Today's Creation Moment

Drink Your Orange Juice

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Presumably, before the fall into sin, we didn't have any bad cholesterol, or at least it didn't do any damage in our bloodstream. The so-called "bad cholesterol" is low-density-lipoprotein. It's called bad because it tends to cause our arteries to clog unless countered by the so-called "good cholesterol" or high-density-lipoprotein.

God's Architecture Wins Again

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

If you live in a temperate climate, you have probably heard your home pop and crack on cold days. Those sounds are caused by the different materials that make up your house contracting at different rates as the temperature falls. At some point, the growing tensions are released and you hear the result. If you live in a warm climate that is subject to hurricanes, you know that a building is likely to fail at the point where different parts of the house, like the roof and wall, meet together.

Music and Language Are Linked

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Evolutionists often claim that language and music evolved independently of each other. However, new research along several lines is showing that there is a close connection between music and language.

What Coral and Humans Share

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

According to the theory of evolution, all life is related. There is claimed to be a hierarchy of rising complexity from the earliest simple organisms to man. The earliest organisms are said to include corals, sea anemones and jellyfish that thrived 500 million years ago. These early creatures eventually led to the first creatures to move onto land, and worms were among them.

Genetic Monkey Business

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

One commonly heralded claim to the evolution of man from the animal kingdom is the statement that humans and chimpanzees are more than 98 percent genetically identical. Many people think this claim has been proven, but it has always been an assumption made by believers in evolution.

The Social Lives of Bacteria

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

About 300 years after the Genesis Flood, when all people spoke the same language, they decided to work together to build a great city. Working together for a common goal is called "social intelligence." Do animals practice social intelligence? Of course, there are the bees, the ants and the beavers, but even bacteria – among the lowliest of all creatures – also show social intelligence!

The Most Interesting Sounds You've Never Heard

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

We are surrounded by sounds, some of which can be louder than an airliner taking off. Yet, we never hear these sounds. It's called infrasound. It's real sound that can be recorded if you have the right equipment.

Bright Camouflage

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Most people have seen the beautiful colors of reef fish. However, all those bright colors would be expected to make them attractive to predators.

The Dead-Horse Arum

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

A flower called the dead-horse arum has a problem. The individual flowers are able to receive pollen for only one day. To make matters worse, its male parts are not mature that day. The next day, the male parts of the flower produce pollen, but the female parts of the flower have shriveled up and cannot receive it.

Old MacDonald Has a Shell

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Until recently, it was thought that, excluding mankind, only a few insects, beetles, ants and termites actually farmed crops for their food supply. Then an amazing snail was found.

Seismic Sayings

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Speaking, singing, writing and body language are all familiar ways of communicating. Science has now learned of another means of communication that has been going on all around us, yet we are not even aware of it.

Baby May Be in Charge of His Own Birth

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Does the mother's body or the unborn baby's body trigger the birth process? Those who advise that the baby will come when it's ready may be correct.

Birds With a Memory to Envy

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The shy bird called Clark's nutcracker collects food during the growing season and stores it for the cold winter months. In one year, a bird will store between 22,000 and 33,000 seeds in as many as 2,500 locations, which can be more than ten miles apart. But does the little bird remember where he put all those seeds?

Plants Have Immune Systems

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

People and mammals have a multi-pronged immune system. When a bacterial infection is detected, cells begin to release nitric oxide, which kills bacteria, and they begin a cascade of other defense strategies. Ultimately, antibodies that directly attack any invader are produced.

Fast Water, Quick Canyons

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Visitors to the Grand Canyon will recall the Park Rangers saying that it took millions of years for water to carve out the Canyon. We have looked at examples of rapid canyon formation in previous programs, and today we have one more example.

Tickled Locusts

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Normally, the desert locusts mentioned in the Bible are shy and reclusive and are green in color. What turns them into the multi-colored army that sweeps across the land, eating every leaf in sight?

Smart Leaves

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

As science learns more about the universe, some are suggesting that they see basic mathematical principles that underlie everything. This principle, which one scientist has called "cellular automata", might be at the root of everything from astronomy to zoology.

Hornbills that Understand Monkey

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

With the exception of basic messages such as aggression, communication between two entirely different species has seldom been observed among animals in the wild. We know that many animals among the same species give each other specific warnings about an impending danger. However, scientists have never noted one species recognizing the specific warning given by a second species.

Fossil Inventory: Surprises for Some

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Everyone will remember those school textbook diagrams showing the ever-upward progression of living organisms, including man. We recall the horse series, found in textbooks and the museum displays showing the evolution of the horse – the first stage as a small mammal and, after several transitions, the modern horse. The claim that fossils in the rock layers show a progression from simple life in the lowest layers to the most complex life at the top accompanies these diagrams.

The Early Bug Gets the Water

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

How do you get the water you need in a desert in which it almost never rains? We have often looked here at how God's designs in nature show us practical designs we may never think of. The water-hoarding beetle provides us with one more such example.

Loving Snakes

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Mention snakes or other crawly reptiles, and people usually shy away. Typically, snakes have a reputation for being dangerous or, at best, completely unable to show affection. New research shows us that in many cases this isn't true at all.

The Power of Faith

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The history of science, supposedly supporting evolution, shows the power of expecting to find something, whether it exists or not.

Rejoice in God's Goodness

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

There are countless scientific studies designed to find out how diet, environment and our habits influence our health. These studies urged us to eat this, not eat that and generally give up bad habits.

Dinosaur Bones Not Always Fully Fossilized

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Most listeners to these programs will at sometime have visited a museum to see the dinosaurs. Of course, the tangible remains consist of fossil skeletons and, if one is allowed to touch the bones, they are as hard as rock. Sometimes they are actually cement or plaster since they are copies. However, we are told that over the millions of years, the original bone had been replaced by minerals. Except for the millions of years, this is often true but not always. Fence posts, for example, have been found mineralized at one end and plain wood at the other.

Rube Goldberg Flukes

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The lancet fluke is a parasite that accomplishes its life cycle in a most complicated, Rube Goldberg, manner.

How Long Can Bacteria Sleep?

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

For thousands of years salt has been considered valuable as a seasoning, a preservative and even as a means of payment. But could salt preserve bacteria alive for thousands or even millions of years?

Living Fossils, Evolution's Oops

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Living fossils are creatures believed to be extinct and known only through the fossil record. The most famous living fossil is the Coelacanth. It is a fish, and textbooks claim it has been extinct for 70 million years according to the evolutionary timetable. Now we know that schools of them live in the Indian Ocean.

The Best Swimming Wing

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

An unusual example of a design in nature that runs counter to human common sense is found in the pectoral flippers of the humpback whale. The leading edge of these flippers, which one would intuitively expect to be smooth, actually sport evenly spaced bumps.

The Tsunami and the Animals

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Almost everyone in the world today knows of the terrible disaster that struck the coasts of South East Asia. The North American news media gave daily body counts, reported human tragedy and inflicted damage yet, as far as is known, none mentioned the animals.

Cicada Racket Is Designed

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

While the call of the cicada sounds like raucous chaos to us, researchers have only just learned that these amazing creatures have a complicated system of communication. Cicada beetles live underground for 13 to 17 years before emerging to live a few brief weeks to sing and mate before they die.