Ecbatana, located in the midst of the Zagros mountains and on the strategic Silk Road caravan route from Mesopotamia to the Persian plateau, was once the capital of the Median Empire. With its pleasant summer climate, it was known as a resort city but in early January we found it heavily cov…
We can only live for a few minutes without oxygen, but the amount of oxygen our body needs is related to what we’re doing. The more active we are, the more oxygen our body needs. The respiratory centre in the brain-stem monitors the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide (CO2), and hydrogen ions…
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How do the complex activities in the various parts of the brain, the simple all-or-nothing rings of billions of interconnected neurons, and the various chemical systems within the body, work together to allow the body to engage in everyday behaviours? The answer lies in a remarkable combinat…
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Just as a brick is the basic building block of a wall, the human cell is the basic functioning unit of the human body. Our body has about a hundred trillion of them and each one is a living organism protected by its own membrane. The main substance of the cell, which fills up the space with…
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Chameleons are fascinating creatures with amazing characteristics. Their feet have opposable toes, giving them a tong-like appearance, to firmly grip branches. Their eyes move independently of each other to provide 360 degree vision. Their skin changes colour via the active tuning of a latti…
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In Part 1 of this article we highlighted the erroneous view of Evolutionary Creationism (EC) relating to the subject of death. We noted that in the OT the Hebrew word for death (muwth) occurs around 800 times and always refers to the ordinary idea of death – the cessation of mortal existence –…
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Shepherds feature prominently in Scripture both in literal and figurative context. Some of Scriptures’ most prominent characters served time as shepherds, including Moses and David. There are many lessons we can learn from the relationship between shepherds and their sheep. Our great shepherd is o…
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Waiting is one of the hardest things required of us. Waiting is not something which we can always avoid, skipping the queue. We can’t move away from waiting; we cannot return it as a faulty item or cannot throw it in the bin. Waiting affects us in every stage of life, no matter who we are, how old…
“O Yahweh, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts” (Psa 104:24-25).
Most of us shudder when we see a bat launch itself into the evenin…
