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Recent ArticlesWild about beetles
From a young age some people are fascinated by beetles. For example, English author A. A. Milne wrote a delightful poem concerning a boy and…
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Recent ArticlesTopsy-turvy world of bats
People have a love/hate relationship with bats. While these animals are interesting and exciting to some, the more common response is very negative, to say…
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Recent ArticlesOptically Excellent
How could evolution craft something as complex as the eye in the first place? And how could it do it again and again and again?…
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DocumentaryMetamorphosis: the beauty and design of butterflies
Documentary 2011 / 64 minutes Rating: 8/10 Did you ever stop to reflect that beauty is not essential to the survival of creatures, that it…
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Science – GeneralHalf duck, half beaver: the astonishing platypus
In recent years a strange assortment of animals, some familiar and some obscure, have enjoyed a brief moment of scientific attention. In each case, the…
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Apologetics 101Wrong questions lead to wrong answers
Why don’t brilliant scientists see evidence of God’s design in Nature? Because they deliberately limit the questions they are willing to ask. ***** The conflict…
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Science – GeneralWhy animals don’t get lost (and no, it’s not because they’re willing to ask for directions)
Since the advent of global positioning satellites, or at least since their availability for civilians, scientists have found many uses for these devices. One of…
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Adult non-fictionReturn of the God Hypothesis
Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe by Stephen C. Meyer 568 pages / 2021 Stephen Meyer’s impetus to write Return of…
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Science – GeneralSurprising similarities: shrubs and whales, trees and snails
In his fabulous nonsense poem, The Walrus and the Carpenter (1871), Lewis Carroll groups cabbages and kings together. Upon reflection, we might ask what cabbages…
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Science – GeneralPluto: Déjà vu all over again
Until the summer of 2015, we knew very little about Pluto. We knew that it was far away, 5 billion kilometers. We also knew it…
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Amazing stories from times pastThe Gift of Flight: Two brothers’ determined quest
As stories go, this one sounds as if it comes from Through the Looking Glass: and what Alice found there, the classic story by Lewis…
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Science – GeneralWe’ve all got rhythm – internal clocks in plants, animals, and people too
To my husband, the idea that all humans are able accurately to measure time without recourse to clocks, seems laughable. For if this is so,…
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Book ReviewsYellow & Pink
by William Steig 1984 / 32 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Sometimes one encounters a work of art, a poem, piece of music, figurine or painting which is…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionWhat you need to know to survive and thrive in your secular science class
If you’re heading into a secular university or high school science course, and you’re a little intimidated, here’s something to remember. It is not just the…
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Science – Creation/Evolution“Inferior” design: a proof of evolution?
“Suboptimal” design in nature is supposed to be the result of, and evidence for, evolutionary trial and error ***** Everybody loves to hear about wonderful living…
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AssortedLosers are part of the plan
As far as many politicians and voters are concerned, “going green” is the equivalent of “motherhood and apple pie.” Typically, the “transition to a green…
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RP AppThe ordinary is extraordinary: Dr. Gordon Wilson at Creation Weekend 2018
During the Creation Science Association of Alberta’s Creation Weekend 2018, Dr. Gordon Wilson was the feature speaker, giving three lectures. This is an account of…
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NewsGenetically-engineered babies have now been born
Human experimentation has been happening around the world for the past four decades, with research scientists actively carrying out experiments on human embryos. The stated…
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Science – GeneralDon’t push Dad into the pond (and don’t tell Mom about the bugs!)
An aquarium-based science experiment for the whole family ***** Summer is here and there are any number of projects in which the whole family can…
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Science – GeneralPlants that pack an explosive punch!
Sometimes when my husband and I sit quietly in our house, maybe reading, or drinking coffee, we hear a barely audible “pop” followed by a…
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Science – GeneralAmazing green meat-eaters!
The first thing a student of nature learns, is that it is fatal to generalize – an exception can be found to almost any general…
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Science – GeneralDNA: good discovery, bad agenda
What a difference 65 years makes. It was in April of 1953 that a one-page letter appeared in the journal Nature. Two young scientists believed…
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Science – GeneralStephen Jay Gould: An evolutionist who helped creationists
Few American scientists achieved fame and fortune as quickly as Dr. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), and few scientists aroused such mixed emotions among their colleagues…
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NewsScience politicized: when democracy doesn’t suffice anymore
In the West most citizens take pride in their democratic institutions, pointing to how it’s through democracy that change can be peaceably pursued. Of course,…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionOn DNA and how “things are seldom what they seem”
Sometimes we forget that scientists like to be amused just as much as other individuals, and the illustration in the November 20/08 issue of Nature…
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Science – Creation/EvolutionMOLECULAR MOTORS: Design on a microscopic scale
One of the most famous molecular machines is the rotary bacterial flagellum made famous by Michael Behe in his book Darwin’s Black Box (1996). This miniature…
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Science – GeneralWONDERFUL WHALES: Design on a gigantic scale
When we look at nature, we can hardly miss the design that is everywhere so apparent in living creatures. We recognize it every time we…
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Science – GeneralHow the nose knows!
Of the five senses that keep us in touch with the world, one that we tend to take for granted is the sense of smell….
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Recent ArticlesStar gazing and star guessing
The night sky has always fascinated mankind. Ancient people were able to identify many constellations and follow their annual paths across the sky. In the…