THE LIGHT-EMITTING SWALLOWTAIL
Genesis 1:3
"And God said, 'Let there be light;' and there was light."
Though tiny, the scales of the swallowtail butterfly's wing are similar in design to light-emitting diodes. We say similar because the design is closer to a specialized light-emitting diode that puts out six times as much light as a standard LED.
The blue-green wing of the swallowtail is covered with millions of tiny scales. Each microscopic scale has three layers. The top layer is made up of thousands of hollow cylinders shaped in a honeycomb pattern. There is fluorescent pigment within the sides of those cells. The second layer adds the blue-green color to entering light, and the bottom layer reflects it back out. As the light enters, the top layer focuses and reflects all the blue-green light that enters it. The second layer turns any other color entering light - including ultraviolet light - blue-green, and the bottom layer reflects it back out.
The efficiency of the delicate structure has been compared to LEDs that have two-dimensional photonic crystals that put out six times as much light as a regular LED. As one scientist put it, they had no idea that the design would be so "precise" and "refined."
Of course it's precise and refined, showing an understanding of light! It was designed by the same Creator Who created light in the first place.
Thank You, Father, for creating light with its beauty and especially for the beauty of the light of the Gospel. Amen.
Science News, 11/19/05. p. 324, A. Cunningham, "Way to Glow." Photo: Swallowtail butterfly. Courtesy of????. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Genesis 1:3
"And God said, 'Let there be light;' and there was light."
Though tiny, the scales of the swallowtail butterfly's wing are similar in design to light-emitting diodes. We say similar because the design is closer to a specialized light-emitting diode that puts out six times as much light as a standard LED.
The blue-green wing of the swallowtail is covered with millions of tiny scales. Each microscopic scale has three layers. The top layer is made up of thousands of hollow cylinders shaped in a honeycomb pattern. There is fluorescent pigment within the sides of those cells. The second layer adds the blue-green color to entering light, and the bottom layer reflects it back out. As the light enters, the top layer focuses and reflects all the blue-green light that enters it. The second layer turns any other color entering light - including ultraviolet light - blue-green, and the bottom layer reflects it back out.
The efficiency of the delicate structure has been compared to LEDs that have two-dimensional photonic crystals that put out six times as much light as a regular LED. As one scientist put it, they had no idea that the design would be so "precise" and "refined."
Of course it's precise and refined, showing an understanding of light! It was designed by the same Creator Who created light in the first place.
Thank You, Father, for creating light with its beauty and especially for the beauty of the light of the Gospel. Amen.
Science News, 11/19/05. p. 324, A. Cunningham, "Way to Glow." Photo: Swallowtail butterfly. Courtesy of????. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
WHICH CAME FIRST . . . OR DID THEY?
Genesis 1:21
"So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female created He them."
We have all seen those illustrations supposedly showing the stages of human evolution from some ape-like creature. Progressing from the earliest ape-like creature to modern man, you see Homo habilis and, closer to modern man, Homo erectus.
Although this illustration continues to adorn textbooks, paleontologists have known for some time that it is an inaccurate depiction of even their own theory. While digging in Africa in 2000, a paleontological team headed by the Leakeys found bones of both erectus and habilis. Not only were they within walking distance of each other, they were in the same level and, thus. have the same dates. The evolutionary dating of the jaw from the habilis as well as the erectus skull were dated at 1.44 million evolutionary years. This was long after habilis was supposed to have evolved into erectus.
Evolutionists also once thought that modern humans evolved from Neandertals. But then they found clear evidence that modern humans existed at the same time as Neandertals. Commenting on the finding, one evolutionary scientist cautioned that this finding should not be considered a weakness in evolutionary theory. However, real science is all about evidence. And there is no evidence that modern humans evolved from some early ape-like creature.
While evolution views man as just another animal, God made us in His image to be His children.
Father, I thank You that You have made me and redeemed me through the suffering and death of Your Son. Amen.
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,292572.00.html. Photo: Homo habilis reconstruction. Courtesy of Lillyundfreya. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Genesis 1:21
"So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female created He them."
We have all seen those illustrations supposedly showing the stages of human evolution from some ape-like creature. Progressing from the earliest ape-like creature to modern man, you see Homo habilis and, closer to modern man, Homo erectus.
Although this illustration continues to adorn textbooks, paleontologists have known for some time that it is an inaccurate depiction of even their own theory. While digging in Africa in 2000, a paleontological team headed by the Leakeys found bones of both erectus and habilis. Not only were they within walking distance of each other, they were in the same level and, thus. have the same dates. The evolutionary dating of the jaw from the habilis as well as the erectus skull were dated at 1.44 million evolutionary years. This was long after habilis was supposed to have evolved into erectus.
Evolutionists also once thought that modern humans evolved from Neandertals. But then they found clear evidence that modern humans existed at the same time as Neandertals. Commenting on the finding, one evolutionary scientist cautioned that this finding should not be considered a weakness in evolutionary theory. However, real science is all about evidence. And there is no evidence that modern humans evolved from some early ape-like creature.
While evolution views man as just another animal, God made us in His image to be His children.
Father, I thank You that You have made me and redeemed me through the suffering and death of Your Son. Amen.
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,292572.00.html. Photo: Homo habilis reconstruction. Courtesy of Lillyundfreya. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
NEW LIGHT ON RADIOMETRIC DATING
2 Peter 3:5
"For this they are willingly ignorant of, that by the Word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:"
Most people find the subject of radiometric dating too technical to understand. Until recent years, scientists who believe in creation haven't had the necessary resources to explore radiometric dating in detail.
Now that has changed, and some important discoveries are being made. When granite rock hardens, it freezes radioactive elements in place. The most common radioactive element in granite is Uranium-238. This element is locked in tiny zircons within the granite. As part of the decay process, helium is produced. While it stays within the zircon for a period of time, being a very small atom, helium escapes the zircon within a few thousand years.
When creation scientists studied granite samples, they made interesting discoveries. The samples were from a mile below the earth, which, according to inflated evolutionary years, were 1.5 billion years old. The helium still locked in the samples was studied as well as the rate at which the helium diffused from the rock. They concluded that the helium in the rock was 100,000 times more plentiful than it should have been if the rocks were really 1.5 billion years old. They concluded that their findings are consistent with an Earth that is about 6,000 years old.
As our knowledge continues to grow, what we know continues to be in agreement with Scripture.
I thank You, Father, for those things in the creation that bear witness to You. Help me to be a faithful witness, too. Amen.
Answers, 7-9/06, pp. 22-24, Don DeYoung, "Raising the Bar on Creation Research." Photo: A 10 gram sample of U-238. Courtesy of Forwardbias. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
2 Peter 3:5
"For this they are willingly ignorant of, that by the Word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:"
Most people find the subject of radiometric dating too technical to understand. Until recent years, scientists who believe in creation haven't had the necessary resources to explore radiometric dating in detail.
Now that has changed, and some important discoveries are being made. When granite rock hardens, it freezes radioactive elements in place. The most common radioactive element in granite is Uranium-238. This element is locked in tiny zircons within the granite. As part of the decay process, helium is produced. While it stays within the zircon for a period of time, being a very small atom, helium escapes the zircon within a few thousand years.
When creation scientists studied granite samples, they made interesting discoveries. The samples were from a mile below the earth, which, according to inflated evolutionary years, were 1.5 billion years old. The helium still locked in the samples was studied as well as the rate at which the helium diffused from the rock. They concluded that the helium in the rock was 100,000 times more plentiful than it should have been if the rocks were really 1.5 billion years old. They concluded that their findings are consistent with an Earth that is about 6,000 years old.
As our knowledge continues to grow, what we know continues to be in agreement with Scripture.
I thank You, Father, for those things in the creation that bear witness to You. Help me to be a faithful witness, too. Amen.
Answers, 7-9/06, pp. 22-24, Don DeYoung, "Raising the Bar on Creation Research." Photo: A 10 gram sample of U-238. Courtesy of Forwardbias. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
TEACHING ANTS
Psalm 25:5
"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."
Researchers in England have, for the first time, identified an example of true human-like teaching in the animal world.
Their definition of teaching goes beyond simple "monkey-see, monkey-do." First, the teacher must show the student how to do something, doing it less efficiently than they normally would. Next, the student must learn the task faster than it would without the teacher. Finally, to be true teaching, there must be student-teacher feedback.
They found that a small ant on England's southern coast meets these criteria. In their experiments, they placed a sugar solution about six inches from the ants' nest. They videotaped what happened next. After an ant discovered the sugary treat, it returned to the nest to get a friend. The teacher ant would then lead its student to the sugar, going four times more slowly than it normally would. During the lesson, the student would periodically stop and turn around, as if to get its bearings. Feedback between student and teacher took place when the student would tap the teacher with her antennae to keep her moving.
God is, of course, the ultimate Teacher Who gives both the ability to teach and to learn wherever it is needed. The greatest truth He teaches is the truth of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, His Son.
Father, thank You for teaching me the truth that Jesus Christ died for my sins so that You could truly be my Father. Amen.
Science News, 1/14/06, pp. 20-21, S. Milius, "Little Professor." Photo: These fire ants can also teach you a painful lesson if you disturb them.
Psalm 25:5
"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."
Researchers in England have, for the first time, identified an example of true human-like teaching in the animal world.
Their definition of teaching goes beyond simple "monkey-see, monkey-do." First, the teacher must show the student how to do something, doing it less efficiently than they normally would. Next, the student must learn the task faster than it would without the teacher. Finally, to be true teaching, there must be student-teacher feedback.
They found that a small ant on England's southern coast meets these criteria. In their experiments, they placed a sugar solution about six inches from the ants' nest. They videotaped what happened next. After an ant discovered the sugary treat, it returned to the nest to get a friend. The teacher ant would then lead its student to the sugar, going four times more slowly than it normally would. During the lesson, the student would periodically stop and turn around, as if to get its bearings. Feedback between student and teacher took place when the student would tap the teacher with her antennae to keep her moving.
God is, of course, the ultimate Teacher Who gives both the ability to teach and to learn wherever it is needed. The greatest truth He teaches is the truth of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, His Son.
Father, thank You for teaching me the truth that Jesus Christ died for my sins so that You could truly be my Father. Amen.
Science News, 1/14/06, pp. 20-21, S. Milius, "Little Professor." Photo: These fire ants can also teach you a painful lesson if you disturb them.
IRONCLAD EVIDENCE
Exodus 20:11
"For in six days the Lord made the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
While evolutionists can't explain how life originated, they have proposed theories of how inorganic matter became biological molecules. Each of these theories requires the assumption that the Earth had no oxygen in its atmosphere when life first began. Oxygen would destroy the chemistry they propose.
However, Neil Phillips, an Australian geologist, has discovered iron oxide in South Africa. The iron oxide was discovered in rock layers that are dated to a time long before the first appearance of life, according to evolutionary theory. The form of iron oxide he found, pisoliths, are only known to form in the presence of oxygen. Based on his study, Phillips has concluded that the Earth has had enough oxygen in its atmosphere to react with geological features since the beginning of geological history. That's enough oxygen to destroy any of the products of the chemistry evolutionists have proposed for the origin of life.
Part of the scientific power of any model of origins is its ability to predict what kind of evidence to look for. The creation model says that there was air-breathing life within the first week that Earth's geology existed. The discovery of iron oxide in the most ancient rocks is no surprise to those who accept creation.
Father, help me to worship You in spirit and in truth by also making a faithful witness to Your work of creation. Amen.
Discover, 4/02, p. 11, Lauren Gravitz. "Early Breath of Fresh Air." Also, "Iron Oxide Cemented Nodules in the Critical Zone: Pisoliths to Concretions." https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper224224.html.
Exodus 20:11
"For in six days the Lord made the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
While evolutionists can't explain how life originated, they have proposed theories of how inorganic matter became biological molecules. Each of these theories requires the assumption that the Earth had no oxygen in its atmosphere when life first began. Oxygen would destroy the chemistry they propose.
However, Neil Phillips, an Australian geologist, has discovered iron oxide in South Africa. The iron oxide was discovered in rock layers that are dated to a time long before the first appearance of life, according to evolutionary theory. The form of iron oxide he found, pisoliths, are only known to form in the presence of oxygen. Based on his study, Phillips has concluded that the Earth has had enough oxygen in its atmosphere to react with geological features since the beginning of geological history. That's enough oxygen to destroy any of the products of the chemistry evolutionists have proposed for the origin of life.
Part of the scientific power of any model of origins is its ability to predict what kind of evidence to look for. The creation model says that there was air-breathing life within the first week that Earth's geology existed. The discovery of iron oxide in the most ancient rocks is no surprise to those who accept creation.
Father, help me to worship You in spirit and in truth by also making a faithful witness to Your work of creation. Amen.
Discover, 4/02, p. 11, Lauren Gravitz. "Early Breath of Fresh Air." Also, "Iron Oxide Cemented Nodules in the Critical Zone: Pisoliths to Concretions." https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper224224.html.
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