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Computer Simulations Imply Recent, Supernatural Creation of Saturn's Moons
Conventional scenarios fall short in explaining the origin of moons within our solar system. Recent computer simulations have strengthened the argument that…
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Watching PBS: Don’t Think Too Hard About the Brain’s Origin!
This past summer, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) addressed the subject of origins in the five-part television series Evolution.1 Not too…
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The Engineering Behind Every Heartbeat
The human heart does not beat like a perfect clock. The time between beats changes as the body breathes, moves, rests, and reacts to the world around it. New…
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Blood Vessels: Built to Sense and Respond to Force
Blood vessels do more than carry blood. As tissue grows or heals, new vessels must form in the right place and direction, through a process called…
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Hummingbird Hawkmoth Exhibits Astonishing Abilities
The incredible hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum), and other insects of the Lepidoptera order, continue to amaze entomologists.1,2 The hawkmoth…
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More Than Just Parts: The Networking of Cells
An engineer can list every part in a system and still miss how it works. Think of a radio. Its parts matter, but so does the wiring that joins them. The same…
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Living Centenarian Sturgeon: Extreme Genesis Longevity Is Plausible
Native American oral tradition contains stories of sturgeon living for centuries. While this was largely seen as folklore among conventional scientists, a new…
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Brainy Bees Solve Pollen Problem
The uncanny abilities of the honeybee cause entomologists to shake their heads in wonder.1,2 Scientists have long known that honeybees survive on nectar and…
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October Wallpaper
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which…
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Possible Ark Site Has Mainstream Media Hopping
An organization named Noah’s Ark Scans is investigating a site called Durupinar, almost 20 miles from Mount Ararat in Turkey. Could it contain some…
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The Incredible Narwhal Tusk
Most of us are familiar with the narwhal, a bizarre arctic mammal that sports a long, twisted tusk, earning the creature its nickname, the unicorn of the…
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Can Metals Explain the Origin of Life?
A spark plug can make a spark, but no one would say a spark plug can build a car. In much the same way, a chemical reaction can do one useful job without…
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Jumping Genes: Engineered to Move
Scientists recently found a “jumping gene” in an odd place. An RNA molecule from a tiny predatory bacterium had entered the cells of a very…
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Institute for Creation Research Partners with Louisiana Baptist University to Preserve and Expand SOBA Apologetics Curriculum
The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) announced today a strategic handover of its School of Biblical Apologetics (SOBA) educational content to Louisiana…
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A Tangled Human Tree—or One Human Family?
What if the “ghosts” in our DNA are not lost steps in human evolution? A new Science study found DNA patterns that may point to two unknown human…
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Mapping the Sense of Smell
Your sense of smell involves much more than enjoying a hike through an aromatic pine forest or appreciating delicious foods.1,2 Our ability to smell is known…
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September 11, 2001: We Will Never Forget
“Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked: for there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked…
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What Can Fossil Teeth Really Tell Us?
A few tiny fossil teeth have been asked to carry a very large story. Researchers used them to name a new order of marsupials, Keeunamorphia, and to redraw part…
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Man and His Labor
“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.” (Psalm 104:23) The 104th Psalm is a beautiful psalm of creation and the Flood…
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Changing Climates, Stable Primates
What do you picture when you think of the first primates? Conventional scientists have long proposed warm forests, thick vines, and tropical heat as defining…
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September Wallpaper
"[Cast] all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7, NKJV) ICR's September 2026 wallpaper is now available for mobi... More...
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Life’s Origins: The Bootstrap Problem
Could life’s instructions exist without ever being made? This question raises what is called a “bootstrap problem.”1 It describes information…
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North Texas Giving Day 2026
Thursday, September 17, is North Texas Giving Day, with early giving opening today! ICR is only where it is now because of the faithful, gracious donors who…
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Why Does the Sun Sometimes Wear a Halo?
What looked like a rainbow had formed a complete circle around the sun. The ring was pale, bright, and almost perfectly round. But it was not a rainbow at…
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The Rhythm of the Bumblebee
Bumblebees got rhythm! Rhythm is the “movement, fluctuation, or variation marked by the regular recurrence or natural flow of related elements.”1…
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Chicago Fossil Trips Up Conventional Origin Story
According to the evolutionary narrative, life supposedly began as single-celled creatures that slowly became multicellular animals and plants. Through time…
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Daddy Longlegs: Going to Great Lengths for Fatherhood
A male daddy longlegs may spend days guarding a cluster of eggs. He cleans them and drives away threats.1 A new study says this type of parental care arose…
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Lowly Spider Inspires Amazing 3D Camera
Who would have thought that an extremely energy-efficient 3D camera is in a large part due to a tiny jumping spider? Engineers at Northwestern University…
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Hot Water, Cracked Rock, but No Life
Could an asteroid impact really spark life? A recent AGU Advances paper says early asteroid impacts might have cracked Earth’s crust and made large…
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Creation Advocate Mike Riddle Goes Home to Be with the Lord
by Randy J. Guliuzza, P.E., M.D., and Jake Hebert, Ph.D.* Following a lengthy illness, Mike Riddle, founder and president of Creation Training Initiative…
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When DNA Stop Signs Change Their Message
Imagine an intersection where the red stop sign suddenly means, “Right turn only.” Most drivers wouldn’t reach their destinations efficiently…
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August Wallpaper
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork" (Psalm 19:1, NKJV) ICR's August 2026 wallpaper is now... More...
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Helium in Exoplanet's Atmosphere: Apparent Evidence of Youth
The prestigious journal Science has published evidence that a planet orbiting a red dwarf star has an atmosphere.1,2 This extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is…
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Giant Fossil Shark Consistent with Extreme Pre-Flood Longevity
Paleontologists recently rediscovered the largest known set of vertebrae from the giant fossil shark Otodus megalodon, popularized by The Meg movies as a…
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Faster Chemistry Is Not the Same as Life
A pile of metal, wires, and computer chips will not assemble itself into a working airplane. The parts may have useful properties, but they still need plans…
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Fearsome Cleveland Fossil Is Still a Fish
According to evolutionary theory, fish went through a variety of forms until they evolved into the fish we see swimming today. Recently, what conventional…
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Let the Fossils Speak for Themselves
When conventional scientists call a fossil an early step in animal evolution, the claim may rest more on a reading of the fossil than on the fossil itself. In…
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Drilling Down: Neanderthals Practiced Dentistry
Over 60 years ago, conventional scientists taught that Neanderthals were slouching, subhuman brutes—just another evolutionary link bridging the gap…
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T. rex Engineered with Small Arms to Balance Its Large Head
Conventional scientists have been baffled for many years by the small arms of Tyrannosaurus rex. To many, they just seem disproportionately small compared to…
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The Creator Behind American Liberty
Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate freedom with flags, fireworks, and familiar words, such as this line from the Declaration of Independence, “All…
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America's 250th Birthday
The United States of America is officially 250 years old! Most Americans celebrate and thank God for reaching such a milestone. After all, the history of the…
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July Wallpaper
"Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (1 Corinthians 3:17, NKJV) ICR's July 2026 wallpape... More...
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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Aligns with Genesis Gender Distinctions
On Tuesday, June 30, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the rights of West Virginia and Idaho to ban transgender women, who are biological males, from competing…
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Tiny Cells, Precise Engineering
Even the smallest living cells face a big design problem. How do they keep the right shape while many parts inside them are moving? A recent study in Science…
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Fast-Changing Cactus Flowers Still Point to Design
Cactus flowers have a striking range in size—they can be smaller than a grain of rice or longer than a school ruler. Such variation points to how God…
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Wings of Beauty: Designed Detail in Butterflies
A butterfly wing may look like painted glass, but beneath its beauty is a living control system. A recent study on South American butterflies and a day-flying…
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Jupiter's Moons Io and Ganymede: Still Problematic for ''Billions of Years''
Two of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Io and Ganymede, were recently featured in science news stories—stories that remind us that these moons are…
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Can Ice Build Life?
Can a freezer make life? A recent paper in Chemical Science suggests that freezing and thawing may have helped early “protocells” grow, merge, and…
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Conventional Scientists Still Struggle to Explain Saturn’s Young Rings
Saturn is famous for its beautiful rings, which are composed mostly of water ice particles. A team of scientists recently proposed that the rings were formed…
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Centipede-Like Fossil Walked on Land, Not the Ocean Bottom
A new species of what appears to be a fossil centipede was found in sediments that conventional scientists believe were deposited offshore.1 The problem for…
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Rewriting the Origin of Spiders and Horseshoe Crabs . . . Again
According to the fossil record, arthropods—in all their complexity—have always been arthropods.1,2 They belong to the phylum Arthropoda, the…
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June Wallpaper
"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matthew 6:33, NKJV) ICR's... More...
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Rapid Change, Fixed Design: Rethinking Genetic ''Accelerators''
What if so-called rapid evolution is not a process of building something new, but it simply reveals what was already there? A recent peer-reviewed study in…
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Designed to Adapt: Examining Plankton After Chicxulub
What if new species could appear in just a few thousand years? A recent study reports that many new plankton species showed up quickly after the supposed…
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A Call To Remembrance
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made…
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2,200-Year-Old Roman Ship Reveals True Nature of ''Pitch''
What was the pitch that covered the Ark? Many have wondered what this could have been. Was it oil or some type of tree resin? A newly discovered Roman…
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Cretaceous Octopus: Longer Than a School Bus?
Based on a new fossil discovery and reevaluation of previously known fossil material, paleontologists have described two species of giant Cretaceous fossil…
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New Species, Same Kind: Evidence of Engineered Diversity
New species are often presented as proof that life is evolving. But they instead show how life was designed to diversify from the start. A recent deep-sea…
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An Egg Doesn't Crack the Mammal-Reptile Mystery
A small and interesting plant-eating reptile called Lystrosaurus is in the news recently because it was found to have laid eggs (as reptiles do). So…
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Surprisingly Thicker Whopper Sand Best Explained by the Flood’s Receding Phase
Recently, an update on the Whopper Sand in the Gulf of America (Mexico) was published in the oil field trade magazine, AAPG Explorer.1 New oil drilling has…