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Inside November 2021 Acts & Facts
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 01, 2021

Why do scientists discover similarities between human-engineered systems and creature adaptation? How does the Genesis Flood explain the Ice Age? How is biblical creation the best scientific explanation of our world? What does it mean to be rich toward God? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the November 2021 issue of Acts & Facts!

Why Reinvent the Wheel?
by Randy J. Guliuzza and Aaron T. Guliuzza* Most of us know the phrase “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” It means that we hope to take the solution for one problem and readily apply it to...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS
New Proposed Babel Site Supports Ark Location
Most people believe the Tower of Babel was built somewhere in Iraq or even modern-day Syria. However, a recent article proposed that the Tower of Babel was built farther north in southeast Turkey.1...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
The Fossils Still Say No: The Post-Flood Providential P.,.
In the previous article in this series, I explained how the final rock layers were laid down in the global Flood as the newly separated continents and their mountain ranges were being uplifted and the...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Fast Formations
by Dave Woetzel, M.S., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.* Have you ever toured a cave? There is something especially intriguing about exploring the deep, dark underground and its mysterious animals and rock...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS
Evolutionary Acceptance and Misinformation
A recent study claims that a majority (54%) of Americans now accept as true the statement “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.”1 Unfortunately,...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Pickles for Apologetics
Food, even dill pickles, can provide relevant insights for creation apologetics.1 Since November 14th is National Pickle Day, this is a good time to consider how dill pickles can remind us of...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Rich Toward God
What do you think of riches? Some of us may instinctively equate riches with money, and therefore have a natural tendency to shy away from it and think of it as a bad thing. However, we are reminded that...
BY: BEAU PATTERSON
Creation Kids: Comparing Chimps and Humans
by Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

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Not-So-Simple Cilia
Some of us may remember in high school science class viewing a busy, single-celled Paramecium as it moves through a watery medium. They move using numerous...
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Scientific Debates Reveal Hidden Story Beneath Ape Fossil
In 2002, Professor Michel Brunet of the University of Poitiers, France, described a tiny fossil ape skull nicknamed Toumaï as an upright-walking human...
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Is Truth Real? If So, Can We Know It?
by Patrick C . Marks, D. Min., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.* Truth matters. Without truth, no one can say for certain that anything is right or wrong,...
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Where Research and Revelation Align: Training Tomorrow's Scholars
As students prepare for a new school year, families are considering more than schedules, supplies, and classrooms. They are thinking about how the minds...
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Glacier National Park: Flood Sediments, Slides, and Ice Age Sculptures
Glacier National Park (GNP), Montana, resides at the northern tip of the USA Continental Divide, abutting against Waterton Lake National Park at the...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

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Are Biblical Truth and Authority Less Important Than ''Salvation...
If an acquaintance at your church asked you to accompany them to share the gospel with a coworker who’d expressed deep guilt for his sins, would...
BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

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Molluscan Methuselahs: Fossil Crassostrea Oysters
Both before and after the global Flood in the days of Noah, people routinely lived for centuries (Genesis 5 and 11). Research at ICR is finding that...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

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Polar Bears Thrive across the Arctic by Adaptive Flexibility
Every form of cellular life was created with specific traits and behaviors that enable it to thrive on our planet. For example, as global weather patterns...
BY: MICHAEL J. BOYLE, PH.D.

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The Push for Feathered Dinosaurs: A Little Background
Editor’s note: ICR warmly welcomes paleontologist Dr. Gabriela Haynes to our science faculty. Her testimony of a shrinking faith brought back...
BY: GABRIELA HAYNES, PH.D.

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Tiny Cells, Precise Engineering
Even the smallest living cells face a big design problem. How do they keep the right shape while many parts inside them are moving? A recent study in...
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Fast-Changing Cactus Flowers Still Point to Design
Cactus flowers have a striking range in size—they can be smaller than a grain of rice or longer than a school ruler. Such variation points to...
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