August is an important month for sunflowers—those gigantic, bright-yellow flowers with brownish, round seed heads bordered by radiating yellow ligules (petal-like rays) that resemble a shining, summer sun.^1,2,3 A recent report in the Chesapeake Bay Journal details some of the humble sunflower’s splendor, and those details should remind us that God’s bioengineering genius is

Brain researchers from San Diego State University have just reported digitally capturing the dense folds of a preserved human cerebellum using a high resolution MRI device.¹ Once thought to merely coordinate rote body movements, these brain folds contain newly revealed design features that challenge conventional concepts of where the human brain came from.

This summer, the Hubble Space Telescope took a brilliant new photograph of Saturn and its rings.¹ Saturn’s moons Mimas and Enceladus can also be seen in the photo. For a number of years now, the Hubble Space Telescope has been taking yearly photographs of Saturn at about the time that Earth is closest to the planet, about 840 million miles away.

Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History! Each day of this event includes unique programs and fun activities. We’ll have food trucks, hands-on science experiments, giveaways, a petting zoo, and more!