Osteen sells cubes; Teachers worry parents will overhear; Urban school districts add 1619 propaganda this fall; Paleontologists speculate about giant crocodile bones; Biologists sequence tuatara genome and try to place it on evolutionary tree; Educators insist western white math is racist; Smithsonian compares atheist stories about hominids mastering fire . . . and other stories reviewed during this August 17, 2020, broadcast of Answers News

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"...on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus." - Paul (Romans 2:16)

"Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops." - Jesus (Luke 12:3)
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Articles:

Comedy Break: You can now buy a “Joel Osteen Inspiration Cube”
https://disrn.com/news/comedy-break-you-can-now-buy-a-joel-osteen-inspiration-cube/

WALSH: Teachers Openly fret That Parents Might Hear Them Brainwashing Children, Call Parents ‘Dangerous’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-openly-fret-parents-might-hear-them-brainwashing-children

Cabot Phillips: ‘Cancel culture’ distorts history to portray US as evil nation that must be transformed
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cabot-phillips-cancel-culture-distorts-history-to-portray-us-as-evil-nation-that-must-be-transformed

‘Terror crocodile’ had teeth ‘the size of bananas’ researchers find.
https://www.foxnews.com/science/terror-crocodile-had-teeth-the-size-of-bananas-researchers-find

Dinosaurs relative’s genome linked to mammals: Curious genome of ancient reptile
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200805124044.htm

Math education prof: 2+2=4 ‘reeks of white supremacy patriarchy’
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=15409

Monkeys’ attraction to burned grasslands may offer clues to human ancestors mastery of fire.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/monkeys-attraction-burned-grasslands-may-offer-clues-human-ancestors-mastery-fire-180975527/

NASA to Reexamine Nicknames for Cosmic Objects
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-to-reexamine-nicknames-for-cosmic-objects

How boundaries become bridges in evolution
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200810183902.htm

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