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Did you know that a starfish is really not a fish? Many may call a sea star a starfish, however the sea stars do not have scales or swim so they are not technically a fish and the proper name is sea star. There are more than 2,000 different types of sea stars in the...

How does one choose between the most popular ideas concerning the formation of the universe? Ideas such as the Big Bang Expansion, the Steady State Universe, the Forever Expanding Universe or the Cyclic Universe. Some current evidence indicates that the universe is...

Do you know where the least rainy place on earth is? You might think it's desert, but it's not. It's actually Antarctica, which is one of the driest places on earth, getting about two inches of rain or snow each year. On the other hand, the most rainy area in the...

Did you know it is within the nature of mankind to lie? The problem with lying to ourselves is that we actually know we are lying, so we must pile layer after layer of more absurd lies in a futile attempt to suppress the original lie. Debating moral topics on an...

Have you considered how barbed wired came to be?  As the settlers moved out West, there was the need to keep their animals from wandering too far. Throughout time people have used stone or wood to contain animals, but the plains were in short supply of both. East...

Did you know that science confirms the biblical record, that all humans originated from two people?  In 2003 the human genome project was completed and the three billion letters on the human genome DNA code were mapped in a massive, coordinated effort by genetic...

  Did you know we are all different shades of brown, due to a pigment called melanin? If you have lots of melanin, you’ll have darker brown skin and if you have a little melanin you’ll have lighter skin. So, we’re all shades of brown, not black and white.   Monday is...

The giraffe is a unique creature! Did you know the giraffe has one of the highest blood pressures in the animal kingdom? It’s necessary to pump blood way up to its brain. It would seem that the blood would naturally pool down in his skinny legs. However, the reason it...

Did you know that sadness, uncontentment or anxiety can negatively affect your bones? A recent medical discovery revealed risk factors for an onset of osteoporosis which included smoking, not drinking enough water, or consuming alcohol. Scientists have also found...

Happy New Year! Congratulations for another successful trip around the Sun! Over the past year you’ve been traveling at 67,000 miles per hour while rotating on the Earth's surface at 1,000 miles per hour covering a distance of 584 million miles around the Sun.  ...

Merry Christmas! Did you know during the Middle Ages many people did not know how to read? The church held plays to teach biblical truths and the plays performed at the Christmas time included Adam and Eve. So, what did Adam and Eve have to do with Christmas? Many...

  Imagine leaving your lunch meat sandwich along a trail in the Grand Canyon during a family vacation and finding the same undecayed sandwich 50 years later. A ridiculous fantasy? Now imagine finding a chicken drumstick left on a rock in England by King Arthur 1000...

Did you know there  is a classic test to determine if science is being properly applied?   It is called the “white swan test”. So suppose there was a  belief that “ALL swans are white.” In science this would be called my starting hypothesis. Could this prove to be...

  Are there any benefits to the power of a lightning storm? Most would agree that lightning only brings fear and sometimes destruction. On a positive note, plants require nitrogen to grow green and healthy, and our atmosphere is 78% nitrogen. Plants cannot take the...

Have you considered the beauty of snowflakes?  A snowflake starts as a tiny crystal that forms around a speck of dust. As the water droplet freezes, the crystal starts to develop its six sides. As moisture is drawn into the crystal, the six branches begin to grow. As...