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Did you know the Bible contains the origins of germ control? Ignaz Philipp Semmelweiss, a Hungarian medical doctor, supervised a hospital in the mid 1800s.  He had two maternity wards: one run by midwives, and the other run by doctors. In the midwives’ ward, 4 out of...

Have you ever gone outside on a sunny winter day, and nearly been blinded by the brightness of the snow? Snow reflects almost 90% of the sun’s rays that land on it, which keeps the snow cooler and results in a slower melting rate.  This is important because snow...

If everything was perfect in the Garden of Eden before the Fall, then what did the mosquitoes eat? More people die from mosquito bites than from any other type of insect bite on the planet. Did mosquitoes bite in the Garden of Eden? Apparently not, because God...

Did you know that bats rely on echolocation for hunting in the dark?  The bat opens its mouth and sends out a high-pitched sound, which bounces off its surroundings, creating an echo that the bat can hear. To make these high-pitched sounds, the bat has a specialized...

How do trees collect nutrients to grow? Look closely at the shape of deciduous trees (those which lose their leaves in the winter). Each type of tree has its own characteristic canopy shape. The branches grow in certain ways in order to provide the perfect amount of...

Did you know there have been thousands of dinosaur tracks found all over the world? These dinosaur impressions include footprints and tail dragging marks.  Some of them are bigger than a human child!  So how do we fit these observations into a Biblical view of...

Did you know that spiders are capable of producing one of the finest filament strands known to man? These threads can be 10,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair, yet are five times stronger than an equivalent weight of a steel cable. Scientists have yet to...

Imagine a lake filled with fish, plants, and other creatures. In the winter, the top of the lake freezes and turns into ice. What if that ice sank to the bottom, then more ice formed on the top, and this cycle repeated?  Eventually ice would completely fill the lake,...

Have you ever heard of the Great Unconformity?   This is a distinct, essentially flat surface, often separating the lowest layer of sedimentary rock from upper layers of metamorphic rock. It is called the Great Unconformity because it extends across all of North...

Did you know that birds do not breathe in and out like we do?   Birds have a different breathing system with rigid lungs that act like filters. Air flows through the lungs to air sacs that are sandwiched between muscles and limbs, acting as bellows to move the air.  ...

Have you considered the bud of a beech tree? This tiny bud, less than one inch long, opens to produce a leaf which is six inches across. How can such a big leaf come from such a tiny bud? It is folded in a precise way to allow maximum packing efficiency, without the...

Have you considered the scab on your arm? Do you realize that it takes ten processes to form that scab? This is called the Clotting Cascade. There are ten specific individual chemicals that must react in a domino effect in order for a blood clot to form. If one of...

Did you know that insect fossils have been found in the same layer as dinosaurs? These insects look just like the ones we see today. If evolution were true, we should find one creature changing into another in the fossil record. But the fossil evidence shows no...

Have you ever been inspired to invent something to improve our way of life? It was the early 1900’s, and Paul Sperry liked to go sailing. However, this hobby of sailing was tough, especially with the flat-soled shoes that he wore. Sperry would slip and slide on the...

Who likes those nasty, blood-sucking horseflies? Well, they are actually pretty interesting creatures! The larvae of the horseflies in Malawi, Africa display a unique design behavior. When the larva is ready to undergo metamorphosis, it buries itself in wet mud. This...