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Have you considered the timber beetle larva?  This thumb-sized insect eats trees by slicing through wood fiber with its mandibles, or jaws. That’s what Oregon logger Joseph Buford Cox (1905 - 2002) realized when he was taking a rest break from chopping wood. He...

How complex are microscopic organisms? Scientists have discovered a bacterium called the Rhodoferax ferrireducens that is capable of producing an electric current as it transforms natural sugars into other complex biological products. It does this by transferring...

  What are Fibonacci numbers? Fibonacci numbers are one of many pieces of evidence for God’s existence. They are a patterned sequence that can be found everywhere throughout nature: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 and so on. Every number in the pattern is the sum of...

  Our month is based on the moon, our year on the sun, but what about a week? The seven day week is based on God’s creation week.   Atheist dictator Stalin tried to erase God from the Soviet Union by instituting a 10 day week. People would work nine days and then rest...

  What evidence is there for a recently formed Grand Canyon?   The Redwall Limestone layer in the Grand Canyon is one of the most distinct sediment layers in the mile-deep canyon. Of the nine major layers making up Grand Canyon strata, this 600 foot thick layer covers...

Did you know the DNA of all domestic dogs has been shown to be traceable back to a single pair of grey wolves from the past? There are several revealing implications in support of the dog kind discovery.  First, it means that the unbelievable variety of modern dogs...

How do we explain the supernatural? The Bible claims that during Jesus’ crucifixion, “the sun stopped shining”. Darkness was upon the Earth from 12 noon to 3pm. Some people claim that the darkness was no supernatural event, only a solar eclipse. Let’s examine this...

Did planet Mars have water? Mars is a dry, frigid world, yet recent discoveries of enormous erosion patterns suggest the possibility that the planet experienced huge floods in the past. Mars was created on Day 4 of creation week, three days after Earth. As we read in...

  Have you thanked God for your kidneys lately? These two fist-sized organs located in your abdominal cavity perform many tasks. Here are a few amazing responsibilities of your kidneys. Filtering out waste products from your blood. Regulating the bloodstream to be 51%...

Why has DNA been called the most mysterious molecule in the universe?  The information that it contains cannot be explained by any natural process. The sequence of chemicals on the DNA molecule is used to construct every other molecule in the human body and neither...

Did you know that the feather of an owl is unique from other birds?  Other birds produce feathers with straight, crisp edges. An Owl’s flight feathers have fringes at the edges. The owl also has a notch on one of its flight feathers. Both the notch and the fringes...

If saltwater covered the world only 4,500 years ago during the worldwide flood, why weren’t all land surfaces spoiled by the resulting salt?  This is a challenge commonly promoted by those who reject any possibility of a global flood upon the Earth because a worldwide...

Have you considered how birds “hear” blizzards coming?  Birds have exceptional hearing but in a lower frequency range than normal human hearing. Birds can actually hear bad weather approaching. I am sure you have noticed that a day or so prior to a major storm, birds...

How are flames used to reproduce forests?  Fire and forests do not normally mix, yet several species of pine trees seem designed to thrive after forest fires. The mature Ponderosa pine bark looks like thick plates or puzzle pieces. When heated during a forest fire,...

Have you ever heard of a fish having good hygiene? As fish roam the ocean seeking smaller fish and shrimp to eat, their mouths begin to accumulate food particles. These fish need a toothbrush, and off to the cleaning station they go! Cleaning stations are often set up...