Today's Creation Moment

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.

Another Cost of Divorce

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The Bible teaches that marriage is one man and one woman, united into one flesh for life. Traditional morality has reflected this view. However, modern Western culture has viewed divorce as a freedom that should be available to everyone. The popular term "no fault divorce" attempts to give the impression that divorce has few consequences. Two recent studies, however, clearly show the real cost of divorce.

Don't Be Fooled by the Illusions of the Sinful World

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Everyone knows the answer to the old question: Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? Yet the first time most of us were asked, we wanted to answer that it was the pound of lead. Researchers may have discovered why we naturally think the pound of lead is heavier.

How to Set a Scientist Humming

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

For over a century, textbooks have used the Galapagos Island finches as an example of evolution in action. The facts are that the differences between these finches are less than the differences in the human population – and nobody claims that we are evolving! A lesser-known example of evolution in action was recently challenged in the scientific literature concerning certain hummingbirds found on the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean. For a long time it was claimed that one species of hummingbird was diverging and becoming another species.

Eating Your Way to a Better Mood

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Dutch researchers have concluded that you can indeed eat your way to a better mood. It's not how much you eat, and in some cases the secret is what you don't eat. But if you are easily frustrated and stressed, you may be able to avoid these moods.

Those Clever Siberian Chipmunks

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Siberian chipmunks are pretty low on the food chain. Everything from snakes to foxes seek out a chipmunk meal. However, Siberian chipmunks are very clever at using one of their enemies to defend themselves. If a Siberian chipmunk discovers a dead snake, it will be understandably careful in making sure that it is dead. Once it is certain, the chipmunk will chew on the dead snake's skin. Then, in behavior naturalists call "self anointing," the chipmunk applies the chewed snake skin to its coat. The chipmunks will also self anoint with snake urine and feces.

Was Noah a Brain Surgeon?

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Most of us were amazed when we first learned that physicians in ancient Egypt did brain surgery. Even more amazing is that the skulls of their patients showed healing: they accomplished such complicated surgery without killing their patients. That physicians had the knowledge to do such delicate operations thousands of years ago challenges the modern, evolutionary view that humans began as primitives.

Attentive Parents Give a Lasting Gift

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

It should be obvious that attentive parents are a blessing to their children. However, as we look around us, we see too many examples of inattentive parenting. Now scientists in Canada have experimentally demonstrated one of the benefits of attentive parenting.

Gecko Physics

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

For 75 years, scientists have been trying to figure out how the gecko can walk across a ceiling. Scientists ruled out suction or glue. Then it was thought that perhaps the tiny hairs on its feet were able to grasp microscopic imperfections in the surface in which it walks. However, the gecko can not only walk across a polished glass ceiling, it can even hang by just one toe.

The Evolutionary Tree of Life Is Dying

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

We are all familiar with the evolutionary tree of life. It is supposed to depict how life began as a single celled organism and over immense periods of time mutated into all the various forms of life we see today. We have offered several Creation Moments programs recently that explained how new genetic studies simply don't support this evolutionary tree.

A Possible Treatment for Malaria

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Malaria is caused by infection by parasites called plasmodia. It is still a serious disease, killing over one million people in 1998. Malaria is most serious in developing countries where modern drugs that fight malaria are often hard to get. Now a biologist at the University of Washington may have come up with a simple, inexpensive solution.

Noah's "Impossible" Ship

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

According to the Bible, Noah's Ark was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. It was built of a type of wood called "gopher wood." This may have been laminated wood, but it was wood. However, skeptics claim that even today wooden boats cannot be made that large simply because wood is not strong enough to endure the huge stresses generated by such a large structure; they say only iron can endure these stresses.

Can the Sun Cool the Earth?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Our sun, though remarkably stable as stars go, follows an eleven year cycle of activity. Every eleven years the sun's surface is torn by solar storms. These storms can send a hot blast of particles at the earth at a million miles per hour. When they hit the Earth, these particles can disrupt radio communications and electrical systems. During this peak, the sun's magnetic field is at its strongest.

Trilobite Farmers

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The evolutionary view of human history is that ancient man was so primitive that it took him over a million years to figure out farming. The problem with this view is that even the lowly leaf cutting ant has figured out how to grow, fertilize and harvest its own crops. Evolutionists respond by insisting that intelligence evolved in these creatures because they are social creatures that developed intelligence to cope with social situations.

The Bible Offers a Clear Focus on History

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

In 1637, Rene Descartes published a groundbreaking treatise on optics. His breakthrough was the discovery that an aspherical lens works better than a spherical lens. A spherical lens cannot focus the parallel rays of light into a single point. However, an aspherical lens can focus light on a single point. Unfortunately, Descartes did not have the necessary equipment to make such a lens.

Away from the Fire an Ember Goes Out

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

On past Creation Moments programs we have reported on individual studies that link good health to religious commitment. It's always easy to find individual studies to prove almost any point. So researchers did a statistical analysis of 42 different studies made since 1977.

Conchs in Space!

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The shell of the giant pink queen conch is made of such remarkable material that scientists speak of its design, even while they say that it is a product of evolutionary chance. The beautiful shell is made of a form of calcium carbonate called aragonite. Yet it is structured in such a way that it resists fractures 100 to 1,000 times better than aragonite ordinarily would.

The Dinosaurs of Written History

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Virtually every culture in the world has stories and legends about dragons. Amazingly, these serpents resemble each other from culture to culture. They also resemble what we call dinosaurs. The universality and uniformity of these stories strongly suggests that dinosaurs could not have died out 65 million years ago as evolutionists claim.

Homeless Planets

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

By the time she had returned from her adventures in Oz, Dorothy had learned that "There's no place like home." As we discover more planets outside the solar system, we are learning that there's no place like Earth or even the solar system.

Fly Genome Puzzles Evolutionary Scientists

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Genes carry the biological information to make specific living things. Evolution says that simpler living things evolved first and more complex life evolved later. This would lead us to believe that more complex living things would have developed more genes. The creation approach suggests that each creature was designed with the genetic material necessary for its survival in its intended environment. As a result, the genetic complexity of living things would be related to the way it lives, not to its place in a supposed evolutionary hierarchy.

The Mystery of Octopus Intelligence

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Researchers in the 1950s and '60s established that the octopus is quite intelligent and can learn different visual patterns. Octopi have very large brains with large areas reserved for storing information. New research has shown that they are even more intelligent than earlier studies revealed. These findings run counter to evolutionary theory, which says that intelligence evolves in social species to help them deal with social relationships. The octopus is not a social animal and operates alone.

Get the Scoop on Nuts!

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

New research is revealing the health benefits of eating nuts. While eating peanuts has been shown to reduce heart disease risks by lowering triglycerides, tree nuts offer many more benefits.

Another 19th Century Creationist

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

John Stevens Henslow was a highly respected scientist of the 19th century. He taught both botany and mineralogy at England's Cambridge University. In addition to being a scientist and professor, he was also a devout Christian and ordained into the Anglican clergy.

Two Noses Are Better than One

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Did you know that most animals and humans have two noses? Most animals and humans have two very separate systems for detecting scents that work very differently from one another. These two sensory systems even detect very different types of scents.

Boys Training to be Girls?

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Do men and women differ from each other because God gave them different natures or because their environment caused them to be men or women? In short, is it our nature (our genes) or our nurture (our environment) that determines whether we become men or women?

Babies Baffle Evolution

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The Bible teaches that until several centuries after the Flood all people on Earth spoke the same language. The fact that many supposedly unrelated languages have similar sounding words with the same or similar meanings supports this teaching. Some language researchers say that this is simply due to chance. Now some language researchers say that they have developed another line of research that supports the belief that all humans once spoke the same language.

Race for the Pyramids

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

While most people know that several ancient cultures built pyramids, which culture built the most? Most people would answer "Egypt", but they would be wrong. However, they did inspire the culture that built the most pyramids.

Screen Actor Octopus

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The animal we feature on today's Creation Moments is so new to science it hasn't even been classified according to genus as this is written. Yet the mimic octopus is the talk of the scientific world.

Faster than the Speed of Light?

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Often the most productive science is done when scientists, as one founder of modern science put it, "Think God's thoughts after Him." For example, while antibiotics have saved millions of lives, they have proven to be only a temporary solution. In addition, there are some bacterial infections that move too fast for antibiotics to be effective.

Structure of Atoms

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Let's go back to the very first moment that the supposed Big Bang took place. Evolutionists say that at that very first moment, everything was up to chance. The size and charge of electrons, protons, the structure of atoms or whether they would even exist could have been anything.