Matthew 16:2 “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red.” One good test of whether a theory is scientific is whether the theory can accurately predict new and surprising findings....

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Deuteronomy 6:5 “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” Bees depend on a good memory of their surroundings to make the thousands of trips necessary to keep their hive in opera...

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Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” When lost in the forest with no clue to where to go, humans tend to go in circles. And we have brains. Amoebas, which don’t have brains, somehow manage not to end...

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John 15:5 “I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” Two groups of tropical vines rely for reproduction on the world’s only known spe...

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Exodus 15:11 “Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?” There are at least four known types of orchids that effectively pretend to be female insects. They a...

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Psalm 119:130 “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” Researchers are learning that bacteria have senses similar to our hearing and sight. Bacteria even have a brain that receives information from the...

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Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.” The largest known beetle in the world is the aptly named gol...

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1 Thessalonians 5:8 “But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” Many plants, especially orchids, offer different ploys to fool insects into pollinating the...

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Judges 13:18 “And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?” Many plants reproduce simply by cloning. The most obvious example of cloning that comes to mind is the dandelion. Unless you get...

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  • The Unique Bdellas
    Scientists describe the creatures as mean, greedy and anti-social. They are also impressive chemists. That’s some reputation for a creature whose lifespan is only four hours. The short form of this microscopic creature’s name is simply bdella. Bdellas are predatory bacteria that live in fresh and salt water as well as in sewage. In the […]

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