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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...

Have you ever seen or experienced the devastation of a tornado? Tornados also referred to as twisters are some of the most intriguing yet horrifying of all storms. These thin spinning tubes of air stretch from the clouds to the ground generating wind speeds of 100 to...

It’s easy to remember to give thanks at this time of year, but how do we continue to have a thankful heart throughout the year and even when things aren't going our way?  The Word of God says Christians need to maintain thankfulness as a part of sanctification.  “For...

In the spirit of being thankful, do you ever think about the blessing of having clean running water? Every day we drink it, cook with it, bathe in it and it helps our food and flowers grow. It’s used to fight fires, produce energy and recreational activities such as...

The heart is an amazing organ that works tirelessly. Did you know it starts pumping after being in your mom's womb at about day 22 of conception?  When you're bigger, the heart does a lot more work. It grows about the size of your fist, and it pumps blood through...

  Have you ever been blinded by the brightness of the snow on a sunny winter day? Snow reflects almost 90% of the sun rays landing on it. This keeps the snow cooler, resulting in a slower melting rate. God designed it that way to make flooding minimal and allow it to...

  What do you think when you hear the word shark? Most probably think about its terrifying teeth! There are more than 400 species of sharks in the world and all of them have lots of teeth. They use their teeth to rip and tear their prey and in the process they lose...

  Did you know, for centuries, scientists and astronomers have been trying to discover the origins of the universe, how it began, and how it works?   Scientists built the Hubble telescope to discover some of those mysteries in 1990. It was the first telescope to...