Today's Creation Moment

By the time Jefferson was 14, he could read four languages. He later learned three more. Jefferson's legacy goes far beyond his accomplishments in law and government. .   Image: Jefferson – Pixabay.com    

As our knowledge about the universe grows, the big bang theory looks increasingly unlikely. . Photo: NASA image of cosmic microwave background radiation.

Language requires some very special designs that are rare in nature and found together only in humans. First, human language requires vocal cords, which none of the apes have. The only animals with vocal tracts are birds, but no one is suggesting that we evolved from birds. Image:   Black board and chalk writing – Pixabay.com

Which body structure is a powerful generator of emotions, gives you a sense of direction, and serves as a cannon all at the same time? It's your nose, of course! Photo: Nose – Pixabay.com  

We have looked at many plants and animals that use different forms of camouflage to keep from being noticed. Some don't wish to be noticed so that they can surprise their prey, while others don't want to be noticed so they can avoid becoming prey. However, what happens when both predator and prey encounter each other in full camouflage? Photo: Inchworm -Courtesy of Mila. GNU Free Documentation Lic...

Squirrels often seem to run about without any purpose. However, a naturalist in the State of Maine recently discovered that the squirrel's activities are well planned and efficient.  Photo: red-squirrel – Pixabay.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

We tend to associate being warm-blooded with mammals and human beings. Yet there are  "warm-blooded" plants, reptiles and bumblebees. There is also a warm-blooded moth. Photo: Corn_Earworm_Moth_Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren CCA 2.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

Our senses link us to the world around us and enable us to interact with the world. While most people believe that our sense of sight is the highest of the senses and the most marvelous in design, our sense of hearing is no less marvelous. Image: Anatomy_of_the_Human_Ear by Lars Chittka; Axel Brockmann CCA 2.5   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.    

Many plants and animals disguise themselves as something they are not in the hope of protecting themselves. However, a true master of disguise must have many disguises. The tiger swallowtail offers no less than three disguises as it grows through its various stages toward adulthood. Photo: Papilio_canadensis_caterpillar_3 Cephas CCA BY SA 4.0 International   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights res...

Witchweed is no simple plant. We learn from the witchweed that the Creator's unlimited imagination not only created some very strange living things, but also created some unique solutions to providing a means of living for them. Photo: Witchweed   by USDA APHIS PPQ Archive CCA by 3.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

Not only is the human brain the most complex structure in the universe, it is also one of the busiest. Image:   Brain by   ErMed14 CCA By SA 4.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Africa's southern deserts have a plant called living stones. In a desert, any vegetation can be a welcome source of food or moisture. In this setting, a plant that doesn't look like a plant has an advantage. And living stones look like nothing more than just another rock in the sand . Photo: Ceresa_taurina by Bruce Marliin CCA by 2.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

One of the spider’s virtues is that it loves to eat flies. However, not all spiders catch flies in their webs. Image: Zonosemata_vittigera_by Robert Webste_ CCA by SA 4.0   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Over the last couple of centuries many Bible scholars have developed a skeptical approach to the Bible. Their treatment of the Bible as nothing more than a human document stems from their belief in evolution. According to them, Christianity has evolved from earlier religions just as humans evolved.   Photo: Hittite chariot from an Egyptian relief.   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Why is the sky dark at night? There’s more to the answer to this question than the fact that the stars do not appear as bright as the sun from earth.     Photo: Starry Sky – Pixabay.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

In 1981 it was only a theory—one that seemed to go against all logic. The theory said that if you have a signal, say a sound that was too weak to be heard, adding a little noise would make it easier to hear.     Photo: Example of “stochastic resonance” enhanced image. (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

Evolutionists have said that it must take millions of years for the tiny polyps to build large coral reefs, like the 2,000-kilometer-long Great Barrier Reef in Australia.    Photo: Coral – Pixabay.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.    

One would think, for example, that it would be a simple job for modern science to create a fireproof fabric better than anything found in nature. After all, no living things in nature— besides humans—crash and burn.    Photo: Pixabay.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Which is more likely to last buried in the ground for a few thousand years, a wooden spoon or a stone hammer? Picture: Cave painting of bison – Pixabay.com © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

Researchers studied five infants, two of whom were deaf and had deaf parents. In the deaf households, communication took place through American Sign Language.   Scientists found that both hearing and deaf children babbled in the language used in their homes. Hearing infants produced sounds, then syllables, and eventually meaningful words. The deaf infants did the same with their hands. At first th...

For centuries Asian cooks have wrapped meat, sushi and candy in bamboo bark. Though the reason for this practice seems to have been forgotten, humans evidently once knew what modern science is rediscovering about bamboo. REF: Keeping food fresh with bamboo. Science News, v. 139, Mar. 23, 1991. p. 191. Image: Bamboo – Pixaby.com   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.  

Medical researchers are learning that your thoughts can affect your health.   REF: Wechsler, R. 1987. A new prescription: mind over malady. Discover, Feb. p. 51 .   Image: Macrophage ingesting a pathogen.(PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.    

Some of the most fascinating discoveries  have to do with our growing knowledge of plant communication. New research continues to reveal even more amazing facts about the exquisite intricacy of God’s marvelous work.   REF: Weiss, R. 1991. Root words. Science News, v. 139, Mar. 23. p. 188. Photo: King Clone, the 11,700-year-old creosote bush ring in the Mojave Desert (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments....

The strange partnership between the snapping shrimp and the goby is absolutely necessary if both creatures are to survive. The nearly blind shrimp relies on the goby, and the goby relies on the safety of the complex tunnel system the shrimp digs.   REF: Yanagisawa, Y. 1990. Strange seabed fellows. Natural History, Aug. p. 46. Photo: Shrimp (PD)   © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.

The relationship between the snapping shrimp and a fish called the goby is a good example of the Creator’s attention to the finest detail.  REF: Yanagisawa, Y. 1990. Strange seabed fellows. Natural History, Aug. p. 46.  Photo: Gobi and shrimp - by Steve Childs CCA By 2.0     © 2023 Creation Moments. All rights reserved.