Stinking mice plague New South Wales and Queensland; Dutch chemist claims to have designed an experiment that proves death enables evolution; Scientists wait to publish new rules expanding fetal research; Astronauts collect three unknown bacteria strains from inside the space station; Canada jails father for refusing to act like his son in a girl; Dawkins claims to oppose ideological bullying of scientists; Palaeoanthropologists find familiar markings on cave teeth . . . and other stories reviewed during this March 31, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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The wicked man sees it and is angry;
he gnashes his teeth and melts away;
the desire of the wicked will perish.
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Articles:

Footage of Australia's massive mouse plague will haunt your nightmares
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/australia-mice-plague_n_605808afc5b6bd95117de19d

Death enables complexity in chemical evolution
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/uog-dec031721.php

Scientists plan to drop the 14-day embryo rule, a key limit on stem cell research
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/16/1020879/scientists-14-day-limit-stem-cell-human-embryo-research/

Microbes unknown to science discovered on the International Space Station
https://www.sciencealert.com/four-bacterial-strains-discovered-on-the-iss-may-help-grow-better-space-plants

Father jailed after calling transgender child his daughter' and using wrong pronouns.
https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/father-jailed-after-calling-transgender-child-his-daughter-and-using-wrong-pronouns.html

Atheist Richard Dawkins pushes back against gender as a social construct
https://breakpoint.org/atheist-richard-dawkins-pushes-back-against-gender-as-a-social-construct/

Neanderthals used toothpicks, new research reveals
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C86892%2Cneanderthals-used-toothpicks-new-research-reveals.html

Explainer: Massachusetts court limits religious freedom for Christian colleges
https://nrb.org/articles/explainer-massachusetts-court-limits-religious-freedoms-for-christian-college/

Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs could help us unlock the potential of human hibernation
https://www.euronews.com/living/2021/03/16/fat-tailed-dwarf-lemurs-could-help-us-unlock-the-potential-of-human-hibernation
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Photo by Juan Carlos Rivera
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