Marvels of Creation

Homology refers to similarities of body structures or organs between species. For example, the vertebrate skeleton across fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds are very similar; notably they all have a spine with ribs and a skull.

We need energy to make our bodies function. Whether we are moving or thinking or even just breathing, we need energy. So, how do the cells within our body convert food molecules into molecular fuel? How do they keep pace with our energy needs if we suddenly start to exercise?

In Genesis 1:21 we read, “And God created great whales”. The Hebrew word is tanniym and means ‘sea monster’. These great monsters of the deep would include a variety of sea creatures, including the whales, which are among some of the largest creatures in the world.

Bone is living tissue and is the hardest tissue in the body. In Job 10:11 we read: “Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews”. Bones are protective like a fence. They provide security to the human frame as well as generating the means to expedite a natural defence against infections from without.

Fish come in all shapes and sizes, some are free swimming, while others rest on the bottom of the sea, some are herbivores and others are carnivores, and some lay eggs while others give live birth and parental care to their young. The total number of living fish species—about 32,000—is greater …

Like humans, most bony fish experience the world around them using the classic senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. However, fish have an additional sixth sense, something that is more sophisticated than touch, and it is called the lateral line. This line runs around the eyes and gills and extends to the tail along the sides of the fish, generally in the middle. If you look close enough at the fish above, you might be able to make out what looks like a white line—but which are actually pore openings to a canal that form the lateral line.

A recent study in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface reports on “A feedback control principle common to several biological and engineered systems”. The researchers, Jonathan Y. Suen and Saket Navlakha, show how harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) use a feedback control algo…

These extracts are taken from Dr Jonathan Sarfati’s book: By Design – Evidence of Nature’s Intelligent Designer – the God of the Bible.

Spiders
Antonia Kesel at the Institute for Technical Zoology and Bionics in Bremen, and colleagues at the University of Zurich analysed the feet of a ju…

You will consume about two litres of oxygen in the time it takes you to read this article. In fact, humans need up to 2000 litres of oxygen every day. You probably know that all this oxygen in the world is produced by organisms, such as plants and algae that perform photosynthesis. They take carbon …