Summary: We have an update on two previous stories then we have a bit of a theme going regarding new fossil finds and the distinction between dinosaurs and birds and report on thylacine DNA and the Pope's personification of Satan ideas. https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/570499146/white-house-nomination-of-alabama-lawyer-brett-talley-will-not-be-moving-forward http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/doctors-identify-brain-abnormalities-cuba-attack-patients-51609438 https://www.havanatimes.org/?p=129224 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoo-dpt120717.php https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/569949770/amber-trapped-tick-suggests-ancient-bloodsuckers-feasted-on-feathered-dinosaurs https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24679.epdf https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/swimming-dinosaur/547631/ http://beta.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-duck-like-dinosaur-20171206-htmlstory.html http://willoughbyart.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-neck-is-lie.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/570136162/giant-prehistoric-penguins-once-swam-off-the-coast-of-new-zealand https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08368-1 (Thylacine) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/13/dont-argue-devil-much-intelligent-us-says-pope-francis/ Buy Sharon's book "Scientifical Americans" in paperback or on Kindle. http://amzn.to/2y2DZsW
