Today's Creation Moment

  In 1805 when Lewis and Clark crossed the Continental Divide they saw North American Indians preparing the large roots of a plant for cooking. Lewis writes that he asked to taste a sample of the root. It was probably with some sense of amusement that the Indians, who cook the root before eating it, handed Lewis the raw root—which immediately upon tasting he named the bitterroot. REF.: Keithley, W...

A young student once asked Martin Luther what God was doing before He made the creation. Luther is said to have responded by telling the young man, "He was making switches to use on children who ask foolish questions." Now some evolutionary physicists are asking what the universe was like before the big bang. Notes: New Scientist, 6/3/00, pp. 24-27, "Before the Big Bang."   Image: Universe explosi...

Over the past several years, scientific studies of women have shown that those who have had abortions increase their risks of infertility, breast cancer and other problems. Now, a study released by the Population Research Institute reveals a whole new category of risks associated with abortion.   Ref: Population Research Institute, 20 January 2006, Vol. 8, No. 3, Joseph A. D'Agostino, "Why Think A...

Given the size of its brain, could a honeybee recognize a specific human face? And if a bee could recognize specific human faces, how would the evolutionist explain this kind of ability? Ref:  Science News , 12/3/5, p. 360, S. Milius, "Face Time."   Photo: Honey Bees on flower – Pixabay.com

If you enjoy keeping tropical fish, the Mantis shrimp is one creature you may not want to keep in your aquarium. While this creature is related to common shrimp, it has a very unusual and specialized feature. Ref: http//www. USA Today.com. 1/9/06, April Holladay, "Shrimp spring into shattering action”   Image:   Mantis Shrimp_PD

Those who fear global warming blame any climate changes upon man's activity, including the raising of cattle for food. The digestive system of all ruminants, including cows, produce methane gas as part of the digestive process. Methane is considered one of the greenhouse gases that change the Earth's climate. Some have even suggested ways of limiting the methane produced by cows. Ref: Science News...

Could a plant devise a special growth for itself so that it becomes inviting to its only pollinator? If evolution were true, how could such a plant survive until it could learn enough about its pollinator, and about genetics, to evolve a special growth just for that pollinator. Ref: Science News , 6/4/05, p. 365, "Built-in bird perch spreads the pollen."   Photo: S. African Rat Tail plant by Shyam...

Most listeners have heard of the little "cleaner fish" or wrasse that clean the teeth of larger fishes. New research on the behavior of these fishes shows that they are not always honest-business fish. Other fish, including those who might ordinarily consider a meal of "cleaner fish", actually stand in line for their services. That's because they need to have parasites and diseased tissue removed....

Chickens aren't the brightest creatures in the animal world, but the mother hen knows to protect her eggs and keep them warm. Many species of snakes also care for their young. Amazingly, scientists have learnt that even some plants have been designed with "motherly" instincts. Ref: Science News , 7/23/05, pp. 59-60, Susan Milius, "Mommy Greenest." Photo: Galls on the head of Plantago lanceolata. A...

Can you imagine a plant that moves so fast that science didn't know what it was doing until recently? The plant is a forest wild flower found in North America and called the Bunchberry dogwood. Ref: Science News , 6/11/05, p. 381, "World's Fastest Plant Explodes with Pollen."   Photo: Bunchberry Dogwood Flower (PD)

Ask any evolutionist, and he will tell you that the Venus Flower Basket is one of the least-evolved animals. This animal is actually a sponge that is made up of a colony of creatures, and it does some amazing things. Ref: Discover , 8/05, pp. 42-47, George M. Whitesides, "Illuminated Life." Photo: Euplectella Aspergillum Vnus flower sponge (PD) NOAA

Scientists have shown that the so-called "Mozart effect" of music in young children is just a myth. This popular idea said that exposing young children to classical music improves their ability in non-verbal tasks. Nevertheless, researchers did find a more interesting effect of classical music on students. Ref: Science News , 6/19/04, p. 389, B. Bower, "Tuning Up Young Minds."   Painting: Young Mo...

Homing pigeons are valued because of their highly developed sense of direction, and this includes the ability to read the Earth's magnetic field. Some other birds, turtles and even a few salamanders have also shown this same ability. However, bees, ants or people are not born with this ability. Ref: Science News , 1/4/03, p. 4, S. Milius, "Homing Lobsters." Photo: Spiny Lobster by James St. John C...

Ethicists who believe in evolution are trying to figure out an evolutionary explanation for why people universally have a sense of right and wrong. This line of study is so new that it doesn't yet have a name, although some have suggested "neuroethics" or "moral neuroscience". Ref: Discover , 4/04, pp. 60-65, Carl Zimmer, "Whose Life Would You Save?"  Photo: portrait of Immanuel Kant.(PD)  

Listeners will know from our Creation Moments programs that the scientific establishment is firmly convinced that Man evolved from the higher apes millions of years ago. For this reason, rhesus monkeys have long been used not only for pharmaceutical trials but in psychological tests to determine how Man's intelligence evolved. Ref: Science News , 7/2/05, p. 14, "Monkeys keep track of small numbers...

Today, hummingbirds are found only in North, Central and South America. Of course, since Noah's Ark landed in the mountains of Ararat, they had to cross Europe and the Atlantic or Asia to get there. However, until now, there was no evidence for this migration. Ref: Science News , 5/8/04, p. 292, S. Perkins, "Ancient Buzzing." Photo: Hummingbird by BryanHanson_Pixabay

  The last creature a rattlesnake wants to see is the California ground squirrel.   Ref: Science News , 6/26/04, p. 403, S. Milius, "Hot Bother." Photo: Squirrels_by Holly Cheng CC BY SA 3.0

If it weren't for mushrooms, there would be so many un-decayed dead trees that there would be no room on Earth for anything else to grow. But mushrooms don't just recycle dead trees. They help make the trees grow in the first place.   Ref: Discover , 2005, pp. 48-53, Greg Mueller, "Dr. Mushroom.". Photo:Mycelium by James Lindsey CC BY SA 3.0

How important is father to a child's religious growth? Due to the way in which census information is gathered in Switzerland, researchers were able to find out. And while their conclusions might shock modern sensitivities, they are really not too surprising. Ref: Touchstone Magazine , 2003, Robbie Low, "The Truth About Men and Church." Photo: Father and Child by Ljor Pixabay.com

The last few years have seen a good deal of excitement among astronomers over the possibility of discovering planets orbiting distant stars. Astronomers are looking at stars that are surrounded by disks of dust and debris. The idea is that planets form over millions of years from the dust and rock that orbits a star. This was supposedly how the Earth formed billions of years ago.

The long, cold winters of Scandinavia not only freeze the lakes, but pile so much snow on the lake ice that no light can penetrate to the cold, unfrozen water beneath. This means that the creatures below the ice can use up all the oxygen in the lake water. How do the fish in the water survive?   Photo: Crucian Carp_by Viridflavus CC BY-

A real monster prowls the ocean floor from the Aleutian Islands to Southern California. It is a terror to even relatively large bottom dwellers. It eats many things, including hermit crabs, clams, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and even abalone. This monster goes by the seemingly innocent name of the Sunflower Star.

According to the evolutionary timetable, mankind has been on Earth for about 100,000 years. Archeologists and Paleo-archeologists claim that 100,000 years ago the earliest true men began to bury their dead, often with flowers and other trinkets, suggesting that he was capable of abstract thought. Paintings on cave walls and ceilings show that early man was capable of creating exquisite art. Other...

Evolutionary scientists studying the workings of the human brain are trying to find out what the human "mind" is. The problem is that everyone, including scientists, knows that human beings are conscious people with minds. Yet, strict, materialistic science says that there is no scientific evidence for the mind.

The year of 1816 was called the "year without a summer." Weather records and newspaper clippings offer us a record of the unusual weather that struck all over the Earth in 1816.