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Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs —‬ and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction Using synchrotron X-ray CT scans of a fossilized, intact embryo, researchers found evidence that the plant-eating mammal Lystrosaurus laid eggs, which answers a key question about mammalian evolution.

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This humanoid robot does all your housework for you ‪—‬ and its makers say it's ready for your home Panther has been filmed doing basic household chores, like making the bed and cooking breakfast.

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'Something's missing': Most thorough-ever study of the cosmos proves we still can't explain how the universe is expanding A comprehensive new study combines decades of research to reveal that we're missing an essential component in our understanding of how the universe works.

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New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them alive A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that lobsters feel pain, with the crustaceans seemingly responding to electrical shocks with emotional distress.

Duh ...

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Ancient process that created rare earth elements discovered — and it could help us locate desperately needed deposits A new study suggests rare earth elements form in magma above ancient subduction zones, as that magma reacts with substances that are released when one tectonic plate dives beneath another.

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'Human evolution didn't slow down; we were just missing the signal': Large DNA study reveals natural selection led to more redheads and less male-pattern baldness Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and leprosy in humans, according to a new study.

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Only 252 days!!

The lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

~ Psalm 121:8

We have a choice.

We have two options as human beings.
We have a choice between conversation and war.

That’s it.

Conversation and violence.

And faith is a conversation stopper.

~ Sam Harris

There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason.

Science will win because it works.

~ Stephen Hawking

You believe that all humanity came from Adam and Eve, and humans have not evolved at all since.

So tell me, between the two of them, which was black, which was white, and which was Asian?

~ Richard Dawkins

If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

~ Albert Einstein

You are worth about 3 dollars’ worth in chemicals.
~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos 1980

$12.42 adjusted for inflation ...

Human decency is not derived from religion.

It precedes it.

~ Christopher Hitchens

How is it that the ‘creator of the universe’ doesn’t understand the fig tree ‘he’ ‘designed’ won’t bear fruit during the season ‘he’ demanded it produce?

Just how does prayer work?

If a god knows all that ever was, is & will be, how can that god alter 'his' decision for some idiot who has lost his keys or whose bible survived a fire?

𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐦
- has no authority unlike religious authorities
- doesn’t seek supremacy unlike religions
- doesn’t dispense rules unlike religious authorities
- dismisses all deities unlike religion who dismiss all but one
- elects reason whilst religion makes reason a casualty

Gym Jordan

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