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-forwardhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/doctors-identify-brain-abnormalities-cuba-attack-patients-51609438https://www.havanatimes.org/?p=129224https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoo-dpt120717.phphttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/569949770/amber-trapped-tick-suggests-ancient-bloodsuckers-feasted-on-feathered-dinosaurshttps://www.nature.com/articles/nature24679.epdfhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/swimming-dinosaur/547631/http://beta.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-duck-like-dinosaur-20171206-htmlstory.htmlhttp://willoughbyart.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-neck-is-lie.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/570136162/giant-prehistoric-penguins-once-swam-off-the-coast-of-new-zealandhttps://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