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Did you know there's 1500 active volcanoes on the earth and about 20 of them are actively erupting right this second? So how do volcanoes erupt? The outermost layer of the Earth is called the crust which isn't completely solid. It's made up of massive geologic...

  Do you know what today is?   Happy Reformation Day! Martin Luther is famous for the Protestant Reformation movement. On October 31 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg, with strong conviction he was no longer able to deal...

Who discovered gravity?  Gravity is a force that pulls two objects together and It's what keeps your feet pulled down on the ground. Thinking about gravity may be at the forefront of your daily routine until you imagine life without it. It's Earth's gravity that keeps...

Did you know the average person breathes about 22,000 breaths per day? Breathing, it's normal, and it’s something that you do every day all day long. Whether you're awake or asleep you breathe in air full of oxygen. It travels through your nose and your mouth and your...

What is a turbidite? Turbidite is sediment or rock deposited by a turbidity current. 1927 a major geological event happened off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Without warning, an earthquake triggered an underwater avalanche causing loose sediment on the...

Did you know you could be right next to someone in outer space, screaming at the top of your lungs, and that person wouldn't hear you? Now that’s the sound of silence and It’s not just because space helmets are well insulated, it is because voices travel as sound...

Stalactites and stalagmites are formations that grow inside a limestone cave. One grows on the ceiling and one grows on the floor, but which one is which?  Here's a way to remember, stalactite with the “C” grows from the ceiling. These formations are created when...

  Do you know that God knows about every hair on your head?  Hair is all over your body, it's on your head on your skin. It makes up your eyebrows and your eyelashes and it even grows in your ears and your nose. In fact, the only place hair doesn't grow is on the...

What's so rare about a jellyfish fossil? In Central Wisconsin, near the town of Mosinee, there is a rock quarry home to a very important fossil find, the jellyfish. This is no ordinary quarry; it contains thousands of fossilized jellyfish. Why are they there? In the...

Did you know that penguins wear sunglasses?  Penguins that live in the Antarctic experience intense glare from polar sunlight. Yet, they have clear vision. Why? Within their retina are colored droplets of oil, and these droplets filter out blue and ultraviolet colors...

Did you know the credibility of the biblical worldview hinges on one key event in history?  That event is the global flood in the account of Genesis. If this event was simply a local flood, then the enormous rock layers of the Earth must have taken enormous periods of...

Is the evolutionary worldview truthful? The evolution creation debate is similar to debating the existence of air. No matter how much evidence we put forward as to the existence of air, the person refusing to acknowledge air’s existence would reject the evidence and...

Why do animals migrate? In the spring and fall, you've most likely noticed large flocks of birds flying overhead. What are they upto every year? Certain animals move from one place to another, in huge groups and It's called migration. Migration is necessary for...

What can we learn from the brilliance of a diamond?   Well, nothing sparkles like a diamond. Diamonds aren't only pretty to look at, they are also the hardest natural substance known to man. The word diamond comes from the Greek word that means unbreakable. Only...

Can animals use tools? Scientists have recently discovered the most unusual way animals use tools, or even trash to build their homes. Scurrying across the seafloor is the veined octopus, who builds his house using elements such as coconut shells or in this case a...