Psalm 104:24a “O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all…” The exotic Venus flytrap is an insect-catching plant and a wonder of God’s engineering. For example, these meat-eating plants usually live in mi...
Continue ReadingMatthew 6:11 “Give us this day our daily bread.” Late at night, in hundreds of thousands of homes around the country, people are watching a bewildering array of monster movies. In these films, shadowy and not-so-shadowy monsters attack, posses...
Continue ReadingGenesis 2:10 “And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.” Some people have the green thumb in their family. Others may complain that they fail with plants because plants donR...
Continue ReadingPsalm 148:7, 9-10 “Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl.” Much of the world’s surface is covered by ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 104:27-28 “These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season. [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.” The surface of the Earth 50 to 150 feet below the great...
Continue ReadingJob 38:4 “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.” Every day, all over the Earth, plants engage in chemical warfare against insects and animals that would eat them. When this drama is desc...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:11 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.” It occurred to scientists only about 30 years a...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 1:9 “The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.” The loop-and-hook fastener called Velcro has come a long way since it ...
Continue ReadingColossians 1:16 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.” The dis...
Continue ReadingScientists have known for some time that hummingbirds prefer bright-colored flowers. On the other hand, all of us know that white is most easily seen at night. That means that moths that pollinate flowers will more easily find white flowers. The question ...
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- Seeing ColorsThe eye, with its incredibly sensitive color vision, is increasingly being recognized as a marvel as we learn more about how it works. The eye is able to detect the smallest measure of light known to physicists. These units are called photons. The normal human eye detects color, using principles similar to those used by […]
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