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Fresh Dinosaur Tracks Revive Rankling Mysteries - Sep 19, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Droughts across north Texas dried the Paluxy River bed, famous for its dinosaur footprints. Ordinarily, the dinosaur tracks lie buried beneath water-covered mud, but dry conditions enabled workers to remove the mire that had long covered them at...

Scientists Reach for Evolution's Replacement - Aug 25, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Most people say that evolution is true, so why do a growing number of scientists doubt it? These skeptics don’t question evolution’s premise that nature alone is somehow responsible for crafting creatures out of stardust. The debate...

The Bobtail Squid's Living Cloaking Device - Jun 30, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) live among the sand flats and sea plants of the Hawaiian archipelago. Along with other bobtail squid, these lime-size ocean dwellers glow in the dark. The ability to glow in the dark has multiple...

Anthropologist Wows Scientists - Jun 27, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Jeremy DeSilva of Dartmouth College gave an evening presentation at the end of this year’s week-long American Society of Mass Spectrometry conference. As a human fossil expert, DeSilva’s lecture discussed a different topic than what...

What's So Sad About This Dino's Disease? - Mar 3, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Scientists described the first evidence of a possible respiratory illness in a fossil. The common soil fungus Aspergillis can infect birds and reptiles today. The resulting disease, also called aspergillosis, causes the trachea’s soft tissues...

Dragon Art Defies Millions of Years - Feb 28, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Of all the displays in the 30,000 square feet of the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History in Dallas, the Dragon Encounters exhibit has become some visitors’ favorite. It shows ancient art depicting what look like extinct...

"Simple Yet Elegant" Design in Fruit Flies - Feb 24, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Graduate student Shiuan-Tze Wu led a study of some ingenious organization into the odor-sensing cells of fruit flies. He and his collaborators at the La Jolla campus of UC San Diego found that the odor-detector cells in the insects’ antennae...

Remembering Dr. Kevin Anderson - Jan 21, 2022

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Dr. Kevin Anderson went to be with the Lord on January 16, 2022. He served the people of the Lord’s Kingdom with a lifetime of good scientific research. He earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Kansas State University, which qualified him for...

Pterosaur Contours Look Engineered - Dec 30, 2021

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Flying reptiles once flew through ancient skies. Most of our knowledge of these fascinating animals, called pterosaurs, comes from their fossils. But how well-suited were they for flight? Details from one newly analyzed specimen upgrade our...

Spider Silk Secrets Stun Scientists - Dec 20, 2021

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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - Two separate spider research projects published remarkable results, both in the journal Current Biology. These spiders’ specific features show their miniature skills, and cause us to marvel at their Maker. Andrew Gordus is a neurobiologist...

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