How is the Lord’s handiwork on display at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park? Does the universe look old? What can we learn about science and logic from Trinidad spider behavior? And what is the latest discovery that debunks the evolutionary idea of “junk DNA”? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the October 2021 issue of Acts & Facts!

The Fossils Still Say No: The Surly Cenozoic Flood Finale

The Cenozoic is the major upper system of the geologic column. It represents the last global Flood layers that were produced from violent Flood runoff as the newly separated continents and their mountain...

BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

The Flood Explains the Missing Dinosaurs

The pattern of fossils in the rock record has always been complex, and the dinosaur fossils maybe even more so. A recent article tried to explain why only small and large-size carnivorous dinosaurs...

BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

I surely enjoyed leading college student groups on spring break camping trips to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on Key Largo in Florida. Diving excursions to the coral reefs about three miles...

BY: GARY PARKER, ED.D.

Another Function of 'Junk DNA' Discovered

For decades, evolutionists suggested that huge sections of our genome (about half) did not actively code for the production of proteins or polypeptides—and so were useless, or “junk DNA.”...

BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

Mutation, Design, and Faith

Any alteration in a cell’s DNA sequence is a mutation. These changes can come from copying errors, exposure to chemicals or radiation, or from an infection. But other types of genetic changes...

BY: MICHAEL J. STAMP

Hawaii Behind the Scenes

ICR Research Scientist Dr. Brian Thomas and ICR Video Producer Clint Loveness, with help from friends and family, recently shot footage in Maui, Hawaii, for upcoming video projects. On the north...

BY: STAFF WRITER

Does the Universe Look Old?

Since distant galaxies are billions of light-years away, some understandably assume that distant starlight must have taken billions of years to reach us. Also, some galaxies are colliding. While God...

BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

Eating Bugs Isn't Always So Simple

The Lord Jesus Christ deserves glory for why He made Earth’s diverse creatures, and He also deserves glory for the complicated details of how they live. Although we cannot learn all of creation’s...

BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

A Battle for Hearts

Since the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History opened in fall of 2019, tens of thousands of people have walked through our doors. They come from many different places, backgrounds, cultures,...

BY: LAUREN PENNINGTON

Creation Kids: Floods Form Fossils Fast

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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