Earth: A Special Planet

Earth: A Special Planet

Is there any place on Earth which is not overflowing with life? The frozen polar caps have life as majestic as the lumbering polar bear, comical as the waddling penguin and persevering as the Arctic Tern. Arid deserts come alive at night with lizards, snakes,...
Evolution’s Missing Fossils

Evolution’s Missing Fossils

Where are the missing links? The biggest problem for evolution is still the sudden appearance of every basic body structure – suddenly and without transition. This fact of science clearly places the theory of evolution in the category of faith, rather than science. It...
Seeing “Backwards”

Seeing “Backwards”

Did you know that your eye is wired backwards? Yes, the wiring faces toward the incoming light, while the photoreceptors face the back of the retina. When light enters the eye and falls on the retina (back of the eye), it goes through 10 layers at the back of the...
Designing the Longest Neck

Designing the Longest Neck

What is the tallest living land animal? The giraffe towers over 18 feet tall! Being so tall, giraffes have one of the highest blood pressures of all animals.  They need two-foot long hearts to pump blood up those ten-foot long necks. Consider the giraffe taking a...
How Old Are Diamonds?

How Old Are Diamonds?

Do diamonds prove that the earth is billions of years old?  How old are they really? Diamonds require very high pressure to form, so they most likely formed some 200 miles below the Earth’s surface. Geologists believe they were transported to the surface...