Today's Creation Moment

Scientists have also known that animals generate a similar natural plastic called chitin. Like cellulose, chitin is a carbohydrate made of long chains of sugar molecules. Chitin is found in the shel…

Many cultures around the world have legends about creation and a great Flood that have been handed down from generations in the distant past. Most of these creation and Flood stories sup-port the bi…

For many people bats bring to mind words like “creepy,” “fangs,” “rabies,” and even “ugly.” However, over 450 years ago Martin Luther marveled at the delicate beauty of the bat. He pronounced the …

Some people talk to their plants. But what do you say to a bacterium? Evidently the soybean plant knows just what to say to make bacteria its close friend and helper.

REF: Pennisi, E. 1991. Intimat…

Life appears suddenly in the fossil record. And the living things found in the earliest rocks are completely developed and well equipped for life. Trilobites had fully formed eyes that were apparent…

Garlic. Even say the word and some people move away to give you some distance. Others gather around, because to them, garlic helps make the meal. Garlic has begun to attract the attention of medical…

They are the only cells in the human body that repeatedly die and self-regenerate throughout life.. And science considers them so interesting that several branches of science are studying them. I am…

We don’t often think about our sense of smell. While our noses are on the job all the time, we note an odor only when it is unusual. Most of the time the scents around us contribute, unnoticed, to o…

When you are ill, you need sleep. And when you are sick you are usually sleepy. Medical researchers are now learning that it’s not accidental that illness and sleepiness go together. In fact, the re…

Roses have fascinated people for thousands of years. Rose breeding is one of the oldest human experiments in the science of genetics. Roses are bred for variations in size, color, frequency of bloo…

A growing number of scientists, some of them with worldwide reputations, are changing their minds about evolution.  

The world famous astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle announced that there is so much info…

One of the more unusual creatures God made was thought extinct until it was rediscovered in 1958.  The kakapo parrot lives in New Zealand and, perhaps not surprisingly, the world’s only non-flying …

The coelacanth is a rather strange looking fish that was supposed to have become extinct 70 million years ago with the dinosaurs. That’s what scientists thought anyway. 

REF.: No stinki…

 It is unfortunate that we so often have the sense that nothing technologically important has happened in human history until modern times. 

REF.: Patton, Robert. 1982. Ooparts. Omni, v. 4. p. 53. Ph…

 All insects that hear, except one, have two ears. Some insects have ears on their legs, thorax, or abdomen. However, they all follow the same principle. Their ears are separated so that they can lo…

Research is confirming that even before birth children in the womb are learning about the world. The child in the womb does much more than simply hear sounds, including its mother's voice.  

REF.: …

It's commonly known that many animals are able to detect extraordinarily weak odors. The real mystery is how they can smell scents that are 1,000 times too weak to produce the chemical reactions …

Tropical beauty has inspired many Hawaiian love songs. However, none is more unusual than the love song of Hawaiian fruit flies. 

REF.: Edwards, D.D. 1990. Unique island love songs attract flies. Sc…

Algae are among the world's premier plants. Scientists never expected to find an alga that feeds like a Venus flytrap. 

REF.: Miller, Julie Ann.1986. Lake algae dine on bacteria. Science News, v. 12…

Normally they bother no one. The creatures, called protozoan ciliates, quietly go about their business in water‑filled tree holes, eating other microorganisms.

REF.: Revenge of the placid protoz…