Psalm 25:6“Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.” When you remember something that happened and where and when it happened, you are using what scientists call episodic memory. Scientists...
Continue ReadingLeviticus 13:8“And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.” The spiny lobster is a social creature. Lobsters like to congregate in groups in crevices and coo...
Continue ReadingJob 8:13-14“So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish: Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.” Scientists recently examined a well-preserved spider web encased in ...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:20a“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life ….” The brown ghost knifefish, popular in many aquariums, generates a weak electric signal that it uses for navigation and communication...
Continue ReadingPsalm 5:3“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.” The concave-eared torrent frog of China sings like a bird with a wide assortment of whistles and chirps. They live ...
Continue ReadingMark 4:22“For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither is any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.” Airport security is a major concern these days. There are many ways for those who don’t have good inten...
Continue ReadingPsalm 82:3“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.” Domesticated honeybees in China are preyed upon by a native wasp. A single wasp can wipe out a nest of 6,000 bees before carrying off the larvae to feed its own...
Continue ReadingPsalm 136:4“To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.” A new bacterium that grows at depths of over 8,000 feet below the ocean’s surface has been discovered. This discovery wouldn’t normally be very not...
Continue ReadingPsalm 104:14“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth….” The dodder is a very unusual plant and is known as one of the ten worst weeds found in the United...
Continue ReadingJob 21:22“Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.” According to modern thinking, intelligence is a product of several factors. Of course, the most important requirement is that the creature must be high on the evo...
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