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Solar System Symmetries
Most all school children can recite the planets in our solar system using memory devices such as: “My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Names” or “My Very Educated Mother Just Served...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Does Iron Toast Union Rescue Long Ages?
The puzzle persists after all these years. On the one hand, biochemists perform decay rate studies that show biochemicals cannot last a million years in the best of conditions. On the other hand, paleontologists...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Blinking Fish Transitioned to Land?
The mudskipper (Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus) of the order Perciformes, is a fascinating fish whose evolutionary origins are quite unknown. They supposedly ‘diverged’ from other bony...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
''Prehistoric'' Reptile Designed to Swim
Locomotion in the human and animal world means the power to move from one place to another. Recently, evolutionists have published research regarding the alleged evolution of marine reptile locomotory...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Man: Created to Walk Upright
One of the many serious problems with “human evolution” is how, when, why, and where our alleged apelike ancestors decided to rise and walk upright as mankind does today.1 New...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Human Neurons with 'Tricks Up Their Sleeves'
Who isn’t curious, at some level at least, about how human brains process all the complicated inputs and outputs that our daily lives require? Neurobiologists take that curiosity to the top floor....
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
May 2023 ICR Wallpaper
"For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold From those who walk uprightly." Psalm 84:11 (NKJV) ICR May 2023 wallpapers are...
BY: STAFF WRITER
A New Jellyfish
One of the more fascinating animals in God’s creation is the ubiquitous and strange jellyfish. They are members of the subphylum Medusozoa, making up a major portion of the phylum, Cnidaria....
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Reminder: Saturn’s Rings Are Ephemeral and Young
Scientists recently demonstrated that infalling particles from Saturn’s rings are the most likely source of a previously unaccounted-for excess of ultraviolet radiation emitted from the planet’s...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
The Moon: Formed in Just Hours?
Despite the moon’s apparently simple shape, uniformitarian scientists have long had great difficulty explaining how it could form by natural processes apart from a supernatural Creator. One Harvard...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
Retina Design
There’s certainly nothing uncomplicated about the eye, simple1 or otherwise. Some of us remember learning about basic vision from high school biology. What we look at strikes the...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Sea Anemone Fossils
The strange and beautiful sea anemone is part of God’s incredible undersea fauna. These gelatinous wonders are members of the Cnidaria, which include an array of stinging cousins such as hydroids,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Fossil Amphibian Footprints
All fossilized footprints are always interesting. There is much information that can be adduced from their imprints. Recently, paleontologists in South Africa discovered fossilized footprints of...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Darwin’s Fallen Arches
Natural stone arches are commonly made of sandstone or limestone and are found in coastal cliff areas that can be eroded by wave action. Other arches have also formed as artifacts of the receding phase...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
April 2023 ICR Wallpaper
"If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9 NKJV ICR April 2023 wallpapers are now available...
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Ants, Flowers, and Time
The theory of evolution states that long ago, when flowering plants spread out from ancient forests, the ants followed, initiating the evolution of the many thousands of ant species found today. Evolutionists...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
God's Protein Pump
Long ago, the Apostle Paul said in his letter to the church in Rome that God’s creation was not only seen, but clearly seen. In those days, there was obviously not the technology or equipment...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Origin of Metabolism
Metabolism is the totality of chemical reactions that manage all of the molecular, material, and energy resources within an organism. Part of a creature’s metabolism would include, for example,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Bumblebee University
Entomologists, biologists who study insects, continue to uncover amazing discoveries regarding the intellect of bees1,2 Now, biologists at Queen Mary University of London have “strong...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Giant Ants Buried in Receding Flood Rocks
Evolutionary scientists are baffled by a large ant fossil found in British Columbia, Canada. Known as Titanomyrma, this same ant had been found previously in Europe and in Wyoming in rocks claimed to...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Thalattosuchians…Extinct Crocodile Relatives?
The Thalattosuchia are an extinct group of marine crocodylomorphs (a group that includes the crocodiles) that allegedly transitioned from land to water during the Mesozoic Era, according to evolutionary...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Star-Nosed Mole
The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is a fascinating semi-aquatic mammal found in eastern Canada and the United States. Moles (placental mammals) are classified—along with hedgehogs and shrews—in...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Hexagon: An Indication of Order and Design in Nature
In nature, noncoincidental patterns and geometry exist everywhere. But the number six appears to overshadow nature’s mathematical landscape. Whether in beehives, rock formations, or insect eyes,...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
Neanderthal Crab Bake
The evolutionary community said it perfectly in their headlines: “Proof that Neanderthals ate crabs is another 'nail in the coffin' for primitive cave dweller stereotypes.”1...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Our Sun, Finely Tuned for Life on Earth
Aside from appreciating the splendor of the sun during a beautiful sunrise or sunset, many rarely consider how special, necessary, and finely tuned our sun is to support life on Earth. Like the hub...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
March 2023 ICR Wallpaper
"Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God, Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains." Psalm...
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Uniquely Human Eyes
Biologists have long noted that unlike most animals, humans have sclera—that white ring around the iris. In the ICR video Adam or Apes, I tried to explain that humans discern many unspoken messages...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Earliest Fossil Brain Is Still a Brain
Over a century ago, a fossil fish was extracted from an English coal mine. Evolutionists assigned an age of “319 million years” to the extinct bluegill-sized creature. Recently, using...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
An Amazing Plant Defense
Although plants are not alive in the biblical sense,1 scientists continue to discover just how complex they are.2 It has been known for decades that plants have been designed...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Cliff Collapse Collapses 'Deep Time'
Recently, video footage captured the spectacular collapse of an estimated 11,000 tons (22 million pounds) of rock, as a section of England’s Broadchurch cliffs catastrophically collapsed. The...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Arctic Lemur-like Fossils Were Transported During Flood
Evolutionary scientists announced the discovery of primate fossils on Ellesmere Island, in one of the northernmost parts of Canada. The jaws and teeth of these lemur-like mammals were found in the Eocene...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Do People and Wild Apes Share a Common Language?
There are a host of scientific problems with evolution. One egregious difficulty is an untestable proposition that people (and primates) evolved from an unknown common ancestor from an unknown time...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
February 2023 ICR Wallpaper
"Let all that you do be done with love." 1 Corinthians 16:14 NKJV ICR February 2023 wallpapers are now available for mobile, tablet, and desktop! Download this month's image for free...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Has Real Evolution Unfolded in Puerto Rican Lizards?
“We are watching evolution as it’s unfolding,” said an evolutionist at New York University. She was referring to “The Puerto Rican crested anole, a brown lizard with a bright...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Dubious Views on Octopus Evolution
The octopus is one of the most amazing animals in God’s creation.1 Now, A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution indicates that a type of octopus appears to have evolved...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Microraptor Ate Mammals But Was Not a Dinosaur
The recent claim of a nearly half-inch mammal foot in the stomach of a ‘dinosaur’ is tainted by evolutionary dogma.1 The fossil foot of the mouse-sized mammal is real enough,...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Dr. John Morris Is at Home with His Lord
A memorial service for Dr. John Morris was held to celebrate his life on Friday, March 3, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. CST at First Baptist Dallas in the old sanctuary. The service can be viewed here on...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Webb Telescope Continues to Challenge Big Bang
Data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continue to challenge expectations of Big Bang proponents.1,2 The JWST is designed to “see” in the infrared portion...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
World's Oldest Meal
The Ediacara biota is a sporadic faunal (animal) stage containing unique soft-bodied fossil creatures in sandstone from the Ediacaran System dating “635-541 million years ago” according...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
No Microbes on Mars
Mars is a lifeless world. But those holding to a naturalistic worldview continue to have hope—even faith—that the Red Planet was at one time thriving with life. Such a conviction is...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Flood Explains Grouping of Ichthyosaurs
The discovery of dozens of ichthyosaur fossils in Nevada was announced in the journal Current Biology.1 Seven 50-foot long ichthyosaurs of the species Shonisaurus were found in a single layer,...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Frog Stripe Evolution?
Color patterns in animals, whether vertebrates or invertebrates, are designed by the Creator for camouflage, warning, courtship, or, simply, for the aesthetic value. Evolutionists have recently...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Importance of Context in Sound Biblical Interpretation
During World War II, fighter planes often returned from battle riddled with bullet holes. The Allies analyzed the litany of data and mapped the areas that were most commonly struck by enemy fire. In...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
Bird Beaks: Modern and Ancient
Science is dynamic. What was considered incontrovertible for decades can be overturned with a simple discovery or more research. So it is with the never-ending problems with bird evolution. As creationists,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Martian Lander Discovers "Surprising" Martian.,.
The InSight robotic lander found evidence in the interior of Mars for the existence of an active giant mantle plume, a large blob of molten rock that is rising, not unlike a wax blob in a 1970s-era...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
January 2023 ICR Wallpaper
"But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31 NKJV ICR...
BY: STAFF WRITER
CET or Evolutionary Trick?
Did you know that about 50% of the oxygen in the air you breathe comes from plankton in our oceans? Specifically, microplankton is made up of tiny organisms that are a mixture of zooplankton (animals)...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Ice Age Footprints Step on Radiocarbon Results
Radiocarbon dating seems like solid science. It appeals as a kind of time machine, providing a clear peephole to peer into the past. However, a new debate over ancient human footprints from New Mexico...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Marine Invertebrate Antibiotic
Erythromycin is an antibiotic that has been prescribed to many of us that may have experienced skin or upper respiratory tract infections. It was discovered in 1949 in a soil sample from the Philippines....
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Fossil Defies So-Called Brain Evolution
A recent amazing discovery in China's southern Yunnan province gives significant support to the creation model. Half-inch long invertebrate fossils of a sea creature were discovered that allegedly...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Yet Another Living Fossil Found
Evolutionary philosophy states the fossil record is a record of the gradual and slow evolution of life forms that all came from a single common ancestor impossibly long ago.1 Yet, the fossils...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Fuel for Variation
There’s a lot more variation in animal populations than what evolutionists thought. Investigation by an international research team and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW)...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Strange Mammal "Bends and Even Breaks a Lot of Rules" o.,.
Evolution theory has been challenged yet again, this time in regard to a unique mammal fossil discovered in East Africa, “A team of 14 international researchers...published the comprehensive description...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Did Our Middle Ear Evolve from Fish Gills?
A recent SciTechDaily article begins by saying, “Embryonic and fossil evidence proves that the human middle ear evolved from the spiracle of fishes”1 That’s quite a statement...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Cambrian Soft Tissue Defies Evolution
Paleontologists have discovered “early fossils [of] simple hollow tubes ranging from a few millimetres to many centimetres in length.”1 Furthermore, they have unearthed the animals...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Fruit Fly Jitters
Researchers working with fruit flies–the ubiquitous lab animal–have discovered the flies are able to undergo an amazing ocular process called microsaccades (involuntary microscopic jittering...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Prepare for the Big Non-Event!
In 1950 the famed Italian physicist Enrico Fermi asked his coworkers at the lunch table the simple metaphysical question in regard to possible aliens in the universe, “Where is everybody?”...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Move Toward the Enemy: Fighting for Truth in Science
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause. —...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
Evolving Mammals?
The evolution of mammals from non-mammals, like the evolution of all other animal groups, has been, and will always be, problematic. English paleontologist Michael Benton stated, “The origin of...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Butterfly Variation
Butterflies have made science news again, this time in regard to a master gene called WntA: “a combined team of researchers from Cornell University and The George Washington University, has characterized...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Massive Tsunamis Generated by the Flood, Not an Asteroid
Two separate studies claim massive tsunamis and earthquakes from an asteroid impact profoundly affected the rock record. One research team modeled a 1.5 km (1 mile) high water wave that propagated across...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Father of Oceanography
See above the first printed map of oceanic bathymetry, published by Matthew Fontaine Maury in Explanations with data from USS Dolphin (1836).1 In the heart of the Shenandoah Valley in...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
Alleged 380-Million-Year-Old Fish Heart
A fossil fish heart, in remarkable condition, was found in Western Australia. It was embedded in a chunk of sedimentary rock dated by evolutionists to be 380 million years old. Co-author of the study,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Breaking News: Humans Procreated With... Humans
Over a century ago, evolutionists taught that Neanderthals were sub-human brutes.1 But in the intervening decades, as more research and discoveries have been made, Neanderthals are believed...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Eroding Hillside Reveals Dinosaur Skin Pattern
Recently, a fossil believed to be a juvenile duck-billed dinosaur was found in a hillside in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada. The scientists discovered “two exposed fossils, a foot and part of a...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Do Land Plants Have Algal Relatives?
Evolutionists recently reported observations about a plant group called the Zygnematophyceae (a class of green algae). They claimed to know more about its alleged evolutionary history. This class of algae...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
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 ancestor.1 This ancient skull and...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
From Suffering to Glory: Romans 8:18-30
Why is there travail, sorrow, and ultimately death in this life? Why does God allow this to happen to His children? Per Romans 8:20, “for the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
Do Fish Skulls Show Evolution?
Fish never learned to walk. Regardless, an evolutionary paleontologist suggested an undocumented scenario of how fish gradually evolved into four-legged creatures (tetrapods) about 400 million years ago. In...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Remembering Raymond Damadian: Father of the MRI and Cre.,.
Have you ever faced a health crisis that called for an MRI? You can thank Dr. Raymond Damadian for the medical and scientific benefits of this cutting-edge technology. Dr. Damadian was an outstanding American...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
"Stone Age" Surgery
The creation model states that humans were created by God about six thousand years ago—as opposed to evolution that says we came from apes over millions of years. If creation is true, then humans...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Do Bird Embryos Show Evidence of Evolving from Dinosaurs?
The majority of zoologists and vertebrate paleontologists believe that birds are actually flying dinosaurs. This even includes the world’s smallest bird, the bee hummingbird of Cuba. Some scientists...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Fresh Dinosaur Tracks Revive Rankling Mysteries
Droughts across north Texas dried the Paluxy River bed, famous for its dinosaur footprints. Ordinarily, the dinosaur tracks lie buried beneath water-covered mud, but dry conditions enabled workers to remove...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Upright Walking Ancestor?
In 2020, an interesting evaluation of human evolution was made by a Scientific American science writer.  The human saga, we now understand, is far more intricate than scholars of yore envisioned....
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Mucin in the Mucous
Most readers would rather avoid the topic of mucous. It’s hardly a dinner-table subject! Regardless, our lives depend on this watery, mucilaginous material found in most creatures—vertebrate...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
God's Gift of Speech
Evolution is so flexible! It can be fast1 or slow.2 It can go forward or backward.3 It can add or eliminate structures—such as the alleged loss of parts of our voice...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
James Webb Telescope Data: Challenges for the Big Bang?
Astronomers are thrilled by the extraordinary images provided by the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)—but some of the data already contradict Big Bang expectations.1 The JWST...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Amazing Moth Compass
Most of us are familiar with the incredible ability of different animal groups to migrate (such as birds).1,2 But what about invertebrates? Recently, scientists discovered that a moth called...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Evolutionary Dinosaur Analysis Leads to Bizarre Conclusion
A new dinosaur discovery in Rio Negro Province in central Argentina resulted in a very peculiar assertion.1 A bipedal dinosaur (walked on two legs) named Jakapil kaniukura was unearthed in upper...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Scientists Reach for Evolution's Replacement
Most people say that evolution is true, so why do a growing number of scientists doubt it? These skeptics don’t question evolution’s premise that nature alone is somehow responsible for crafting...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
The Passive Stealth Wing of the Moth
We appreciate the beautiful butterfly, but not so much the pesky moth. However, the wing structure of both creatures is amazing, “The wings of moths and butterflies are densely covered in scales...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Incredible Canine Sniffer
As any dog owner will tell you, the smelling ability of Rover is incredible.1 Surprisingly, however, “little is known about the structure of their olfactory [smelling] system.”2...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Claims of 'Freshwater' Plesiosaurs Drowned by the Flood
A new discovery in Morocco’s Saharan Desert has evolutionary scientists making claims that plesiosaurs lived in freshwater too.1 Usually thought of as marine reptiles, plesiosaurs have...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Brainy Paper Wasps
Wasps (Family Vespidae) have a bad rap, but their benefits actually outweigh their painful sting—although many would disagree! What is the function of these creatures? To begin with, they’re...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Fossil Footprints Fit Flood Ice-Age Model
Anthropologists Thomas Urban (Cornell University) and Daron Duke (Far Western Anthropological Research Group) recently found preserved human footprints on an Air Force testing range located on the salt...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Deep-Sea Lobster Microbiome
Research continues regarding complex and amazing microbiomes found on or within a variety of creatures.1 The microbiome is a microbial community occupying a specific habitat, such as bacteria...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
"Massively Exciting" Fossil Find
Now this is exciting: “Geologists have found the fossil of the earliest known animal predator. The 560-million-year-old specimen is the first of its kind, but it is related to a group of animals...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Copulation Didn't Kill the Frogs, the Flood Did
Evolutionary scientists recently studied 168 frog fossils from central Germany, concluding that the frogs all drowned while aggressively mating. They claim to have arrived at this preposterous assertion...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Be Not Deceived: Spiritually Train to Overcome Secular .,.
Thorough instruction and discipline are the hallmark qualities of a strong military training program. Well-trained soldiers can think on their feet, adapt to their environment, and make sound choices for...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
CET Model in Plants Is Clearly Seen
Plant scientists have known for decades that plants aren’t just static entities. The half-million or more species of plants in the world display incredible design features and complex interactions...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Half-Billion-Year-Old Fossil Brains?
Once again, a recent and remarkable fossil discovery has been made challenging evolutionary theory. A strange arthropod (i.e. a radiodont) has been found in the Cambrian strata of the geologic column. Evolutionists...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Stars Defy Big Bang
Recent measurements by astronomers at the University of Cologne (Germany) and Masaryk University (Brno, or the Czech Republic) have shown that a fast-moving star orbits the heart of our Milky Way galaxy...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
A Beautiful, Extinct Bird
In 2021, a fossil of an evidently beautiful bird the size of a bluejay was unearthed from sedimentary deposits in northeastern China. The bird—named Yuanchuavis—had a unique combination of...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Speciation of Bears, Birds, and Bacteria is not Evolution
Speciation may be defined as the separation of populations of animals or plants that resemble one another closely and originally able to interbreed—into independent populations with genetic differences,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
'Prehistoric' Paddlefish?
Evolutionists consider the freshwater paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) of the class Actinopterygii to be a prehistoric creature, a primitive bony fish “50 million years” older than the dinosaurs—making...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Anthropologist Wows Scientists
Jeremy DeSilva of Dartmouth College gave an evening presentation at the end of this year’s week-long American Society of Mass Spectrometry conference. As a human fossil expert, DeSilva’s lecture...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Roe v. Wade Overturned
On Friday, June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, overruled its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that purported to recognize a constitutional right to abortion.1,2 At ICR, we...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Plesiosaurs: Designed for Swimming in the Beginning
Plesiosaurs (“near lizards”) were an amazing group of aquatic reptiles. Their clear design includes unique flippers and streamlined bodies with long necks. Evolutionists maintain many millions...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Imaginary Dinosaur Science Runs Wild in Jurassic World:.,.
Wild imagination abounds in the new Jurassic World: Dominion movie. Even a fully-feathered dinosaur is shown swimming below the ice at one point. But this is similar to the outlandish ideas published in...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Giraffe Neck Evolution?
“How the giraffe's long neck evolved has long been an evolutionary mystery” said a recent article.1 For many decades it was thought by evolutionists (i.e. Darwin) that the impetus...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
A Shocking Case for Creation
Scientific investigation and research continue to reveal the Hand of the Creator. In this case, it is the remarkable electric fish (ray-finned fish, or knifefish belonging to the order Anguilliformes)....
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Sweet Smell of Creation
Olfaction is detecting odors by means of smell and is rapidly becoming a field of fascinating discoveries. The human nose is designed to detect a trillion smells,1 which is significantly more...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
New Fossil Dolphin Species Discovered
Who doesn’t like to watch the antics of the friendly dolphin? They are classified as Cetaceans (which also includes the porpoise and the whale). Creationists maintain cetaceans have always been cetaceans...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Aerial Engineering and Physics of the Dragonfly
Dragonflies (order Odonata) are perhaps one of the most studied and appreciated insects in the world today. Like the hummingbird, the dragonfly is a master in the art of flight. New research has only increased...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Seafloor Spreading Matches Creation Predictions
Evolutionary scientists recently determined that seafloor spreading has been slowing down.1 And they are not exactly sure of the reason. However, this is no surprise to Flood geologists. It’s...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Remembering Patti Morse
But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Fossil Insect Predation Shows No Evidence of Evolution
Some recent science news stories have come out describing fossils of insects feeding on plants supposedly many “millions of years ago.” What is amazing is the fossil plants and insects are...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Adaptive Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Plants
Being sedentary organisms, plants are essentially stuck where they are planted and need to dynamically adapt to the conditions around them to not only survive but thrive. They do this by constantly detecting...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Dr. Tim Clarey Awarded Adjunct Professor of the Year
Congratulations to ICR Research Scientist and geologist Dr. Tim Clarey! He received the Adjunct Professor of the Year award from King’s University, an “accredited, Spirit-empowered, evangelical...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Mars Rover Records Dramatic Solar Eclipse
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has filmed the Martian satellite (or moon) Phobos eclipsing the sun, and this short but impressive video may be viewed online.1,2 During the eclipse, Phobos...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.













Lifting the Curtain on Scientific Elitism



	“The curtain has been lifted” is an idiom that aptly portrays when a hidden truth is revealed. On the public side of a curtain called “biological science,” the perception of...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Flood Explains Mysterious Iceland Plant Fossils



	Recently, a colleague alerted me to some unusual fossil discoveries on Iceland that are best explained by ICR’s Flood model.1,2 The fossils of interest are plants, specifically lignite,3...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















Yellowstone National Park, Part 1: A Flood Supervolcano


by Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.*


	Yellowstone became the world’s first national park in 1872. Geologist Ferdinand Hayden led an expedition the year before through much of what...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















The Five Rules of Flood Paleontology



	Most people assume that both geological and fossil evidence support the story of evolution. Geology textbooks portray the formation of canyons, mountains, oil deposits, and other features as representing...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Big Bacterium--a Missing Link?



	Bacteria are tiny single-cell organisms that show a huge range of metabolic and genetic variation, and also exist in a wide array of shapes and sizes. Bacteria, which are classed among the life forms...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Speculation, Invention, and the Invisible Hand



	Evolution is broadly and almost unequivocally accepted as fact. Creationists who try to present the evidence contradicting it are often met with “How can you go against proven science?”...


BY: MICHAEL J. STAMP

















ICR’s School of Biblical Apologetics



	The Institute for Creation Research’s School of Biblical Apologetics (SOBA) was launched over 12 years ago. ICR’s SOBA programs provide biblical creation-based apologetics for seeking, finding,...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















Altruistic Birds Embarrass Evolutionists



	Why are evolutionists surprised to learn that birds are intelligent, careful, and very caring? Birds communicate among themselves, use tools, and often demonstrate altruism (unselfishly caring for others)—sometimes...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Caring for the People in Your Life



	Many people relate stewardship to managing money. When they consider their resources, money comes to mind, along with vehicles, homes, investments, clothes, and so on. But how often do we include people...


BY: CHRIS KINMAN

















Creation Kids: Grand Canyon



	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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Inside May-June 2022 Acts & Facts
How can Christians stand up to scientific elitism? What does the plant fossil record in Iceland tell us about the global Flood? Does a new bacterium prove evolution? What is our responsibility to those...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Resurrecting "Ancient" Enzymes?
The most abundant protein on Earth is probably an enzyme (biological catalyst) called RuBisCO (or Rubisco) designed by the Creator to function in photosynthesis.1 Specifically, Rubisco combines...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
New RNA Viruses Discovered in Ocean Water Samples
An international team of scientists onboard the schooner Tara is conducting an ongoing oceanic global study. The research is part of the Tara Oceans Consortium and has identified 5,500 new RNA virus species...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Imago Dei: Man’s Designed Role as Image-Bearer
On days one through five of the creation week, God developed and populated the originally empty (“without form and void”1) earth introduced in Genesis 1:2. He did so with great precision...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
"Adaptive Tracking" in Seasonal Fruit Fly Pop.,.
Contrary to Darwinian theory, creatures are not molded by the environment, but rather they actively sense the environment and adapt accordingly. They continuously track their environmental surroundings...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Does Creationism Lead to Racism?
A newly published psychology paper strongly suggests that disbelief in human evolution leads to racism.1,2 As summarized by a popular-level science article, A disbelief in human evolution...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Completion of Human Genome Reveals Anti-Evolutionary Su.,.
Most people would be surprised to know that, until recently, the human genome was not entirely sequenced where all the DNA letters it contains are deciphered. With the use of new DNA sequencing technologies,...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Hubble Photographs "Most Distant Star"
Since its launch 32 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has taken incredible pictures of the universe. Recently, with the aid of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, the Hubble took a...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
No Sign of Beetle Evolution
The world is alive with beetles! A 2022 study by 17 biologists states, “Beetles constitute the most biodiverse animal order with over 380 000 described species and possibly several million more...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Cambrian Explosion Explained by the Flood
Conventional geologists are still baffled by the Cambrian Explosion. Some try to deny that it was sudden,1 but most admit that Cambrian rocks record the sudden appearance of fossils from nearly...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
NASA Announces: 5000 Exoplanets Discovered
Evolutionary scientists would like nothing better than to find life (in any form) outside Earth. But so far this has been lacking. The pages of the book on astrobiology (the study of life in the universe)...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
A Strange and Mysterious Hypercarnivore Discovered
In 1988 a fossil jaw was discovered by paleontologists in San Diego County, California. Decades later the scientists determined it belonged to a relatively unknown carnivore species of the machaeroidines...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Intense Ice Age Volcanism Fits Biblical Model
Evidence continues to accumulate that the Genesis Flood caused an ice age lasting hundreds of years.1 Creation scientists maintain there are two significant climate factors needed for an...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Oxygen-Based Adaptive Engineering in Blind Cavefish
A wide array of fish, amphibians, and arthropods have successfully colonized cave environments. In their cave adaptation, these creatures display complex systems of morphological, physiological, and behavioral...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
General Revelation: "So That They Are Without Excu.,.
The noble and lifelong pursuit of Christians throughout Christendom is the quest to know God as He truly is. Because God is infinite, He cannot be fully understood by finite creatures, so it is requisite...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
More Unique Human Genes Defy Evolution Narrative
Researchers recently scanned a region of the smallest human chromosome and found three previously undiscovered families of genes that are uniquely human and completely absent from apes.1 This...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Deep-Sea Volcano Gives Glimpse of Flood Eruptions
A team of scientists from Australia and the USA recently studied the ejecta from a subsea volcano, gaining new insights into how magma can explode to the surface from deep underwater.1 This...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Parasites Actively Adapt to their Environments
Although we see much beauty in God’s creation, we cannot help but see Earth as a perfect world gone wrong. Conditions such as cancer, COVID, and carnivores reminds us this world has been cursed due...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
What's So Sad About This Dino's Disease?
Scientists described the first evidence of a possible respiratory illness in a fossil. The common soil fungus Aspergillis can infect birds and reptiles today. The resulting disease, also called aspergillosis,...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.













Christian Courage Is Imperative



	Courage was a character trait I heard a lot about growing up, primarily from my dad but also teachers, and even on television. I saw courage to do your duty in Combat! and quiet, principled courage...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Paleontology Supports an N-Q Flood Boundary


by Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.*


	Defining where the global Flood of Genesis terminated in the rock record is of great importance in developing an accurate and cohesive story for...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: The Blanket Sand fro.,.



	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore lies a few miles east of the town of Munising, Michigan, along one of the most scenic shorelines in the United States. America’s first national lakeshore, it...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















Dragon Art Defies Millions of Years



	Of all the displays in the 30,000 square feet of the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History in Dallas, the Dragon Encounters exhibit has become some visitors’ favorite. It shows...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Flightless by Design or Designed by Death?



	Jesus is amazing! He is also brilliant and glorious. It can be difficult to find the right words to describe Him. Earth is absolutely filled with His brilliantly designed life—everywhere. Environments...


BY: SCOTT ARLEDGE

















Sturgeon and the "Latest Therefore Greatest" .,.



	Chesapeake Bay, the world’s largest bay, continually confuses evolutionists, but not so Atlantic sturgeons, who periodically spawn in that bay’s tributary rivers.1 Why? Erroneous...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Strengthening God’s Holy Temples



	We read in 2 Chronicles 24:4, “Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.” The historical context of this verse has to do with the death of the wicked queen Athaliah. The seven-year-old...


BY: BRUCE WOOD

















Meet ICR's Communications Department



	“Can we get a kids’ book on dinosaurs?” “Does this sentence sound okay?” “Can you add zing to this title and make this letter sing?”

	These questions and...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















Creation Kids: Hummingbird Flight



	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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Inside March-April 2022 Acts & Facts
Why is it vital for us to demonstrate Christian courage? How does the N-Q boundary provide evidence supporting Dr. Henry Morris’ prediction for the Genesis Flood? Did actual encounters with supposedly...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Out-of-Africa Theory Contradicted by Israeli Fossil
The standard evolutionary theory is that humans evolved from a chimp-like ancestor about 3 to 6 million years then migrated out of Africa about 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. However, anomalous fossils...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
"Simple Yet Elegant" Design in Fruit Flies
Graduate student Shiuan-Tze Wu led a study of some ingenious organization into the odor-sensing cells of fruit flies. He and his collaborators at the La Jolla campus of UC San Diego found that the odor-detector...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Bronze Age Tsunami Reminiscent of the Flood
Evolutionary scientists discovered an ancient tsunami victim and a dog skeleton at ÇeÅŸme-BaÄŸlararası, a settlement on the coast of Turkey.1 The researchers also found numerous...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Family Stories Told by Ancient DNA
A group of scientists—including archaeologists from Newcastle University, UK, and geneticists from the University of the Basque Country, University of Vienna, and Harvard University1,2—unearthed...
BY: CHANGE L. TAN
The Tonga Volcano Eruption and the Ice Age
On January 15, 2022, an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean’s Kingdom of Tonga erupted with the energy of hundreds of Hiroshima-size atom bombs.1 Both the resulting column of ash and...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Squirrel Gut Microbes and Hibernation
It seems not a week goes by that zoologists find yet another function of the designed microbiome. Although it is difficult to define, the total collection of microscopic flora on the individual and...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Oldest Fossil Flower Bud and Branch Discovered
Flowers are as beautiful as they are complex. Flowers (Anthophyta) are designed with a receptacle (axis) upon which are found the carpel (ovary, style stigma) and stamen (filament and anther). The petals...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Bacterial Complexity
Yet another layer of complexity has been added to the lowly bacterial cell. It has been discovered they can undergo genetic silencing to guard themselves from mutations. A researcher stated this finding...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Random Mutations Debunked by Secular Scientists
A fundamental axiom of evolutionary theory is the alleged random appearance of mutations in the DNA of an organism. This supposedly creates novel genetic variation for the mystical agent called natural...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Bat Echolocation Defies Evolutionary Explanations
Bats are the only flying mammals. What was their origin? According to evolutionists, The 50-million-year-old bat specimens are already recognizable as bats, so where did they come from? When, where,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Welsh Dinosaur Tracks Found in Flood Rocks
A group of evolutionary scientists from the United Kingdom and France recently unearthed a large track-bearing surface in southern Wales.1 They speculate that these prints are from a bipedal...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Remembering Dr. Kevin Anderson
Dr. Kevin Anderson went to be with the Lord on January 16, 2022. He served the people of the Lord’s Kingdom with a lifetime of good scientific research. He earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology from...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
"Ancient" Fish Brain Evidence of Evolution?
A recent secular news article confidently asserts that a fish fossil discovered in 1995 “is an ancestor of the first land animals or four-limbed vertebrate tetrapods.”1 The Flinders...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Role and Realm of Science
In society today, “science” often takes center stage as a significant influencer on policy decisions and public opinion. Climate change, pandemic response, and people’s conception of...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
FOX News Discusses Creation, Evolution, and Adam
FOX News recently ran internet and television coverage discussing the creation/evolution controversy. Specifically, they discussed Adam’s place in history (if any) and the nature of the six days...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Evidence Supports Post-Flood Wet Climate for Egypt
Evolutionary scientists found evidence that the Sahara Desert was green and fertile at the end of the Ice Age, allowing people to live hundreds of miles west of the Nile River.1 These findings...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
ICR Announces New Logo
After 52 years of fruitful ministry, the Institute for Creation Research is renewing its commitment to rigorous scientific research that affirms the truth of Scripture. As a staff, we’re delighted...
BY: STAFF WRITER













Finding Biblical Clues to Design



	True story…and the star is physicist Dr. Russ Humphreys. Every so often someone passes on a new insight that revolutionizes our thinking. We remember these occasions because they are so rare.

	About...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















New Year, New Logo



	After 52 years of fruitful ministry, the Institute for Creation Research is renewing its commitment to rigorous scientific research that affirms the truth of Scripture. As a staff, we’re delighted...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















Announcing ICR’s New Digital Media Department



	Today there are more ways to communicate than ever before, so we have assembled a Digital Media Department to explore the best new avenues for sharing ICR’s pioneering research. The department’s...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















ICR Ice Core Research Continues



	Creationists think the thick ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica began forming just 4,500 years ago during a short Ice Age triggered by the Genesis Flood. During the Ice Age, warm oceans resulted...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Crater Lake National Park: Serene Beauty After Volcanic.,.


by Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D.*


	The deepest and arguably most spectacular lake in the United States is located inside a volcano. Known as Crater Lake, it reaches 1,943...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















The Creation Week: A Systems-Based Approach



	We are clearly told in the book of Genesis that God created the heavens and the earth in a very short sequence of time, six literal days. The Hebrew text is grammatically put together using a specific...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Bucket Orchids and Bees, a Codependent Design



	Flowers hold a fascination for most people. They have at least a threefold purpose: First for attracting animals (e.g., insects, birds, and mammals) for reproduction via pollination, the second for...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Puffins, Fitted for Living in Sea, Air, and Land



	In order for tufted, horned, and Atlantic puffins to “be fruitful, multiply, and fill” specific habitats on Earth,1 they need the right equipment. That requires God-given design...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Donors Make It Happen



	In 1 Samuel 30, there’s an interesting story that’s easy to overlook if you fly by too fast. David and his men are returning from Jezreel to Ziklag. Upon arriving at Ziklag, they find the...


BY: DARYL W. ROBBINS

















Creation Kids: Our Young Solar System



	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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Inside January-February 2022 Acts & Facts
How can we use the Bible to guide scientific research? Why is counting ice core layers an insufficient way to determine Earth’s age? How does ICR’s Flood model explain the origin of Crater...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Pterosaur Contours Look Engineered
Flying reptiles once flew through ancient skies. Most of our knowledge of these fascinating animals, called pterosaurs, comes from their fossils. But how well-suited were they for flight? Details from...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Flood Evidence Clearly Seen by Geologist
One evolutionary geologist sees the evidence of massive and prolonged water flow across the American West. He admits that current explanations have not identified any source for the water, and he’s...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Geology's "Holy Grail" Still Unresolved
Evolutionary scientists are still trying to explain the origin of Earth’s continents. Some have even called this mystery the “holy grail” of geology.1 But rather than explaining...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Spider Silk Secrets Stun Scientists
Two separate spider research projects published remarkable results, both in the journal Current Biology. These spiders’ specific features show their miniature skills, and cause us to marvel at their...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
A Four-Legged Snake?
In 2021, paleontologist Michael Caldwell of the University of Alberta in Canada stated, “There are many evolutionary questions that could be answered by finding a four-legged snake fossil, but only...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Don Rohrer, Icon of ICR, Passes
An icon of ICR during the early years was Chief Financial Officer Don Rohrer who was recently ushered into Glory. I first met Don in 1995 while applying to be an ICR speaker and scientist. With a big...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Longtime Creation Advocate and ICR Friend Passes
Dr. David Menton, biologist, award-winning professor, and respected creation scientist, went home to be with the Lord this Saturday morning.1 Dr. Menton’s expert knowledge of anatomy enabled...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
New Exoplanet's Year Is Just 16 Hours
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to discover a gas giant in another solar system. The planet holds a new record...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
New Evidence of Flood in Grand Canyon
The Coconino Sandstone, famously exposed near the top of Grand Canyon’s splendid sedimentary layers, remains a controversial rock. Two counterclaims vie for its origin. If wind formed the Coconino’s...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Supersaurus-Sized Dinosaur No Match for the Flood
Scientists are still trying to out-do each another by finding the biggest dinosaur. Brian Curtice, from the Arizona Museum of Natural History, recently threw his name in the hat with a new analysis of...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.













Jesus Christ Is Our Perfect Mediator



	We’ll never get bored throughout eternity. There is always something wonderfully new to learn about our precious Lord Jesus, the uplifting Holy Spirit, and our good heavenly Father. Even now,...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















ICR’s First Dinosaur Excavation



	ICR conducted its first paleontological excavation on September 4-5, 2021. Last years’ inspection of a site on private property in Wyoming concluded that bone material partly exposed from a Morrison...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















The Oceans Point to a Young Earth


by Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.*


	Over 70% of Earth's surface is covered by water, most of which is marine and contained in the oceans. On average, the depth of the ocean is...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Are Birds "Cousins" to Reptiles?



	Are today’s birds genealogical “cousins” to today’s reptiles due to a shared evolutionary ancestry?

	No. However, birds and reptiles share the same Creator, the Lord Jesus...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Haleakala National Park:  One of Many Young-Looking Vol.,.



	You can start the day atop the cold peak of Mt. Haleakala and end it on a warm beach on Maui. The sprawling volcanic mountain rises 10,000 feet above sea level. Nene birds, cattle, horses, and people...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Biblical Creation and Intellectual Foolishness



	In a recent interview discussing his new book In Quest of the Historical Adam, philosopher and Christian apologist William Lane Craig acknowledged his biased assumptions when interpreting how the words...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Early Land Plant Evolution?



	In a recent Science article, two evolutionists consider land plants (embryophytes) to have evolved from stoneworts (charophyte algae).1

	A spore is a haploid (single, unpaired chromosome),...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)


















Christ’s Providence Is Clearly Seen in Bird Migrations



	Just as monkeys can’t accidently type Shakespeare texts, birds can’t migrate by evolutionary luck, despite imagined eons of time for “lucky” accidents.1 Why? Because...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















The Gift of God Himself



	Each Christmas we remember how deeply God loves us. His wondrous plan of salvation—first set in motion in the Garden of Eden—was miraculously manifested in the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV

















Creation Kids: Snowflakes



	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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Inside December 2021 Acts & Facts
How can we understand Christ’s role as our mediator from a scientific perspective? Why was ICR's first dinosaur excavation significant for creation science? How do oceans point to a young...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Spiders Have Built-In Algorithm to Construct Webs
One of the many mysteries of biology is how a creature like a web-weaving spider with a tiny brain is able to systematically construct an elaborate web with amazing elegance, complexity, and exacting geometric...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Earth's Atmosphere Is Vital to Life
There are countless interconnected, precise, and non-coincidental features of Earth that directly contribute to our planet’s ability to sustain life. One such phenomenon is that of Earth’s...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
Did Dinosaur Herd Behavior Evolve?
It is hard to identify the behavior of creatures just from their fossils. An international team of paleontologists tried just that on a big group of dinosaur fossils from Argentina. Their Mussaurus specimens...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
New Ice Core Expected to Contain Creation Evidence
Three long ice cores have been drilled and extracted from the East Antarctic ice sheet: the EPICA Dome C, Vostok, and Dome Fuji cores. Secular scientists have assigned ages to the bottoms of these cores:...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Tree Rings Corroborate Vinland Viking Sagas
After Leif Eiriksson’s original voyage to North American shores, the Greenland Vikings remained in “Vinland the Good” for a time—but for how long? A couple of decades, at least,...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Flood Explains Mysterious Crab in Amber
A team of evolutionary scientists from the U.S., China, and Canada recently found a complete tiny crab in amber.1 Publishing in Science Advances, the team determined that the specimen was a...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
To Study Human Brains, Evolutionists Studied...Ants
The book of Proverbs states, “Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise” (6:6). Evolutionists went to the ant, not to learn of her God-given ability to gather and store provisions,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Open Ocean Dragonfly Migration Boggles the Mind
Animal migrations occur all over the earth among many types of creatures, with some winged creatures (birds and insects) making the most extreme and lengthy ones. Among insects, the globe skimmer dragonfly...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.













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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Inside November 2021 Acts & Facts
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...
BY: STAFF WRITER
African Forest Evidence Fits Flood Ice Age Model
Scientists have found genetic evidence suggesting that legume trees emerged from separate African tree populations during the Ice Age.1 This conclusion is consistent with the creation model...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Did the Earth Tilt During the Flood?
Evolutionary scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and several universities in the United States, Italy, and Japan have recently claimed the Earth’s axis tilted about 12 degrees...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
ICR's New In-Depth Science Book: Chimps and Humans
Evolutionists frequently claim that human and chimp DNA are over 98% similar. They need this percentage to support their hypothesis that humans and chimps shared a common ancestor three to six million...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Fossil Chromatin Looks Young
What are the odds that a buried animal would still have intact DNA after 125 million years? Researchers publishing in the journal Communications Biology said exactly that.1 But it’s what...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.













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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Inside October 2021 Acts & Facts
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...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Two-Volume Series: Restoring the Truth about Origins
The subject of origins continues to attract interest from the public and the scientific establishment. Understanding our origins informs us of who we are in the greater scheme of things: beloved creatures...
BY: DAN W. REYNOLDS, PH.D.
Saturn's Moons Continue to Challenge Secular Theorists
A recent article in Sky & Telescope magazine explains why secular theorists have difficulty agreeing on the ages of Saturn’s moons.1 In the process, the article provides a reminder...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Support Creation Ministry in Texas and Beyond
ICR scientists and support staff recently completed a two-week science expedition through the Great Plains and western mountain states to conduct scientific research and produce two documentaries. And...
BY: MICHAEL HANSEN
Great Unconformity Best Solved by Global Flood
The Great Unconformity is one of the most baffling mysteries in the geological sciences.1 It is marked by a massive surface of erosion that appears all over the world at about the same time....
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
ICR’s 2021 Science Expedition Update -- Dinosaur .,.
A team of 11 people from the Institute for Creation Research is currently traveling on a multistate science expedition to dig up fossils, conduct field research, and capture footage on location for two...
BY: STAFF WRITER
ICR’s 2021 Science Expedition Update
A team of 11 people from the Institute for Creation Research is currently traveling on a multistate science expedition to dig up fossils, conduct field research, and capture footage on location for two...
BY: STAFF WRITER
ICR’s 2021 Science Expedition Begins!
The Institute for Creation Research launched its 2021 multistate science expedition last week as a nine-member team left the ICR headquarters in Dallas, Texas, and headed to western Kansas, joined on...
BY: STAFF WRITER













A New Commitment to Deep Research



	If all is on schedule, and with the good blessings of the Lord Jesus, then as you read this article nearly all of the ICR scientists and a number of support staff will be working on the first-ever ICR...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















World's 'Tiniest Dinosaur' Is Just a Lizard



	Many of the world’s top paleontologists were again recently fooled by their own preconceived ideas. This time it was a tiny skull trapped in amber that was declared a hummingbird-size dinosaur...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: Capping a Cretaceous Conundrum



	The Cretaceous system of the geologic column, like the other systems below it, is a conundrum to evolutionists because it represents a continuance of many life forms found buried in lower strata combined...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Centipede Adaptation Is Divinely Engineered



	Crawly centipedes usually elicit shock and revulsion when they appear in one’s home, the woods, or some other place. They are found from deserts and Amazon forests to surge zones of seashores....


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Three Hurdles for Evolution



	Sure, finch beaks shift their shapes, but does that mean nature invented beaks and birds from stardust? Evolution’s proponents often speak as though we witnessed the supposed steps from dust to...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Waco Mammoth National Monument



	Hunters in the 1970s discovered mammoth bones exposed in sediments near the confluence of the Bosque and Brazos Rivers in north central Texas. They notified scientists, who began excavating the site....


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Transmitting Truth in a Modern Pagan World



	We share the world with modern pagans who worship the sun—or idolize an imagined primordial Big Bang—so we need to be truth witnesses unto a world drowning in deception and delusion. Ancient...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Animal Death Before the Fall?



	Both the Old and New Testaments teach that death entered the world when Adam ate the forbidden fruit (e.g., Genesis 2:17 and Romans 5:12). Since fossils are the preserved remains of dead animals, Christians...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Defend Your Faith with ICR



	Have you ever heard a pastor question the historical nature of Genesis? “The days of creation weren’t really 24 hours long. The Bible is not a science textbook.” Do family members...


BY: MICHAEL HANSEN

















Creation Kids: Beauty by Design



	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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Inside September 2021 Acts & Facts
Why does ICR focus on scientific research? How could paleontologists mistake a lizard fossil for a dinosaur? Is animal death before the Fall theologically or scientifically sound? How should you respond...
BY: STAFF WRITER
ICR Contributes to 2021 Creation Research Society Meeting
About 150 people attended the 2021 Creation Research Society Meeting (July 23-24), roughly double the number of attendees at the first meeting in 2009.1 With the exception of the Creation Science...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Does Ganymede Look Young?
On June 7, 2021, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede than any spacecraft had ever before. Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System—a body larger than...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Seed Water Sensor Confirms CET Design Model
The sprouting of a seed is crucial to not only the beginning of a plant’s life, but all life on earth. Despite this fundamental process of importance to plant biology, scientists are baffled over...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Venus Likely Geologically Active
In June 2021, researchers used radar images from the Magellan spacecraft to show that crustal blocks on the Venusian surface jostle against one another like blocks of pack ice on a lake.1 This...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
North Pole Dinosaurs Point to the Flood
Eight species of dinosaurs were recently unearthed in the Prince Creek Formation of northern Alaska.1 The latest discovery, published in Current Biology, claims the bones were near the North...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
DNA in Sheep and Dinosaurs
About 1,600 years ago, salt miners in Iran apparently left their lamb lunch down the shaft. Their loss became scientists' gain. The now-mummified sheep carcass suggests that salt helps preserve sheepskin...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.













The Tyranny of Consensus Thinking



	“How can so many scientists be wrong?” This question is routinely wielded as real evidence for evolution. I’ve heard it in discussions with people ranging from grammar school students...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Extending the Whopper Sand Mystery



	In the last three years, Shell Oil Company has made three significant discoveries in the Whopper Sand, a massive offshore Cenozoic sedimentary deposit in the Gulf of Mexico.1-3 These new...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: Jostle in the Jurassic



	The Jurassic system of the geologic column is an enigma to evolutionists because it represents a continuance of many life forms found buried below in Triassic strata, combined with yet another alleged...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Man: Smart from the Start



	People have been created with a three-pound brain that scientists will never fully understand. Evolutionists have tried to trace the evolution of the human neurological system (including the brain and...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Crater of Diamonds State Park and the Origin of Diamonds



	At Crater of Diamonds State Park in western Arkansas, families dig diamonds for fun while more serious sifters seek sensational paydays. Countless brides have wondered where the pretty diamonds on their...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Why Won't the Gospel Die?



	Soon after the gospel first emerged, ancient Rome tried to exterminate whoever believed it. They tortured and murdered early Christians, but that didn’t stop its progress. Thousands of years later,...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Can a Merciful God Create Parasites?



	Sir David Attenborough of BBC fame is regularly asked by Christians why he will not give credit to God for the amazing creatures featured on his nature documentaries. He often replies:

	My response…is...


BY: SCOTT ARLEDGE

















Should Creationists Brook Loss of a Trout?



	Should a freshwater stream be restored to make it habitable for a failing fish population such as brook trout?1 It makes sense that creationists proactively care about biodiversity and environmental...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Be Blessed



	During the days of Jesus, being blessed had a different meaning from what Christians understand it to mean today. The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament says the word for “blessed”...


BY: BILL WEST

















Creation Kids: Testing the Limits



	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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Inside August 2021 Acts & Facts
Can a merciful God create parasites? How do diamonds confirm biblical history? Why won't the gospel die? And why is consensus thinking anti-science? Discover the answers to these questions and more...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Latest DNA Tech Still Light-Years Behind
Let’s say you recorded a library of books onto DNA. Hundreds of books could fit on your fingertip, but how would you find the one book you wanted? As it stands, digital data occupy hard drives...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Giant Rhinos Are Still Rhinos
Fossils from two giant rhinos dated by evolutionists to be “22 million years old” in the evolutionary timetable have been discovered in China.1 They were much larger than today’s...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Diverse Devonian Plant Assemblage from Early Flood
Scientists recently discovered a diverse assemblage of fossils in South Africa claimed to be some of the earliest land plants.1 Known as seedless vascular plants, the fossils were determined...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
ICR Hosts Christian Educators Conference
As creation scientists continue to demonstrate that biblical creation makes far better sense of scientific data than evolutionary theory does, there is a great need for others to share this information...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.













Walton's Lost World Obscures Biblical Clarity



	“Now, that was as clear as mud!” is an exclamation we’ve heard before. We picture a frustrated person having just heard a convoluted account where, despite their best efforts, they...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Offshore Cenozoic Coal Confirms N-Q Flood Boundary



	Studies of stratigraphic data across multiple continents have revealed strong evidence of a global flood that extends to near the top of the Neogene-Quaternary (N-Q) boundary.1-4 Now the...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: Tumultuous Triassic Tussle



	The Triassic system of the geologic column is an enigma to evolutionists because it represents both a continuance of many life forms found buried in lower strata combined with an alleged and unexplained...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Dinosaurs: Delightful Dragons



	A Florida woman recently received national attention when she suggested (somewhat in jest) that a long-tailed creature captured in early morning home security footage looked like a dinosaur.1...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Acadia: The Maine Jewel Among America's Parks



	James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.*

	Acadia National Park displays Christ’s artistry throughout almost 50,000 acres of forests, island wildlife, salty-air breezes, and...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















The Plate Twirler and Our Solar System



	Imagine opening a door to a room and seeing a plate spinning on a stick with a spin rate that makes it wobble. Then imagine you shut the door and go back in time three minutes. What would you expect...


BY: MICHAEL J. STAMP

















Can Scientists Replace God with Nothing?



	Hebrews 11:3 says, “By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God.” Do you find it a little odd that we must have faith to understand that God created the universe?...


BY: SCOTT ARLEDGE

















Grasshopper Apologetics: No Need to Get Jumpy




	After spying in Canaan, 10 Hebrew scouts fearfully reported, “We saw the giants…and we were [by comparison] like grasshoppers” (Numbers 13:33). Like the cowardly spies, grasshoppers...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















A Prayer for ICR



	This month we invite you to join us in a prayer for the Institute for Creation Research’s ministry.

	Dear Jesus, Creator of all, we seek to glorify Your name in everything we do. Thank you...


BY: MICHAEL J. STAMP

















Creation Kids: Moon



	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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Inside July 2021 Acts & Facts
Were dragons real creatures? How balanced was our universe 6,000 years ago? Why is Acadia National Park significant for biblical creation? Can scientists replace God with nothing? Discover the answers...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Celebrate Independence Day at the ICR Discovery Center
Celebrate Independence Day at the ICR Discovery Center! Bring your family and friends on Saturday, July 3, or Monday, July 5.* Enjoy special activities, hear from ICR scientists, explore creation science...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Honeybee Design Saves Energy
Biomimicry is the making of systems or materials that are modeled after flora or fauna found in God’s creation (e.g. the artificial fabric Velcro is modeled after burrs). Scientists have uncovered...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Innate Speed-of-Sound Engineering Revealed in Bats
Bats have the amazing ability to accurately and consistently detect the speed of sound.1 This enables them to employ a complex system of echolocation in the dark of night to find food in mid-flight...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Unlocking the Mysteries of Genesis Conference Coming to.,.
Are you looking for real answers to the tough questions of faith and science? Come to the Unlocking the Mysteries of Genesis Conference on June 26 at Lincoln Christian School in Lincoln, Nebraska. ICR...
BY: STAFF WRITER













Evolution's Divide Is Creation's Opportunity



	Missed opportunities and bad timing often seem to go together. Military history has several notable examples of commanders who “seized defeat from the jaws of victory” when they delayed...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















ICR Ice Core Research Update



	In contrast to secular scientists, creation researchers think there was just one Ice Age that was caused by the Genesis Flood.1 Intense volcanism and rapid seafloor spreading during the Flood...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: Global Flood Solves Permian P.,.



	Permian rock layers contain several of the fossil record’s greatest evolutionary enigmas. These rocks are found directly above Carboniferous strata, which I explained in the previous two articles...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Marine Sponges Inspire



	The oceans are alive with God’s diverse and amazing creatures. Scripture tells us “God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















The Everglades: Two Biology Basics the Bible Got Right



	Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Gary Parker, Ed.D.*

	Imagine a river 50 miles wide and 100 miles long but only inches deep. Its slow flow is hidden under tall swamp grasses punctuated by small, rounded...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Does Radioisotope Dating Prove an Old Earth?



	Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and Vernon R. Cupps, Ph.D.*

	When most people think about radioisotope dating, they think of carbon-14 (C-14), or radiocarbon dating.1 However, C-14, a radioactive...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















What It Takes to Make a Cell: A Review of The Stairway .,.



	Rare is the science book that can hold even an average reader’s attention. But The Stairway to Life does just that. Coauthored by biochemist Laura Tan and biomedical engineer Rob Stadler, it carries...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Even Seaweed Is Proof of God's Providence



	Tidewater-tossed seaweeds display God’s providence.1,2 Hidden in plain view, tidewater seaweeds are spectacular exhibits of Christ’s caring bioengineering. Seaweeds even serve...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















The Legacy and Faith of a Godly Father



	Good fathers serve an essential role in the family, and it’s surely fitting that we express our love and gratitude on Father’s Day. After all, the fifth of God’s Ten Commandments begins...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV

















Creation Kids: Coral Reef



	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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Inside June 2021 Acts & Facts
How do the Everglades illustrate Bible-affirming biology? Why do marine sponges inspire engineers? What can we learn about God’s providence from sea otters and seaweed? How do Permian fossils...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Two Excuses for Human Evolution Confusion
Public school textbooks assert that apes and humans emerged from an ape-like animal, whereas Genesis 1 says that God created humans and the different animal kinds right from the start. What difficulties...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Life Is More Than Biomolecules
In order to have evolution, you must first have life. Both sides of the evolution-creation debate agree that the chance of all the correct biomolecules coming together by chance to form even the simplest...
BY: EDWARD SIEBERT, PH.D.
Mutation, Design & Randomness
Article highlights: • A genetic mutation is a change—most are bad and some are good. • Evolutionists claim that good mutations come from random processes. • Genetic mutations...
BY: MICHAEL J. STAMP
Ireland’s First Dinosaur Bones Found in Flood Rocks
Ireland finally has some dinosaur fossils of its own.1 The ground-breaking discovery came as a bit of a surprise, however, as the bones were found in marine rocks! This has left secular scientists...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Control Loops in Humans and Nature
Ever had a blood test? Along with a value measured, there are also the normal max/min limits for that value. This implies that the body normally controls that quantity between those limits. How does it...
BY: EDWARD SIEBERT, PH.D.
Creation and Climate Science with Dr. Jake Hebert
ICR physicist Dr. Jake Hebert* recently made a guest appearance on Good Heavens! A Podcast About the Universe with Wayne and Dan. Dr. Hebert presented his perspective on climate science, its relevance...
BY: STAFF WRITER













Refusing to Live by Lies



	Perhaps my parents were naïve. They raised me to respect my teachers, the government, and other authorities, and to believe these entities acted in my best interests and certainly wouldn’t...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Archaeopteryx by the Numbers



	Sometimes scientists get a chance to collaborate. This happened last year when a fellow creation-based researcher invited me to contribute comments about bird and dinosaur anatomy to his statistical...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: Enigma of the Carboniferous E.,.



	Many creationists and evolutionists alike are familiar with the initial huge explosion of complex marine life buried in the Cambrian rock layers at the beginning of the fossiliferous strata,1...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Vertebrate Origins on the Ropes...Again



	In 1859, the Western world was turned upside down by the publication of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Is the Bible Evidence for Creation?



	Have you ever had a skeptic tell you to keep the Bible out of it when discussing origins? Skeptics claim we Christians argue in a circle, that we are using the Bible to prove the Bible. Although this...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Zion National Park: Evidence of Deep Water Sand Waves



	Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.*

	It was like driving into another world when we emerged from Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel right at dawn. Zion National Park opened up to us in brilliant...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Guided by Lynx to Appreciate Christ



	Not all tour guides in Alaska are human. Amazing animals of Alaska can guide us into learning creation truth. In fact, such animals should direct us—like projected arrows1—toward...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Tributes of Honor and Remembrance



	At the end of a long day, a boss I had early in my career would often tell me, “No more today, Henry. My brain is full.” I found his comments rather amusing at the time, but the older I...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV

















Creation Kids: Volcanoes



	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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Inside May 2021 Acts & Facts
How should Christians respond when authorities are in conflict with God’s Word? Can we trust scientific measurements and reports about fossil discoveries? Why is the Bible powerful evidence for...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Can Asteroids Select Life?
A recent study published in Science claims that an asteroid caused new forms of plants to evolve.1-3 But can an asteroid really be responsible for selecting new forms of life? Mónica...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Greenland: Ice-Free Not That Long Ago
Preserved leaves and twigs in a tube of soil show Greenland was largely ice-free in the relatively recent past.1 This discovery has important implications both for the ages that uniformitarian...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Extra-biblical Flood Legends
“Creation stands or falls on the Genesis Flood,” stated a creation geologist years ago. The fact of the Flood covering all the earth is undeniable. As described in Genesis 7, 19 And the...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Human Genome 20th Anniversary…Junk DNA Hits the Trash
The first rough drafts of the human genome were reported in 2001 (one in the private sector and one in the public sector).1-2 Since then, after 20 years of intensive globally conducted research,...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Bacterial Proteins Use Quantum Mechanics
Researchers have found a dimmer switch inside a protein. It tunes the protein’s configuration to take advantage of quantum mechanics during photosynthesis. Two parallels with human engineering leave...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Dr. Bill Cooper, ICR’s Adjunct Professor, Now in Glory
Earlier last month on March the 9th, Dr. William R. Cooper, ICR’s Master Faculty (known to ICR-SOBA’s faculty as “Dr. Bill” since 2009), left this temporal world to join the Lord...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.













Road Trip!



	We hope you’ve been having as much fun reading our park series in Acts & Facts as we’ve had preparing the articles each month. So far, ICR researchers have introduced us to Grand Canyon,...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















Stronger Together: ICR's Education Outreach with CTI



	Intensive training in creation science can change your life. One of the most important experiences for June and me in our young married life happened in the summer of 1983 when we attended an intensive...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Extinct Radionuclides



	What do you think of when you hear the word extinct? Dinosaurs, perhaps? Maybe saber-toothed cats, mammoths, or short-faced bears? We might also include the more recent Bali tiger, passenger pigeon,...


BY: VERNON R. CUPPS, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: Missing Early Evolution of La.,.



	One of the biggest hurdles for evolution to overcome is the transition of creatures from living in water to living on land. In the previous article, I showed how all of the alleged aquatic ancestors...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Some Marine Extinctions Were Caused by the Flood



	Genesis describes a one-time global catastrophe that completely inundated the world, destroying all air-breathing land animals. God made provision through Noah and the Ark to preserve all dry-land creature...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















Building a Perfectly Optimal Flying Machine



	For thousands of years, people have dreamed of flying because they witnessed birds and knew it was possible. Inspired by a study of birds, the Wright brothers created the first functional flying machine...


BY: MICHAEL J. STAMP

















Does Recent Research Support Human Evolution?



	In 1997, the Institute for Creation Research ran an Acts & Facts article on the lack of compelling evidence regarding our supposed evolution from ape-like ancestors.1 Years have passed,...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















The Painted Desert: Fossils in Flooded Mud Flats



	Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.

	The Painted Desert stretches across 120 miles of northern Arizona. Its sedimentary rocks show bright orange, gold, white, and even purple layers (Figure...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Beware Sinkholes and Other Failing Foundations



	The sudden falling of some Christian schools can be compared to tiankengs, the geological term used for sinkholes that are at least 300 feet deep.1,2 Smaller sinkholes are more common, such...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Pleasure in Our Purpose



	Eric Liddell was one of the most famous athletes of the 20th century and perhaps the greatest that Scotland ever produced. An international rugby player, Olympic champion, and world-record-holding sprinter,...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV

















Creation Kids: Bees



	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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Inside April 2021 Acts & Facts
How will ICR expand biblical creation education this year? How do fossilized fish and land creatures confirm Genesis history? Does recent research support human evolution? What lessons can Christians...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Flood Solves Mystery of Amazon Sea
In the past 15 years, it’s been determined that a vast ocean once covered the western Amazon drainage basin.1 However, studies of the Miocene fossils reveal a conflicting story.1...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Human High-Altitude Habitation Reveals Adaptive Design
Humans have the remarkable ability to inhabit high altitudes where living conditions are especially harsh and challenging. A new study in Genome Biology and Evolution has shown that specifically directed...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
The Pope, the Flood, and Global Warming
In a new book, Pope Francis warns that a “great flood” could result if civilization fails to stop global warming, and he draws an analogy between future sea level rise and Noah’s Flood....
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Mammoth DNA: The Oldest Ever Found?
Scientists have sequenced small amounts of DNA from the teeth of two Siberian mammoths said to have lived more than a million years ago.1,2 The discovery has set an official record for the oldest...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Big Fish Fossil Recalls Big Flop
One of the most famous living fossils is back in the news. The coelacanth is an endangered deep-sea fish. Its fins fit to unique, wrist-like bones, and unique bony plates envelop what scientists call its...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Destruction of Plants Fits Flood Narrative
A recent study has found that the destruction of plants preceded the destruction of many forms of animal life in the rock record.1 This is exactly what was predicted in ICR’s Flood model.2 According...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
No Evidence T. rex Hatchlings Had Feathers
The recent discovery of a tiny tyrannosaur jaw bone fragment and a claw has some scientists again pushing dinosaurs as birds.1 But is there any evidence that T. rex had feathers, as so often...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.













Uncovering Creation Mysteries



	Our Creator could have immediately revealed everything there is to know about His creation from the beginning—but He didn’t. Could it be that He enjoys a good mystery? Perhaps He sees value...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















ICR Upholds the Clarity of Scripture



	“The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God” has been affirmed repeatedly from pulpits. But did you know this important declaration presupposes two other essential doctrines of the...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Largest Canyons Were Formed by the Receding Flood



	Two newly discovered canyons in Greenland and Antarctica have a lot in common with Grand Canyon. Both canyons are as deep as or deeper than Grand Canyon and are at least 60 miles in length. But what’s...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: The Fins-to-Feet Transition



	One of the alleged greatest transformations in vertebrate evolution is said to be the emergence of creatures that traded fins for feet and transitioned from water to land.1-3 In other words,...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















A Texas-Size Spider Mystery



	The delightfully creepy spider belongs to a class called Arachnida—which is distinct from the “bug” class Insecta. Not surprisingly, according to the fossil record, spiders have always...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Do We See Complex Design in Mosquito Eggs?



	Mosquitoes hatch from tiny eggs and spend a few days filter-feeding on things like bacteria, pollen, and algae. They molt three times as they grow, storing up the energy reserves needed to pupate in...


BY: SCOTT ARLEDGE

















Gunnison's Black Canyon: The Flood Solves Mysterious Mi.,.



	Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.

	The Gunnison River winds westward from the Colorado Rocky Mountains through dry and dramatic landscapes. Morning sunlight enlivens Colorado’s...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Do the Unpersuaded Have Enough Proof?



	At a local Bible conference, a respected seminary professor unintentionally contradicted the apostle Paul. During the Q&A session, he opined that “you cannot prove the existence of God to...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Dross and Dilution



	The first of seven great signs of Jesus’ deity recorded in John’s gospel is the wedding in Cana of Galilee (John 2:1-11). By the time Jesus arrived with His disciples, the consumption of...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV

















Creation Kids: Human Hands



	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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Inside March 2021 Acts & Facts
Why does ICR uphold the clarity of Scripture? How do we know that canyons were formed by the Genesis Flood? How do fossilized fish confirm biblical creation? Do we see complex design in mosquito eggs?...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Are Creationists Conspiracy Theorists?
Paul Braterman, emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Glasgow, recently claimed online that creationism “meets all the criteria” for a “conspiracy theory.” He says...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
How Algae Do Fine When Tossed at Sea
How would you do if someone spun you around every few seconds all day long? Marine algae repeatedly get tossed about in coastal surf, and they cope quite well. Researchers want to find out how. The latest...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Butterfly Wing Design Repudiates Evolution
The takeoff and flight of butterflies has long been derided by evolutionists as being an unstable and inefficient product of evolution. However, a new study has shown that the spectacular complexity and...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Reconciling Two Different Calculations of the Hubble Co.,.
An interesting article1 on physics.org caught my attention. Its title is “Solved: The Mystery of the Expansion of the Universe.” But this can be misleading. The material covered...
BY: VERNON R. CUPPS, PH.D.
Reminder: Saturn's Moon Titan Really Looks Young
Scientists led by Valerio Poggiali of Cornell University’s Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science have used Cassini spacecraft data to learn a little more about Saturn’s largest moon...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Is Newfound Dinosaur Fossil the Biggest Ever?
Whether dealing with athletes, sports teams, skyscrapers, or animals, we always want to know who or what takes the top spot. Researchers just published details about a new candidate for the biggest-ever...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.













Memories and Missions



	As Director of Communications at the Institute for Creation Research, I reported directly to Dr. Henry M. Morris III for nine years. He was my boss, but he was also my friend. I have fond recollections...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















The Mission of the Institute for Creation Research



	Every morning when I drove onto the military base where I worked I was met with a sober message. For many years it read “Remember the Mission!” and later it said “Our mission is…”...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Developing a More Rigorous Ice Sheet Model



	In the creation model, a single Ice Age lasting hundreds of years was caused by and quickly followed the Genesis Flood.1 In 1994, ICR atmospheric scientist Dr. Larry Vardiman published a...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Remembering the Life and Legacy of Dr. Henry M. Morris III



	The Institute for Creation Research’s CEO, Dr. Henry M. Morris III, went to be with his Lord on December 12, 2020. After years of faithful service, Dr. Morris, known warmly around the office as...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















The Fossils Still Say No: The Mystery of Jawed Vertebrates



	One of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the grand scheme of evolution is the transition between jawless and jawed vertebrates. In a previous article, I documented how jawless vertebrate fish appeared...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Created Cuttlebone's Sweet Spot



	God created Earth during the creation week just thousands of years ago. This includes its marvelous oceans—128 million square miles of salt water. In the 21st century, scientists and laymen alike...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Arches National Park: Sculptures from the Flood



	Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.

	West of the Rocky Mountains in Utah, Arches National Park preserves some 2,000 natural stone arches. Only a handful of them have the grandeur to attract...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Teachable Minds and Scientific Discovery



	“You could see stars hundreds of light-years away, not as they looked centuries ago but exactly as they are right this instant,” says Dr. Derek Muller in a recent YouTube video about measuring...


BY: SCOTT ARLEDGE

















Buried Secrets Can Be Worth Uncovering



	Buried secrets sometimes surface, revealing hidden things. However, if no one is willing to do some diligent digging, much of what is concealed will remain undiscovered.

	For example, last year some...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Planting, Watering, and God's Increase



	During construction of the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History, I spent a lot of time working with various crews of artists and craftsmen. One day as I watched three men shoveling dirt...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV

















Creation Kids: Jupiter



	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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	What is the mission of the Institute for Creation Research? What legacy did Dr. Henry M. Morris III leave behind? How will our Ice Age model impact the future of creation research? How does Arches National Park confirm the biblical account of Earth history? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the February 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12616] [MACRO aaf_article, 12617] [MACRO aaf_article, 12618] [MACRO aaf_article, 12619] [MACRO aaf_article, 12620] [MACRO aaf_article, 12621] [MACRO aaf_article, 12622] [MACRO aaf_article, 12623] [MACRO aaf_article, 12624] [MACRO aaf_article, 12625] [MACRO aaf_article, 12626]



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Inside February 2021 Acts & Facts
What is the mission of the Institute for Creation Research? What legacy did Dr. Henry M. Morris III leave behind? How will our Ice Age model impact the future of creation research? How does Arches National...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Change in Plant Fossils at K-Pg Fits Flood Model
A new study published in Paleobiology has found that many plant species changed dramatically at the K-Pg (Cretaceous-Paleogene) boundary in Argentina.1 Although secular scientists insist this...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
RNA Ties and Unties Itself
There are two types of nucleic acids (genetic molecules): DNA and RNA. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a large linear molecule designed to store genetic information in all cells. RNA (ribonucleic acid)...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Does Oddball Platypus Genome Reveal Its Origins?
How in the world did a creature as odd as the duck-billed platypus originate? This creature lays eggs like a reptile, has venom like a reptile, spurs like a chicken, excretes milk from belly patches to...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Is Evolution ’Fake Science’?
The organization BioLogos, which advocates that Christians accept secular evolutionary claims, recently published an online essay entitled “How to Spot Fake Science.”1 The not-too-subtle...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Cambrian Explosion Alive and Well
A new editorial in GSA Today is claiming that secular scientists should cease using the term “Cambrian Explosion.”1 It’s not for any particularly revealing scientific discovery...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Abraham Ate Bananas?
Since the word banana does not occur in Scripture, any evidence of bananas in ancient Middle Eastern diets would have to come from the ground. New research found just that, and the details unwittingly...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
3-D Human Genome Radically Different from Chimp
All plant and animal genomes studied so far exhibit complex and distinct three-dimensional (3-D) structures in their chromosome configurations depending on the type of cell (e.g., heart, liver, brain,...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Amazonian Artwork and the Post-Flood Ice Age
An extensive series of South American Ice Age artwork may be of interest to biblical creationists. In 2017 and 2018, scientists discovered a nearly eight-mile-long series of Ice Age rock paintings in the...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.













Be Astonished by Jesus



	We at ICR hope your Christmas season was filled with celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus, delight in His wonders in creation, and meaningful time with family and friends. As we turn the corner...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















Unity Worthy of Our Creationist Heritage



	How much richer would our lives be if we more often had experiences that gave us a delightful rush of wonder and overwhelming surprise? It’s too bad that as we age fewer experiences leave us feeling...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Microscopy May Detect Fossil Bone Collagen



	Longtime followers of ICR should be familiar with our research into original organics in fossils. Over 100 peer-reviewed secular publications have shown that one might discover original tissue remnants...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















The Fossils Still Say No: The Origin of Vertebrates



	One of the greatest problems for evolutionists is the sudden appearance of complex animal life with no evolutionary precursors, as seen in the Cambrian Explosion.1 But equally problematic...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Pterosaurs Didn't Have Feathers



	Evolutionary scientists have recently claimed that pterosaurs had feathers.1 Pterosaurs were winged reptiles. Although they’re sometimes called “flying dinosaurs,” they...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Grand Canyon: Exposing the Flood



	Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.

	Grand Canyon carves a 277-mile-long chasm through northwestern Arizona. Running from Lee’s Ferry to Lake Mead, the expansive landscape reveals...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















False Hypotheticals--Beyond Darwin's Imagination



	Don’t believe it if someone tells you that a pair of “walking whale”-like mammals trudged off the Ark and later procreated a line of descendants that somehow evolved into ocean-dwelling...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Did God Make Harmful Parasites in the Beginning?



	Parasites are a unique form of life in today’s world. These invertebrates come in all shapes and sizes, from single-cell animals (e.g., Plasmodium that causes malaria) to a tapeworm (Polygonoporus...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Savvy Sons of Light



	Many Christians grow uncomfortable when their pastor teaches about money. If it’s any consolation, I know many pastors who feel the same way. But not so with Jesus! Christ spoke frequently on...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV

















Creation Kids: Dinosaurs



	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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Inside January 2021 Acts & Facts
How is ICR winning science and scientists back to Christ? What is the significance of fossil bone collagen discoveries? Did pterosaurs have feathers? How does Grand Canyon confirm the global Flood of...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Hyperbaric Research and the Pre-Flood Atmosphere
Creationists have long speculated about the earth’s environment prior to the global Flood—conditions which may have contributed to the long human life spans recorded in the Biblical record...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Plate Beneath China Verifies Rapid Subduction
Scientists have identified a large slab of cold oceanic lithosphere1 dipping far beneath China.2 The newly imaged plate is presumably a leftover piece of ocean that was consumed as...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Cretaceous Bird Beak Pecks Holes in Evolution
Rock layers in China have yielded yet another strange bird. Two features in its partial skull—the only parts found—make it both a unique discovery and a challenge to nature-only origins stories. First,...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Rare 'Christmas Star' Conjunction
On December 21 about an hour before sunset, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will appear very close together low in the western sky in a celestial event called a conjunction.1 In fact, the two...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Babies Are Born Ready to Read
Dogs don’t read the words on a page. Neither did Coco, the famous gorilla that learned to communicate using simple hand signs. So what affords humans the unique ability to read and write, and why...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
How Octopus Tentacles Find Crab Dinners
Sever an arm from an octopus, and like an underwater zombie it’ll keep groping its surroundings. Even without a brain, its suckers still detect and grab crabs in lab experiments. Now Harvard researchers...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Sahelanthropus Femur Likely Makes It a Chimp
Nearly 20 years ago, a team of anthropologists presented the finding of a fossil skull that was very chimp-like in many respects.1 However, the skull had several unusual features that led to...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Flood Buried Dinosaurs with a Bang
Scientists from the University of Bath have found that dinosaurs were thriving up to the end of the Cretaceous.1 This discovery conflicts with earlier claims that dinosaurs were declining in...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Greenland Lakebed Fits Flood Narrative
Scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Observatory discovered an enormous ancient lakebed beneath the ice on Greenland.1 Although scientists have found other lakes beneath the ice in Greenland...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.













2020 Vision: An Unexpected Year in Review



	2020 has been a year like no other. We began the year at ICR with our mission in focus, seeking to honor Jesus by sharing His glorious work in creation. We also started the year anticipating a greater...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















Jesus Christ, Our Savior and Creator



	Beautiful Savior, King of creation,
	Son of God and Son of Man!
	Truly I love Thee; truly I’d serve Thee,
	Light of my soul, my joy, my crown!

	The Lord Jesus truly is the light of our soul,...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Rogue Moths Didn't Start Out That Way



	Butterflies and moths fluttering around a flower are a beautiful sight. They innocently lap up nectar and float on the wind. Countless plants depend on the pollination that occurs during their feeding.

	One...


BY: SCOTT ARLEDGE

















The Fossils Still Say No: The Cambrian Explosion



	The modern theory of evolution has its roots in Charles Darwin’s 1859 book On the Origin of Species, in which he proposed the fundamental conjecture that “all the organic beings which have...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















Osteostracans Aren't Ancestors



	And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

	Genesis 2:7 states that man became a “living soul”...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?



	Scott Arledge and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.

	“The odds that we are in base reality is one in billions,” says famed inventor Elon Musk.1 He reasons that if humans continue the...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Volunteering God's Creation Truth



	“Welcome to the ICR Discovery Center!” Kerry greets the guests with a smile as they walk into the exhibit hall. “Is this your first time here?” Over the last year or so, Kerry...


BY: LAUREN PENNINGTON

















Dr. Henry M. Morris III: A Kingdom-Focused Life



	Dr. Henry M. Morris III has been at the heart of the Institute for Creation Research’s ministry work for decades, using his gifts as a leader, speaker, and writer to proclaim the truth of God’s...


BY: CHRISTY HARDY

















How Do I Prepare for Creation Ministry?



	Many of today’s creation researchers can testify that information from the Institute for Creation Research sparked a burning, lifelong passion for creation ministry. Based on messages we receive,...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















December, Winter Weather, and Washington



	Wintry-mix weather dominated Christmas night in 1776 as General George Washington and his boat-ferried troops crossed the Delaware River to surprise the British and Hessian mercenary forces encamped...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Perhaps Today!



	When I was a young boy, I remember a small, humble plaque that hung on the wall in my grandfather’s ICR office directly opposite his desk. Painted in brown with ivory-colored words, it boldly...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV










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Inside December 2020 Acts & Facts
What is ICR’s mission? Why are volunteers vital to our ministry? How do you prepare for creation ministry? What legacy does Dr. Henry M. Morris III leave behind as he retires from ICR leadership?...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Thanks for Everything
“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 5:20) Being thankful for everything that happens in his or her life to a Christian...
BY: HENRY M. MORRIS, PH.D.
Even Sherlock Holmes Can’t Explain African Dinosaurs
A new species of duck-billed dinosaur, Ajnabia odysseus, was recently unearthed in North Africa.1 This is the first hadrosaur-type dinosaur ever discovered on the continent of Africa, and it...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Glow-in-the-Dark Platypuses Illuminate the Creator
The platypus is perhaps the most evolution-defying creature on Earth. It’s not enough that it’s a mammal that lays eggs, has a bill like a duck, tail like a beaver, dense fur like an otter,...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Rapid Crystal Growth Supports Flood Model
Secular scientists are finding exactly what Flood geologists have predicted all along—huge crystals can and did grow extremely fast. In other words, magmas can cool into minerals in a matter of days! Geology...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Hot Neptune Atmosphere "Shouldn't Exist"
An exoplanet 260 light-years away is being described as the first of its kind ever detected.1,2 This exoplanet, catalogued as LTT 9779b, is called an “ultra-hot Neptune” because...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.













Creation by Design



	Take a quick look at the hummingbird pictured below. This tiny bird’s wings beat from 50 to 80 times per second—a testimony to God’s incredible design, caught in a split-second of...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















The Power of the Next Idea



	“Our task is to fundamentally change the way people understand biology by constructing a completely new theory of biological design that incorporates recent discoveries and respects the biblical...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Soft Tissue Fossils Reveal Incriminating Trends



	In December 2019, the journal Expert Review of Proteomics published a paper I authored with Stephen Taylor titled “Proteomes of the past: the pursuit of proteins in paleontology.”1...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Paleontology Confirms a Late Cenozoic N-Q Flood Boundary



	Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D.

	Extensive rock record research performed by ICR geologist Dr. Tim Clarey across four continents has revealed that the sedimentary strata laid...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Claims of 100-Million-Year-Old Bacteria Unfounded



	Evolutionary scientists recently claimed to have discovered bacteria that are 101.5 million years old. In 2010 researchers collected deep-sea sediment cores in the South Pacific as part of the Integrated...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















Science vs. Falsely Called Knowledge



	Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith....


BY: VERNON R. CUPPS, PH.D.

















Hummingbirds by Design



	Zoologists have wonder and appreciation for the animals they investigate, whether the creatures fly through air, swim in water, or walk on land. Stanford University biologist Vadim Pavlov stated it...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















How Can You Refute Evolution?



	Darwinian evolution promotes a mantra that “all creatures great and small—natural processes made them all.” Just one creature somehow became all others. Textbooks reassure students...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Mayflower Pilgrims, Simian DNA, and Straw Men



	Both the Mayflower Pilgrims and biblical creationists are unjustly targeted for straw man vilifications using misleading, false accusations. A straw man fallacy occurs when a critic disagrees with someone...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Thankful Remembrance



	We all have so much to be thankful for. Even after such a trying year, we must admit that God has been so very good to us. The Lord has not only shown us infinite mercy and grace by forgiving our sins,...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV










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Inside November 2020 Acts & Facts
Where can we see God’s engineering? What is ICR’s new scientific theory? How do hummingbirds reveal God’s design? How can you refute evolution? Discover the answers to these questions...
BY: STAFF WRITER
A Supernova and the Scripture
Well, there goes another star, disappearing into the night as if it had never existed. For an entire year, Hubble scientists used the space telescope to record snapshots of SN 2018gv—a supernova...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Milankovitch Ice Age Theory in the News
A letter to the editor in Nature Geoscience notes that this year marks the 100-year anniversary of Milutin Milankovitch’s (Milanković’s) book explaining how slow changes in Earth’s...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Viking DNA Highlights Post-Babel Genetic Diversity
The standard theme often given for Viking history is that of blond-haired, blued-eyed, burly men exploring, trading, ransacking, and pillaging across Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic. While historical...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Getting Carbon into the First Cell
Today’s secular mindset replaces “In the beginning God…” with “In the beginning, hydrogen….” The extreme specificity of life’s chemical building blocks—let...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Secular Science Struggles to Explain Origin of Earth&rs.,.
Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and Jake Hebert, Ph.D. Secular scientists continue to struggle to explain the origin of Earth’s water. And a new study published in Science calls into question their...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS
South American Plant Fossils Confirm Flood Boundary
Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D., and Tim Clarey, Ph.D. Fossil pollen, leaf and fruit impressions, and petrified wood taken from multiple locations across the massive Central Andean Plateau in South...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS
Record-Breaking Mouse, Higher Than Any Mammal
Recently, researchers have reported on the world’s “highest-dwelling mammal,” the yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse, observed upon a dormant volcano 6,739 meters (22,110 feet) above sea...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Have Scientists Found Life on Venus?
Secular scientists are obsessed with attempting to show that life on Earth is not unique and therefore must exist, if not elsewhere in our solar system then somewhere in our Milky Way Galaxy. It is this...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Was This Cave Bear Really "Prehistoric"?
The preserved carcass of a “prehistoric” cave bear has been discovered in melting permafrost on an Arctic Russian Island.1,2 Reindeer herders discovered the remains of the adult...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.













Best Laid Plans



	Have you ever experienced the disappointment of changed plans? You carefully arrange the details, anticipate the event, and look forward to the fulfillment of your expectations. But then the long-awaited...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















Casting the Vision



	Each workday morning, the Institute for Creation Research staff meets for a time of devotion and prayer. Dr. Brian Thomas recently led our group and related how God’s hand and perfect timing played...


BY: MICHAEL J. STAMP

















ICR Paleoclimate Research Continues



	Because the Genesis Flood caused the Ice Age,1 studies of Earth's past climate, or paleoclimatology, have long been a focus of the Institute for Creation Research’s research programs....


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Lava Flows Disqualify Lake Spillover Canyon Theory



	There has been considerable debate among scientists over the origin of Grand Canyon. We all agree it was formed by the removal of some 1,000 cubic miles of sediment and rock, leaving a canyon 277 miles...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















An Old Friend Came Home



	Years ago, an attendee at an ICR Back to Genesis seminar approached me with a fossil he and his daughter had found while on a hike in Washington State. It was obviously petrified wood, which is common...


BY: JOHN D. MORRIS, PH.D.

















New Testament Upholds Created Kind Stasis



	The opening chapter of Genesis makes a significant and scientifically accurate statement concerning the fixity of created kinds. During the creation week, we repeatedly read the phrase that every type...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















ICR Discovery Center's First Anniversary Celebration!



	The ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History recently celebrated the first anniversary of its grand opening. To commemorate this milestone, the staff of our Dallas museum planned six days...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















Why Mosquitoes Attack: Mystery Solved



	It’s late evening. You’re relaxing on the backyard deck when suddenly they find you. Mosquitoes! One way they locate you is by tracking the carbon dioxide (CO2) in your breath. Does this...


BY: SCOTT ARLEDGE

















Leviathan: Legend, Croc, or Something Else?



	In Job 41, God points Job’s attention to a terrifying animal called leviathan. It’s clear this was a real creature, but what was it?

	Bible commentaries often call leviathan a crocodile....


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Food Web Ecology Corroborates Scripture



	Real-world ecology supports the Bible’s trustworthiness. Accordingly, how creatures get and use food matches how Scripture describes our world.1-3

	Food energy is one of life’s...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















Abound in This Grace



	One of the strongest exhortations for Christian giving is found in Paul’s encouragement to the believers in Corinth. In 2 Corinthians 8, Paul praised the example set by the Macedonian churches...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV










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Inside October 2020 Acts & Facts
What is ICR’s vision for the next chapter of creation ministry? Why do mosquitoes attack humans? How did we celebrate the first anniversary of the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Was a Franken-Fish "Created"?
In 2020, Hungarian zoologists described the hybridization of a Russian sturgeon and American paddlefish.1 Some sources have reported the scientists created a “franken-fish”—as...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
"100-Million-Year-Old" Bacteria?
Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology have recovered what they claim are 100-million-year-old microbes. Drilling 74.5 meters beyond the South Pacific seafloor, the JOIDES...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
Origin of Tectonic Plates Best Explained by the Flood
A new study published in Nature Communications claims to have figured out how the tectonic plates may have originated.1 It’s been over 50 years since the theory of plate tectonics became...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Give Today and Support Biblical Creation Ministry
North Texas Giving Day is here once again! Will you help us reach the next generation? Your generosity will empower ICR and our Dallas Museum—the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History—to...
BY: MICHAEL HANSEN
Mammalian Brains Prove Evolutionary Disconnect
The evolutionary model of brain development predicted that the complexity of neural connectivity should have increased as brains became larger and the creatures more complex. However, a groundbreaking...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Celebrating One Year at the ICR Discovery Center
Thank you to all who joined us for the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History’s First Anniversary Celebration! ICR staff enjoyed meeting many of you who came to enjoy our new planetarium...
BY: STAFF WRITER
North Texas Giving Day Next Week!
North Texas Giving Day is almost here! Will you help us reach the next generation? Your generosity will empower ICR and the ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History to help families, children,...
BY: MICHAEL HANSEN
New Evidence Hurts Feathered Dinosaur Theory
Is a dinosaur still a dinosaur if it has flight feathers? A new study points to some fascinating evidence that contradicts the idea of feathered dinosaurs and confirms created kinds. It’s no secret...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.













God's Mysterious Ways



	Have you ever found yourself wondering what God was up to? When life took an unexpected turn, you may have gone through difficult circumstances. Or perhaps you encountered situations that just didn’t...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















Dr. Randy Guliuzza, ICR’s New President and Chief.,.



	The Bible is full of stories of God using day-to-day activities to position people to accomplish His will. David was shepherding when Samuel called for him and anointed him as king. A woman drawing...


BY: CHRISTY HARDY

















Plants Model Continuous Environmental Tracking



	All plants and animals were divinely engineered with innate systems of adaptation that track various aspects of their environment and respond accordingly—an internal ability known as continuous...


BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.

















A Xiphactinus Dig: Excavating Clues to Noah's Flood



	A fossil dig team was just finishing its last day of excavating a two-meter-long extinct fish on a private ranch in Kansas. As dusk began to settle on the prairie’s badlands, two team members...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Amber Insect Fossils Still Glow



	Fossilized tree resin is called amber. Its translucent sheen and natural beauty have been appreciated for centuries. Amber is mentioned four times in Scripture, such as in Ezekiel 1:4:

	Then I looked,...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















Happy Anniversary to the ICR Discovery Center for Scien.,.



	September 2, 2020, marks the ICR Discovery Center’s first anniversary. We’re celebrating the occasion with extra-special offerings for guests who visit during the first week of September...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















Comets: Signs of Youth



	A comet in the night sky is an awe-inspiring sight (Figure 1). People throughout history have sometimes seen comets as portents of doom. However, God warned the people of Israel not to fear such signs...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Did Someone Really Find Noah's Ark?



	I recall a tough conversation with a skeptical student after speaking on creation and the Flood at a Christian school. This young man insisted he would never believe the Genesis Flood unless someone...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Matthew Maury's Paths of the Sea



	Today’s oceanography and meteorology owe a great debt to Matthew Maury. He exemplified the biblical principle that whatever we do, we should do it “to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















One Generation Away



	In 1967, Ronald Reagan delivered one of the most memorable lines of his storied career: “Freedom…is never more than one generation away from extinction.”1 The truth of...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV










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Inside September 2020 Acts & Facts
What's the story behind ICR's new President? What milestone are we celebrating this month at the ICR Discovery Center? How do comets affirm recent creation? Did someone really find Noah’s...
BY: STAFF WRITER
New Planetarium Show: Exploring Deep Space
The ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History is celebrating its first anniversary since the Grand Opening on September 2, 2019. To commemorate this milestone, our Dallas museum is offering...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Sunflower Heliotropism: August Sunlight for Making Tons.,.
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...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Human Brain Research Finds New Folds
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...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Picture Perfect: A Youthful Saturn
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...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Celebrate the First Anniversary of the ICR Discovery Center
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...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Meet Dr. G: ICR Scientists Share Their Perspective on I.,.
On August 1, 2020, ICR National Representative Dr. Randy Guliuzza was appointed as the organization's new President & Chief Operating Officer. Hear ICR's science team talk about their personal...
BY: STAFF WRITER
Venus May Be Geologically Active
Using computer simulations, a team of researchers has concluded the planet Venus could still be geologically active.1,2 The scientists used computers to simulate the formation of coronae—ring-shaped,...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Nose-Horned Lizard: Extinct, or Hiding for 129 Years?
Did Modigliani’s striking lizard—a variety of Agamidae “dragon lizard”—go extinct, or has it just been hiding in Indonesia for 129 years? Recently, this sneaky reptile...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Next Week
Both amateur and professional stargazers have an opportunity to see a little more of God’s glory revealed in the heavens1 next week. The Perseid meteor shower is probably the best of all...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Great American Outdoors Act, Signed into Law by President
In a bipartisan legislative achievement to promote better stewardship of American public lands, U.S. Senators and Representatives finalized their bill (H.R. 1957) called the “Great American Outdoors...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Grandmothers, Eat Fish to Protect Your Brains!
This month the American Academy of Neurology published a medical science study showing that senior women can fight air pollution hazards, including brain shrinkage, by eating seafood rich in omega-3 fatty...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Embarrassment Continues over Evolutionary Blunder about.,.
Recent research from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) continues to highlight how evolutionary theory influenced scientists to foolishly conclude that DNA in organisms...
BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.













Moving Forward with a New ICR Leader



	As the Institute for Creation Research celebrates 50 years of ministry, we’re also experiencing a significant transition. Dr. Henry M. Morris III will retire as Chief Executive Officer in October...


BY: JAYME DURANT

















Insight for Today from an Old Prayer



	What is wonderful about the Bible is that it is always relevant to any generation in any culture. Christians have also been blessed by reading many of the thoughts and prayers enlightened by biblical...


BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.

















Deep Water Coals Discovery Supports Flood



	Recent geological discoveries are defying standard uniformitarian explanations. First there was the massive Whopper Sand found in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico.1 Then there was the...


BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.

















Is Creation Evidence Ambiguous?



	Is evidence for creation ambiguous? Could an honest seeker of truth reasonably conclude there is no God? Is the evolutionary old-earth story a reasonable inference from the scientific data?

	The...


BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.

















Biological Bounceback at Mount St. Helens



	Early one bright Sunday morning, Mount St. Helens looked as picturesque as it had for hundreds of years. Suddenly, an earthquake shook loose the north side of the mountain. This uncorked a torrent of...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Human Activity and Vertebrate Evolutionary History



	God gave humans a dominion mandate1 and expects us to exercise responsible stewardship “over all the earth.”2 After the Flood, God reaffirmed the mandate in Genesis...


BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)

















The ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History Up.,.



	
	
		Plan your trip at ICRdiscoverycenter.org, where you’ll find ticket information, discounted rates for nearby hotels, and links to other family-friendly attractions in the Dallas area. You’ll...


BY: STAFF WRITER

















Believe Anyway



	by Scott Arledge and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.

	Some within the creation community make the claim that they would believe God’s Word about the age of the universe even if all the evidence pointed...


BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

















Why Don't Raindrops Bomb Butterfly Wings?



	Okay, I admit most folks have probably not thought to ask this creation question. But a bigger question gets answered when we examine the fantastic butterfly features that counter the force of falling...


BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.

















Sentinels Are Needed in Perilous Times



	Watch out! Dangers lurk everywhere—these are surely perilous times.1 One of the apologetics-exhorting themes in Jude’s epistle is the need to beware of—and to forewarn others...


BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.

















'Doing Business' in Good Times and Bad



	No doubt many of you, like me, have been earnestly looking for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. He called all believers to be godly “salt” and “light” in this sin-darkened...


BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV










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Inside August 2020 Acts & Facts
Have you heard about ICR’s new President and Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Randy Guliuzza? What can we learn from an old prayer? Is creation evidence ambiguous? What are people saying about their...
BY: STAFF WRITER
God’s Plan Is Best: Salmon Need Saltwater Acclimation
Once again, results are better when aquaculture imitates the natural life cycle of Atlantic salmon.1,2 In other words, the closer fish farmers get to imitating God’s natural program for...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
After 30 Years, Red Kites Soar in British Skies
Good news is always welcome. So, it’s good to learn of another conservation comeback. This time it’s the red kite happily soaring in Great Britain’s skies. Conservationists are...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Pollinators Working Hard as July Wraps Up
The latter days of July are very busy for many pollinators.1 These include birds, bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, bats, and more.1-3 Pollination is essential to a healthy...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Sudden Appearance of Flowering Plants Fit Flood Model
A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has claimed that flowering plants, the most common type of plant on Earth, first appeared in small numbers in rocks of the Early Cretaceous. Fossils...
BY: TIM CLAREY, PH.D.
Albatrosses Aid Law Enforcement
Recently, albatrosses were used for a surprising and unintended purpose: catching criminals.1,2 On behalf of BBC News, Samantha Patrick reported on her tagged and satellite-tracked albatrosses....
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Bearded Vulture Visits England’s Oldest National Park
Peak District National Park was established in 1951 as Great Britain’s first national park. Now that upland park is experiencing another historic highlight—the rare bearded vulture has arrived...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Glow-in-the-Dark Creatures Show Off on Warm July Nights
In America, the month of July is accompanied by fireworks, even in the heavens.1 However, July is also a time when certain glow-in-the-dark animals—creatures of the sky and sea—shine...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Manatees Visit Warm Waters of North Carolina
During July 4th weekend, manatees made a patriotic appearance on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.1,2 Manatees stopped to visit the Outer Banks over the holiday weekend, showing up in...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Thermometers and Fish: What’s the Mercury Reading?
For centuries, mercury has been used in thermometers for reading our body temperatures, but now we measure mercury levels to see if seafood is safe to eat.1-4 If you are hungry for fish, maybe...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Belugas Select Friends Who Aren’t Close Kin
Beluga whales don’t select their friends according to what Darwinists would expect, a new Florida Atlantic University study shows.1,2 The research findings are taken from ten Arctic beluga...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
First Human Chromosome Fully Sequenced
Most people might be surprised to learn that the human genome has not been fully sequenced. Gaps still remain that have not yet been bridged because of the nature of the DNA sequence coupled with past...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
July Astronomical Highlights
This month (July 2020), multiple astronomical objects highlight God’s glory displayed in the heavens.1 For the next two weeks, all five planets visible to the naked eye—Mercury,...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Alaskan Alcids: Efficiently Designed for Air and Water
Recent research on the flying behavior of Alaskan alcids shows how Earth has two kinds of fluid-filled “oceans”, the liquid ocean of sea-water and the gaseous “ocean” of air.1-3...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
Electrical Signaling Among Plants Via Soil Fungal Network
If you were standing in a field of tomatoes, you might be surprised to know that the soil underneath your feet is teeming with electrical signals being sent among plants as described in a new research...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Environmentalist Apologizes for Climate Change Alarmism
In late June, Forbes magazine published an article by environmentalist and climate activist Michael Shellenberger in which he apologized for thirty years of climate alarmism promoted by the environmental...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
Ghost Crabs Growl by Gnashing their Gut Teeth!
A recent science news video shows barium-marked fluoroscopy of a ghost crab’s gut teeth in action. The video reveals how that species of crab can control friction of its gastric mill teeth (i.e.,...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
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