Japanese seaweed farmer traps nine-arm octopus; Geneticists research migration through DNA; Nickelodeon helps transgender actor to coach children; Dogmatic activists want retail stores to stop distinguishing boys and girls; Professors study 2,500 grade-schoolers to find most-effective method of evolutionary indoctrination; Secular Democrats plan to separate religion from public life; Physicists scans cosmic background radiation looking for a message from a creator . . . and other stories reviewed during this December 16, 2020, broadcast of Answers News.

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"For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot."
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Articles:

Rare 9-armed octopus found off Japan coast
https://www.livescience.com/octopus-grows-nine-arms.html

Is anyone on Earth not an immigrant?
https://www.livescience.com/are-all-humans-immigrants.html

Nikelodeon rolls out ‘Trans youth acting challenge’ with transgender actor
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nickelodeon-rolls-out-trans-youth-acting-challenge-with-transgender-actor

When children’s stores reopen, let’s leave boys and girls section behind.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/13/boys-girls-toys-clothes-gendered-stores

Pupils can learn more effectively through stories than activities
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201207142306.htm

Citing rise of ‘Christian nationalism’ Secular Democrats unveil sweeping recommendations for Biden
https://religionnews.com/2020/11/30/secular-democrats-unveil-sweeping-recommendations-for-biden-administration/

Did the universe’s creator hide a message in the cosmos?
https://www.livescience.com/cosmic-microwave-sign-from-creator.html

Incredible vision in ancient marine creatures drove an evolutionary arms race
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-incredible-vision-ancient-marine-creatures.html

‘It’s disgusting’: GOP members of Congress call for Investigation into Pornhub after NYT report
https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-disgusting-gop-members-of-congress-call-for-investigation-into-pornhub-after-nyt-report-about-rape-videos

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