The Venus flytrap, like all carnivorous plants, had no use for its insect-trapping function unless it also had an insect-digesting function. And vice versa.
Source: Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism | Evolution News
Month: August 2019
The Dam Begins to Break: Gelernter’s Apostasy Attracts Mainstream Media Coverage Evolution News
Yale computer scientist Dave Gelernter’s recent public admission that he’s giving up Darwin continues to make waves.
Source: The Dam Begins to Break: Gelernter’s Apostasy Attracts Mainstream Media Coverage | Evolution News
What the ctenophore says about the evolution of intelligence
The ctenophore’s brain suggests that, if evolution began again, intelligence would re-emerge because nature repeats itself
Source: What the ctenophore says about the evolution of intelligence | Aeon Essays
Brain Scans, Saliva Tests, and Baby Teeth: Inside the Massive, Government-Funded Effort to Understand How Kids’ Brains Develop
The goal? A growth chart for the brain.
At New Scientist: We’ll soon find out for sure if aliens are out there
Of course, they’re out there and as long as there’s an Out There, they’ll always be out there.
Source: At New Scientist: We’ll soon find out for sure if aliens are out there | Uncommon Descent
3.8-million-year-old skull in Ethiopia an evolution game-changer
Major discovery ‘looks set to become another celebrated icon of human evolution’ after Lucy in 1974, scientist says.
Source: 3.8-million-year-old skull in Ethiopia an evolution game-changer | News | Al Jazeera
The DNC Doesn’t Want a Climate Debate for a Reason
The DNC has banned the Democratic presidential candidates from taking part in any debate on the most urgent issue of our time: climate change. The party’s fealty to plutocratic donors and centrist has-been politicians has never been more apparent.
Trump Administration Proposes Methane Regulations Rollback
Even major oil and gas companies favored the Obama-era regulations on the potent greenhouse gas, says EarthWorks’ Lauren Pagel
Source: Trump Administration Proposes Methane Regulations Rollback
UN Experts Warn of ‘Climate Catastrophe’ by 2040 Without ‘Rapid’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Global Action
“The climate crisis is here and already impacting the most vulnerable,” notes 350.org’s program director. “Staying under 1.5ºC is now a matter of political will.”
Rare hominin skull upsets tidy human origins theory
If this new hominin was a contemporary as well as an ancestor of Lucy, another “textbook example” of straightforward Darwinism is scrubbed.
Source: Rare hominin skull upsets tidy human origins theory | Uncommon Descent
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