Biology

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  Plants

Biology Articles

• Just for Fungi

  

  July 1, 2024 from Kids Answers Magazine

  Fungi are not plants or animals—they belong to their own kingdom. God created fungi to help support all life on earth.

• New Remedies for Our Maladies?

  

  April 1, 2024

  As we wisely follow our dominion mandate, we continue to discover more ways to improve our health and help our fellow image bearers in this fallen world.

• Clearly Designed

  

  Jan. 31, 2024

  God ingeniously preprogrammed the genetic information essential for glass frogs to control their transparency.

• Over a Hundred Genes Responsible for Skin “Color”

  

  Jan. 31, 2024

  Human skin “color” is more complicated and complex than scientists previously thought.

• Phytoplankton Power

  

  Jan. 31, 2024

  Even in a fallen world, we see how God has arranged everything to work together in an orderly—and brilliant—fashion.

• Snow of Many Colors

  

  Jan. 1, 2024 from Kids Answers Magazine

  It’s fun waking up to a sparkling white wonderland of snow. But sometimes snow comes in other colors—often thanks to algae.

• Made to Match

  

  April 1, 2023, p. 20

  An entire ecosystem flourishes thanks to God’s specialized design for the largest yucca tree and a little moth.

• Soap-Dispensing Protein Fighters

  

  Oct. 1, 2022

  The human body has more than just antibodies and white blood cells to fight infections.

• A Virus to Fight Cancer

  

  Jan. 1, 2022

  We can praise the Creator for giving us ingenuity to steward his creation—even the fallen aspects of it.

• Simple Cells with a Complex Defense

  

  Jan. 1, 2021

  The microorganism Stentor roeseli, a trumpet-shaped protist (single-celled organism), has a mind of its own.

• Sea Anemones: Complex Simple Creatures

  

  March 1, 2020

  It was a big surprise to discover that this creature has the largest mitochondrial DNA genome yet discovered.

• Of Mice and Marathoners

  

  July 1, 2019

  Why are long-distance runners so good at what they do? Evolutionary researchers say they have found the secret: a “broken” gene.

• Complex Shape Found in Cells

  

  May 1, 2019

  Some cells in your body appear to employ a surprisingly complex geometric shape to build things.

• Cracking the Eggshell’s Secret

  

  May 1, 2019

  Humans have known about eggshells for—oh, about 6,000 years. Yet even such a common, plain object still discloses unseen secrets.

• Following the Breadcrumb Trail

  

  May 1, 2019

  We know that God created extremely intelligent beings—Adam and Eve—at the start.

• Why Did God Make Weeds?

  

  Jan. 31, 2019

  Genesis 1 tells us God created the plants on day 3 of creation week. Does this mean God created the plants we call “weeds”? Yes, he did!

• Computing Evolutionary Ancestors

  

  Jan. 1, 2019

  Computer experts designed a set of algorithms to “compute” evolutionary ancestors of genes that we find in living humans and other creatures. Is this accurate?

• Cancer Glasses

  

  Jan. 1, 2019

  Glasses that imitate insects’ vision promise to help surgeons detect cancer cells. The glasses incorporate a camera inspired by morpho butterflies’ eyes.

• Viruses Keep You Healthy

  

  Sept. 1, 2018

  Your body contains more than 150 trillion viruses and absorbs about 30 billion viruses a day. That’s what a recent study suggests. Feeling sick yet?

• Laws of Life

  

  May 1, 2017 from Laws of God Science Cards

  Living things do not come from nonliving matter on their own.

• A Common Ancestor Isn’t the Answer

  Sept. 26, 2016 from Museum Guide

  Recent findings from various scientific disciplines confirm that homology is not evidence that all living things share a common ancestor.

• What About Those Embryos?

  

  Sept. 12, 2016 from Museum Guide

  Most museums now recognize that the human embryo does not pass through various evolutionary stages, known as embryonic recapitulation.

• Are Adaptations Evidence for Evolution?

  Sept. 5, 2016 from Museum Guide

  Adaptations can be defined as physical traits or behaviors due to inherited characteristics that give organisms the ability to survive in a given environment.

• Is Natural Selection Evidence for Evolution?

  Aug. 29, 2016 from Museum Guide

  Natural selection actually works in the opposite direction of what molecules-to-man evolution requires.

• Do Mutations Fuel Evolution?

  Aug. 22, 2016 from Museum Guide

  Some exhibits may present mutations as the fuel for particles-to-presidents evolutionary processes.

• Are Similarities Explained by Evolution?

  Aug. 15, 2016 from Museum Guide

  As is obvious even from a quick glance at earth’s fauna, there are many similarities among organisms.

• Does Speciation = Evolution?

  Aug. 15, 2016 from Museum Guide

  Some museums show their lack of understanding of the biblical position when they claim that creationists believe in the “fixity of species.”

• Is Our Blood Similar to Sea Water?

  

  Jan. 4, 2016 from Museum Guide

  The claim that the composition of blood is similar to sea water is based on the assumption that life came from the ocean.

• Is Our DNA Full of Junk?

  

  Jan. 27, 2015

  Rather than being full of leftover junk, DNA shows the powerful hand of the Creator who marvelously designed us.

• Cloning the Woolly Mammoth

  March 10, 2011

  Would you be surprised to see woolly mammoths running around in our world today?