Olympian sells silver medal to pay for infant’s heart surgery; Judge rules against father who wants his son to be recognized as a boy; French research team overturns Darwin's view of the appendix; Paleontologists realize beetle fossil must have been buried rapidly; Evolutionary geologists try to make diamonds tell time; Another medical organization adopts science-denying language codes . . . and other stories reviewed during this August 23, 2021, broadcast of Answers News.

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They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.
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Articles:

Polish Olympian sold silver medal to raise money for infant’s surgery
https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/olympian-maria-andrejczyk-sold-medal-to-fund-infants-surgery/

Court awards full custody to James Younger’s Mother, but requires permission for puberty blockers, gender surgery
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/court-awards-full-custody-to-james-youngers-mother-but-requires-permission-for-puberty-blockers-gender-surgeries/

The appendix is thought to increase life expectancy according to French study
https://www.gilmorehealth.com/the-appendix-is-thought-to-increase-life-expectancy-according-to-french-study/

49 million-year-old beetle looks like it was squashed yesterday
https://www.livescience.com/attenborough-beauty-beetle-fossil.html

Ugly Diamonds Hold a Billion-Plus Years of Earth History
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ugly-diamonds-hold-a-billion-plus-years-of-earth-history/

Not satire: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine just one-upped the term "birthing person" with "human milk-feeding individual"
https://notthebee.com/article/uh-what-the-academy-of-breastfeeding-medicine-goes-woke-with-new-official-terms-like-chestfeeding-lactating-person-and-human-milk-feeding-individuals

Rare ancient baby turtle identified inside fossil egg
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nanhsiungchelyid-fossil-egg-embryo-1.6144051

This person says she doesn't "identify as human" and I have some serious questions
https://notthebee.com/article/this-person-says-she-doesnt-identify-as-human-and-i-have-some-serious-questions

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