Volume 232 – Creation Moments

Smart Trees and Clever Bugs

Psalm 104:24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.” How smart is the smartest tree you ever met? Does it sound silly to speak of trees as being smart? Botanists are learning that some...

The Rock-Climbing Catfish

1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Am...

An Accent on Language Ability

Genesis 11:1 “And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.” After suffering a stroke, a man in Baltimore suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent. Though he had no experience with languages other than English, he sudde...

Microscopic Engineers

Psalm 119:133 “Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.” There are a number of species of bacteria that possess tiny chains of crystal particles called magnetosomes. Magnetosomes, as the name suggests, have iron in t...

Keeping Males and Females in Balance

Genesis 1:27 “ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Have you ever wondered how, over thousands of years, the population balance between males and females remains roughly even? Scie...

Unimagined Actions and Reactions

Job 10:12 “Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit” The study of plants’ abilities to protect themselves from insect attackers is a fairly new and rapidly growing area of research. It seems that new and even...

Plants Call in Air Defenses

John 1:14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” New research shows that, when attacked, many plants make chemicals that will give munchin...

The All-Purpose Foot

Psalm 44:8 “ In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.” Nothing is more frustrating than glue that refuses to stick. And nothing is harder on an adhesive’s ability to stick than water. Water can prevent adhesives from s...

Bacterial Physicists and Chemists

Exodus 3:6 “Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God..” Some types of bacteria are able to go into a state of suspended animati...