The Institute for Creation Research

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.¹A 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.^1,2At 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-BaÄŸlararasÄ±, 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 University^1,2—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.¹Both 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...

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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.¹But 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...

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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.¹Since 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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Why do scientists discover similarities between human-engineered systems and creature adaptation? How does the Genesis Flood explain the Ice Age? How is biblical creation the best scientific explanation of our world? What does it mean to be rich toward God? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the November 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 13070] [MACRO aaf_article, 13071] [MACRO aaf_article, 13072] [MACRO aaf_article, 13074] [MACRO aaf_article, 13075] [MACRO aaf_article, 13076] [MACRO aaf_article, 13077] [MACRO aaf_article, 13079]

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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.¹But 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...

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How is the Lord’s handiwork on display at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park? Does the universe look old? What can we learn about science and logic from Trinidad spider behavior? And what is the latest discovery that debunks the evolutionary idea of “junk DNA”? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the October 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12993] [MACRO aaf_article, 12994] [MACRO aaf_article, 12995] [MACRO aaf_article, 12996] [MACRO aaf_article, 12997] [MACRO aaf_article, 12998] [MACRO aaf_article, 12999] [MACRO aaf_article, 13000] [MACRO aaf_article, 13001] [MACRO aaf_article, 13002]

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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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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 to misguided or hostile remarks about your faith? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the September 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12976] [MACRO aaf_article, 12977] [MACRO aaf_article, 12978] [MACRO aaf_article, 12979] [MACRO aaf_article, 12980] [MACRO aaf_article, 12981] [MACRO aaf_article, 12982] [MACRO aaf_article, 12983] [MACRO aaf_article, 12984] [MACRO aaf_article, 12985]

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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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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 to these questions and more in the July 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12854] [MACRO aaf_article, 12855] [MACRO aaf_article, 12856] [MACRO aaf_article, 12857] [MACRO aaf_article, 12858] [MACRO aaf_article, 12859] [MACRO aaf_article, 12860] [MACRO aaf_article, 12861] [MACRO aaf_article, 12862] [MACRO aaf_article, 12863]

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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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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 confirm the global Flood? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the June 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12824] [MACRO aaf_article, 12825] [MACRO aaf_article, 12826] [MACRO aaf_article, 12827] [MACRO aaf_article, 12828] [MACRO aaf_article, 12829] [MACRO aaf_article, 12830] [MACRO aaf_article, 12831] [MACRO aaf_article, 12832] [MACRO aaf_article, 12833]

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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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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 creation? How does Zion National Park confirm the global Flood? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the May 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12773] [MACRO aaf_article, 12774] [MACRO aaf_article, 12775] [MACRO aaf_article, 12776] [MACRO aaf_article, 12777] [MACRO aaf_article, 12778] [MACRO aaf_article, 12779] [MACRO aaf_article, 12780] [MACRO aaf_article, 12781]

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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...

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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 learn from the Painted Desert, dinosaur fossils, and Petrified Forest National Park? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the April 2021 issue of Acts & Facts! [MACRO aaf_article, 12718] [MACRO aaf_article, 12719] [MACRO aaf_article, 12720] [MACRO aaf_article, 12721] [MACRO aaf_article, 12722] [MACRO aaf_article, 12723] [MACRO aaf_article, 12724] [MACRO aaf_article, 12725] [MACRO aaf_article, 12726] [MACRO aaf_article, 12727] [MACRO aaf_article, 12728]

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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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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 (MilankoviÄ‡’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.)

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