After K–T Extinction Event, Life’s Unexpected Rebound Was “Ridiculously Fast”

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Although the welfare of plankton may not be at the very top of most people’s minds, these tiny organisms fill an important ecological niche. Source
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On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

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In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Source
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Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

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In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound.  Source
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Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

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The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Source
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More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

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I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology. Source
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Assuming Design, Researchers Achieve a Breakthrough in Understanding Circulatory System

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The authors also explain how the standard evolutionary framework misdirected earlier researchers. Source
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Top Ten Cheats in “Monumental” Origin of Life Research

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Brand new research from the Salk Institute has just been published relating to the origin of self-replicating RNA — a lynchpin in the RNA-world hypothesis. Source
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