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All of us are familiar with using bait to lure prey. Both live and artificial bait are used to catch fish. Stores lure shoppers with sale prices. The use of both bait and camouflage is an even more sophisticated activity. The duck hunter not only hides in...

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In Deuteronomy 27:2-8, we read of how Moses instructed Joshua to build an altar on Mt. Ebal after the Israelites had entered the Promised Land. There, the people were to sacrifice and give thanks to the Lord. Bible critics have generally been skeptical of...

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When talking about a baby’s expected time of birth, we have all heard someone say, “The baby will come when it’s ready.” While that might not sound very scientific, new research shows that the statement is probably scientifically a...

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Many kinds of birds collect and store food for later use. However, scientists recently reported that the female red-cockaded woodpecker collects, stores and appropriately uses a dietary mineral supplement as well. As is true for most birds, the female red...

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Mammoths and mastodons were distant relatives to the elephant. There is a great deal of debate over when they became extinct and why. Mammoths and mastodons are less mysterious to us than dinosaurs because we can study their preserved bodies. Several of t...

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There is no room in the harsh realities of evolution for selflessness. For example, evolution says if I help you, I do so because I’m going to get something for myself. Likewise, what appears to be friendly behavior among animals is said to be only ...

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Fireflies in southeast Asia regularly put on a show like that seldom seen from fireflies in the rest of the world. These fireflies have an ability found only among humans. As the evening darkness deepens along a riverbank, fireflies in the trees over the ...

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A large, sophisticated concrete floor has recently been discovered in China. The floor dates to a period that, not long ago, evolutionists called the “Stone Age.” The concrete floor, discovered in northwest China, extends the record of technol...

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We’ve all been taught that fish are cold-blooded. In many people’s thinking, perhaps the most cold-blooded of all is the shark. However, scientists have discovered that four types of sharks can raise their internal body temperatures. Why and h...

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I remember reading in grade school that the human appendix is a useless organ. My textbook said that scientists thought that the appendix was once used to help digest the tree bark that our supposed ape-like ancestors ate. Does the human body have “...

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