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  Why are fossilized trees discovered spanning across multiple rock layers?   A polystrate fossil cuts across many geological layers. Poly means “many” and stratum means “layer”, hence “many layers”. The eroding cliffs of Joggins, Nova Scotia are famous for their...

  Do you ever consider how awesome God is?   Our universe is truly a spectacular place. The heavens are enormous because God made them to reflect his character: beauty, power, wisdom, and creativity. Psalm 19:1 tells us that “The heavens declare the glory of God; the...

  Have you considered the functions of the plants of prey?   The sundew plant traps insects with its long red hairs. The tips of these hairs emit a smell that entices insects to visit. Upon an insect’s arrival, it gets stuck to the thick fluid on one of the leaves....

  How do insects deal with inclement weather and flood conditions? Go out and find an ant, place it in a glass of water, after a few seconds the ant will appear like it has drowned; it will be lying at the bottom of the glass of water. After a few minutes, remove the...

What does it mean when we discover fresh tissue in dinosaur bones? Organic molecules rapidly degrade when exposed to oxygen or weathering forces. Even when deeply buried, organic materials cannot survive for tens of thousands of years. The fragile chemicals that make...

  Did you know that every detail of Scripture is recorded for a purpose?   All too often we read through many of the stories and historical accounts in the Bible without understanding the significance of the small details. This is especially true when we do not...

 Is there any benefit to a raging hurricane?   According to NASA, “Hurricanes are the most powerful accumulations of energy on Earth”. They are violent ocean-churning storms that have a purpose. Hurricanes release a tremendous amount of rainfall, in 2003, Hurricane...

    How much time do you spend thinking about bacteria, fungi, and viruses, collectively known as microbes?   Lately, we’ve all probably thought about germs a little more, but where did these disease-causing microbes come from if God declared His creation “very good”?...

  What causes an Ice Age?   An ice age results when the winter’s snows do not melt each year but are continually added to. It takes very special conditions to make an ice age. It may sound strange, but an ice age can only happen if the oceans heat up so that there is...

Have you considered how Noah and his family cared for the animals on the Ark?   The Ark was the size of a huge cargo ship, about 450 feet long. At most, 16,000 animals including 2-7 of every species of mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian on the planet. A generous...

  How does the Earth's rotation remain so consistent?   As the Earth circles the sun, its north-south axis maintains a 23.5 degree tilt. It is the tilt of the Earth that controls our seasons. The majority of people asked this question will answer that the sun is...

Have you ever thought about how many ways a squirrel uses its tail? How does a squirrel stay balanced on a tree branch? He uses his tail like a tightrope walker uses a pole. As he moves along the branch, he tilts his tail one way or the other as the center of gravity...

Have Christian scientists contributed to the advancement of technology? Samuel Findley Breeze Morse (1791-1872) was a versatile American genius who changed the world with the technology he developed. Dubbed by many biographers as the “American Leonardo de Vinci”,...

Have you considered the workings of your eyelids?   That’s what engineer Robert Kearns from Detroit, Michigan, the center of America’s auto industry, was thinking about when he was driving in a misty rain. It was early in the 1960’s, and Kearns was irritated that his...