Answers News – November 2, 2017
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Channel: Answers in Genesis · 2017 · Education
Join Dr. Georgia Purdom and Roger Patterson as they discuss a court rules that a student can be expelled for quoting the Bible on Facebook; new gene variants reveal the evolution of human skin color; online dating may be breaking down society’s racial divisions; and more in this episode of Answers News hosted in front of a live audience at the Creation Museum. For more information on these topics, please visit https://AnswersinGenesis.org. Here are links to the articles discussed in Answers News (due to time restraints, all topics may not be covered in this episode): •New gene variants reveal the evolution of human skin color: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/new-gene-variants-reveal-evolution-human-skin-color •Online dating may be breaking down society’s racial divisions: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2150609-online-dating-may-be-breaking-down-societys-racial-divisions/ •New Mexico may restore evolution to science standards: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/new-mexico-will-restore-evolution-to-science-standards/ •Primordial fossils of Earth’s 1st trees reveal their bizarre structure: https://www.livescience.com/60746-earth-oldest-trees-had-complex-structure.html •Ancient Coptic tombstone found along Egypt’s Avenue of Sphinxes: https://www.livescience.com/60749-ancient-coptic-tombstone-discovered.html •Court rules student can be expelled for quoting Bible on Facebook: http://www.christianconcern.com/our-issues/education/court-rules-student-can-be-expelled-for-quoting-bible-on-facebook?utm_content=buffer4ae1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer •Saudi Arabia bestows humanoid robot with citizenship: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-bestows-humanoid-robot-citizenship-article-1.3591719 •Disney Channel to feature network’s very first gay story line in upcoming season premier of teen comedy series Andi Mack: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5018603/Disney-Channel-feature-network-s-gay-story-line.html •The amount of people trying to see Stephen Hawking’s thesis crashed Cambridge University’s website: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/23/europe/stephen-hawking-thesis/index.html •Backyard bird feeders may be altering the course of evolution: https://gizmodo.com/backyard-bird-feeders-may-be-altering-the-course-of-evo-1819710424 •New dinosaur may have looked like a raccoon: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/10/27/new-dinosaur-may-have-looked-like-raccoon.html •Doubling up on ‘junk DNA’ helps make us human: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/doubling-junk-dna-helps-make-us-human
