderthal 'glue' points to complex thinking |
BBC |
| Stone Age glue: Neanderthals accused of “complex thinking” |
Uncommon Descent |
| Upcoming book leaves scientific possibility for existence of 'Adam and Eve' |
USA Today |
| Early humans evolved in ecosystems unlike any found today |
Science Daily |
| Denisovan Epigenetics Reveals Human Anatomy |
ICR |
| But if homo erectus was just an ordinary dude… |
Uncommon Descent |
| How human brain development diverged from that of great apes |
Science Daily |
| Researchers: Human neurons mature more slowly than those of chimpanzees and macaques |
Uncommon Descent |
| Scientists find early humans moved through Mediterranean earlier than believed |
Science Daily |
| Humans knew how to master fire earlier than thought |
Uncommon Descent |
| The homeland of modern humans |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
| Have we found the African origin of all humanity? It's complicated |
New Scientist |
| The First Modern Humans Came from What Is Now Botswana: Study |
The Scientist |
| Controversial claim: First humans came from what is now Botswana |
Uncommon Descent |
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| PHILOSOPHY / SCIENCE / THEOLOGY |
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| Science, Scorn, and Cynicism: Scientism in the New Generation |
The Harvard Crimson |
| Science Does Not Reveal Truth |
Forbes |
| How science has shifted our sense of identity |
Nature |
| Humanism: Most Blood-Stained Religion Ever? |
Answers in Genesis |
| Atheists Call for Establishing Atheism as the National Religion |
American Thinker |
| Ending Religion-It's a Bad Idea. Says Richard Dawkins? |
Answers in Genesis |
| Ethical Research--The Long and Bumpy Road from Shirked to Shared |
Nature |
| Michael Ruse, a Darwinian existentialist, on the meaning of life |
Aeon |
| Darwinian philosopher Michael Ruse muses on life |
Uncommon Descent |
| Neuroscientist says our souls Are NOT Machines |
Mind Matters |
| Rob Sheldon on whether true religion and correct science can contradict each other |
Uncommon Descent |
| The science-based arguments against Copernicus and Galileo |
Uncommon Descent |
| Agnes Arber, historian of botany and Darwinian sceptic |
The British Journal for the History of Science |
| Early woman botanist failed to embrace Darwinism, fell from favor |
Uncommon Descent |
| Is this "one of the worst scientific scandals of all time"? |
Cosmos Magazine |
| Can marketplace science be trusted? |
Nature |
| Oxford philosopher: Without a soul, there is no self |
Mind Matters |
| Science, Scientism, and Steven Pinker |
Genotopia |
| Nathaniel Comfort, fresh off an op-ed in Nature, skewers pop Darwinian Steven Pinker |
Uncommon Descent |
| 5 of history's strangest scientific theories |
Big Think |
| Real science vs pseudoscience—according to pop science |
Uncommon Descent |
| An Oxford neuroscientist explains mind vs. brain |
Mind Matters |
| How Science Has Shifted Our Sense of Identity |
Nature |
| Has Reductionism Run its Course? |
BackReaction Blogs |
| Sabine Hossenfelder asks if reductionism has run its course |
Uncommon Descent |
| Can process philosophy rescue naturalism? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Rob Sheldon: Why process philosophy won’t rescue naturalism |
Uncommon Descent |
| Looking at Miracles Again: A Great New Book on David Hume |
canon fodder |
| What do the Turing test and intelligent design theory have in common? |
Mind Matters |
| In debating Jerry Coyne, Michael Egnor tries philosophy… |
Uncommon Descent |
| Why are there so many creationists? |
BBC Radio |
| A Follow-Up Question on Evolutionary Ethics |
Evolution News |
| Beyond the 'replication crisis, ' does research face an 'inference crisis'? |
Science Daily |
| Nathan Lents plugs Joshua Swamidass’s book on Adam and Eve at USA Today |
Uncommon Descent |
| Reason Won't Save Us |
Nautilus |
| The promise and peril of the new science of social genomics |
Nature |
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| Intolerance In Academia |
Daily Wire |
| The golden age of the web?—a dissent |
Mind Matters |
| Thiel says universities today are like the corrupt Catholic Church of old |
Mind Matters |
| Here's Why AI Can't Be Taken at Face Value |
Smithsonian Magazine |
| A type of reasoning AI can’t replace |
Mind Matters |
| Computer science prof: Computers will never be conscious |
Mind Matters |
| Consciousness is TWO hard problems, not one |
Mind Matters |
| Is a brain really needed for thinking? |
Mind Matters |
| Smart Cities?: Proceed with caution! |
Mind Matters |
| Anti-Theism Makes Cosmologists Go Crazy |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| What? David Berlinski and Gunter Bechly reply to Jerry Coyne … at Quillette? |
Uncommon Descent |
| Coyne, Bechly, Miller, Berlinski: Scientists Debate David Gelernter's Darwin Apostasy |
Evolution News |
| Censors Silenced Eric Hedin, but They Couldn't Silence David Gelernter: Here's Why It Matters |
Evolution News |
| There is no climate emergency, say 500 experts in letter to the United Nations |
AEI |
| Michael Egnor: The Nobels this year were another win for design in nature |
Uncommon Descent |
| In the twisted story of eugenics, the bad guy is all of us |
The Guardian |
| We may be closing in on the discovery of alien life. Are we prepared? |
NBC News |
| Once again, for the thousandth time, we are “closing in” on alien life |
Uncommon Descent |
| Intelligent Ways to Search for Extraterrestrials |
New Yorker |
| SETI aims to become more “respectable” |
Uncommon Descent |
| The Debate Over Whether We've Already Found Life on Mars, Continued |
Air & Space Magazine |
| Which Galaxies are Best Suited for the Evolution of Alien Life? |
Discover Magazine |
| Rob Sheldon dumps cold water on the “planetary autopsy” that says ET life is common |
Uncommon Descent |
| Aeon takes on multiverse and intelligent design |
Aeon |
| The Brain: Junkyard, Watch, or Antenna? |
Mind Matters |
| Once upon a time, Venus (might have) had life, say researchers |
Uncommon Descent |
| Rankled by Mount Fuji, Darwinist Jeffrey Shallit Offers Little Self-Refuting Black Holes |
Evolution News |
| The war on math targets the equals sign |
Uncommon Descent |
| Nobody Really Knows Why We Dream |
JSTOR Daily |
| 'Outlandish' competition seeks the brain's source of consciousness |
Mind Matters |
| What do animal studies tell us about human consciousness? |
Mind Matters |
| There Are Two Hard Problems of Consciousness, Not One |
Psychology Today |
| Would a simulated universe even make sense? |
Mind Matters |
| Consciousness Is Not Computable |
Creation-Evolution Headlines |
| Illustrating the Corruption in Climate Science |
Coyote Blog |
| Google Claims Quantum Supremacy |
Nature |
| Google and IBM Clash Over Quantum Supremacy Claim |
Quanta Magazine |
| Tech pioneer Ray Kurzweil: We Will Merge with Computers by 2045 |
Mind Matters |
| Is Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity now nearer — or impossible? |
Mind Matters |
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