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Comets: Signs of Youth - Aug 31, 2020
/article/comets-signs-of-youthJake Hebert, Ph.D. - A comet in the night sky is an awe-inspiring sight (Figure 1). People throughout history have sometimes seen comets as portents of doom. However, God warned the people of Israel not to fear such signs in the heavens: Thus says the LORD:...
Picture Perfect: A Youthful Saturn - Aug 24, 2020
/article/picture-perfect-a-youthful-saturnJake Hebert, Ph.D. - This summer, the Hubble Space Telescope took a brilliant new photograph of Saturn and its rings.1 Saturn’s moons Mimas and Enceladus can also be seen in the photo. For a number of years now, the Hubble Space Telescope has been taking yearly...
Venus May Be Geologically Active - Aug 13, 2020
/article/venus-may-be-geologically-activeJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Using computer simulations, a team of researchers has concluded the planet Venus could still be geologically active.1,2 The scientists used computers to simulate the formation of coronae—ring-shaped, volcanic structures on the planet’s...
Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Next Week - Aug 7, 2020
/article/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-next-weekJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Both amateur and professional stargazers have an opportunity to see a little more of God’s glory revealed in the heavens1 next week. The Perseid meteor shower is probably the best of all the annual meteor showers, and it is scheduled to put on...
Is Creation Evidence Ambiguous? - Jul 31, 2020
/article/is-creation-evidence-ambiguousJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Is evidence for creation ambiguous? Could an honest seeker of truth reasonably conclude there is no God? Is the evolutionary old-earth story a reasonable inference from the scientific data? The Institute for Creation Research would forcefully...
July Astronomical Highlights - Jul 21, 2020
/article/july-astronomical-highlightsJake Hebert, Ph.D. - This month (July 2020), multiple astronomical objects highlight God’s glory displayed in the heavens.1 For the next two weeks, all five planets visible to the naked eye—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn—appear shortly...
Environmentalist Apologizes for Climate Change Alarmism - Jul 17, 2020
/article/environmentalist-apologize-climate-change-alarmismJake Hebert, Ph.D. - In late June, Forbes magazine published an article by environmentalist and climate activist Michael Shellenberger in which he apologized for thirty years of climate alarmism promoted by the environmental movement. Shellenberger thinks climate...
Comet Now Visible to the Naked Eye - Jul 15, 2020
/article/comet-now-visible-to-the-naked-eyeJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Stargazers have been disappointed earlier this year by comets ATLAS and SWAN, which disintegrated before they could put on good celestial shows. But another comet is now appearing in the sky and delighting stargazers.1,2 This comet has been...
Saharan Dust Cloud Strikes United States - Jul 14, 2020
/article/saharan-dust-cloud-strikes-united-statesJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Recently, the southeastern United States was hit by a huge cloud of dust from the Sahara desert that drifted across the Atlantic Ocean. A second such cloud arrived soon after.1,2 These Saharan dust clouds are actually quite common, but this plume...
Titan Receding from Saturn Faster than Expected - Jul 10, 2020
/article/titan-receding-from-saturn-faster-than-expectedJake Hebert, Ph.D. - Data obtained from the Cassini space probe show that Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is receding away from Saturn a hundred times faster than scientists previously thought.1,2 Titan is moving away from Saturn for basically the same reason...
More Botany
Complex Bioengineering in Blooming Flowers
Have you ever wondered how a plant knows when it’s time to flower? How does it know it needs to bloom and reproduce to perpetuate itself for future...
Newfound Nitrogen Harmony Saves Tropical Forest Trees
New research shows that tropical forests quickly recover after clear-cutting by using clever mechanisms to locate sufficient levels of nitrogen that...
Electrical Signaling Among Plants Via Soil Fungal Network
If you were standing in a field of tomatoes, you might be surprised to know that the soil underneath your feet is teeming with electrical signals being...
More Human Stewardship
Cherry Orchards, Nutrition, and Providential Phenology
As June transitions into July, it’s time for fruit harvesting—including apples, peaches, pears, and cherries. Notice how fruit phenology (seasonal...
Pork, Produce, and Planting for the Future
You probably have noticed over the last several weeks that your visits to the local store have demonstrated a new phenomenon—empty shelves in many...
Maine Lobsters Make International News
The life of a Maine lobster is mostly a matter of crawling around on muddy continental shelf seafloors, not far from a coastline. Benthic scavenging is...
More Government and Politics
Liberty and the Word of God
“And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts” (Psalm 119:45).
July 4th is called Independence Day here in our country because on...
Will Norway Invade Privacy by Reversing Continuous Tracking?
ICR’s Dr. Randy Guliuzza has repeatedly illustrated and explained how continuous environmental tracking works in animals and mankind.1...
Falling Birth Rates of Nordic Countries, Except Faroes
If not for incoming immigrant growth, most Nordic nations would continue to lose human population because birth rates remain so low.1-3 Maybe...
More Creation Science Update
Specialized Brain Cells Act Like a Compass
Most people don’t think about the mental process of recognizing locations. We just take it for granted.
Any sort of complicated manmade device,...
Mouse Brains Rewire Themselves
How do you know when something has been engineered? One way to tell is to study the words used to describe its characteristic features. The Mt. Rushmore...
Photosynthesis Continues to Amaze
One of the most complex biochemical processes in God’s creation is the ability plants possess to take in carbon dioxide and water and, with the...