Bible and Science
Let us look into the Creator’s record that goes ahead of science.
Insects’ Love for Their Children
An oak tree twig with four or five leaves “suddenly” falls from the air. In fact, the quiet trail is full of twigs with acorns attached to them. The edges of the twigs are straight as if they were cut…
Mitochondria, the Inheritance of Life from Mother
We see how mitochondria are essential for life. What is interesting is that all mitochondria in our cells are from our mothers; it is maternal inheritance. “What is life?” Though it seems like a philosophical question, this question is being…
Invertebrates, the Irreplaceable Beings
In regard to a person or an object that is hardly noticeable, people say they have a weak presence. Presence means a feeling that a person or an object exists, which speaks for the amount of people’s interest in the…
Snowflakes! No Two Snowflakes Are Alike
On a snowy morning, even the cold winter feels cozy and warm. Thick snow covers everything white, and snow flowers that bloomed overnight on every tree branch look like there’re going to fall off at any moment. This quiet winter…
The Value of Salt
There is something that is in the soil, rocks, butterflies, elephants, blood, muscles, and even in amniotic fluid. What is this? It is salt. Now it is easy to get salt thanks to the development of techniques which produce salt…
Skin, the Perfect Clothes
In summer, Ms. Stevens goes to the beach. She is dazzled with sunlight and sweat rolls down her face, but the blue sea and the sandy beach in front of her eyes is so refreshing. She gets her feet wet…
Homing Instinct
Heungbu and Nolbu, an old Korean novel, contains scientific knowledge of migratory birds. This novel is about a kind man named Heungbu, who takes care of a baby swallow that had its leg broken by falling to the ground from…
Symbiosis, Wisdom to Live Together
All living organisms are interacting with each other. As for relationships with other living organisms, there are some types of symbiosis: mutualism which is a relationship where two organisms of different species benefit each other, and parasitism which is a…
Light and All Creation
Seeing is a process to perceive the shapes and colors of objects with the eyes. This has been a great curiosity for many people since ancient times. Empedocles, an ancient Greek philosopher, thought that we can see objects as beams…
Soil, the Earth’s Skin
On August 1, 2013, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] released images from the Mars rover Curiosity. Mars has a more Earth-like environment than any other planet in our solar system, so it is dubbed the second Earth and…
Protein, Material of Life
You grope around to turn off the loud alarm, and drag your feet to the bathroom. You brush your teeth, wash up with soap contained in various containers, and dry your hair with a hair dryer. After a quick breakfast,…
Dimensions
They say “Dimensions are different” when something goes beyond their expectancy or when something is not understandable. In such cases, a dimension means a particular aspect of something or a way of considering it. However, there is another definition of…
Plants’ Active and Intelligent Pollination Strategy
Black locust which spreads fragrance along the spring wind, pink royal azalea all over the mountains, and a bunch of red roses . . . The charming and colorful flowers attract people’s attention, giving out the taste of late spring.…
Laughter and Tears: Expressions of Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness
The movie Inside Out is an animation about an 11-year-old girl Riley’s five emotions that work in the emotion-controlling headquarters in her head; it’s about an adventure that her five emotions—Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear—have to bring back happiness…
Amazing Animal Senses
How do animals see, hear, and feel the world? It is very difficult to imagine the world of animals on the basis of our senses. It is because various animals on the planet sense the world in different ways than…
Mom’s Scent, the Most Comfortable Scent in the World
To newborns, their mom is everything. There is nowhere they feel safer than in the arms of their mom. It is said that “kangaroo care” was developed in a public maternity of Bogota, Colombia, to make up for the lack…
The True Value of Sweat
There is something that always accompanies us when we run around with our friends, when we lie and feel guilty about it, when we take a bite out of a hot pepper, or when we have a bad cold with…
Breast Milk, the Food of Life
The Morin khuur is a traditional Mongolian instrument. A mother camel goes through much suffering when it gives birth to a calf, and because of that, it sometimes refuses its young though the young is very little and barely walks.…
Imprinting & Raising: Birds’ Love Towards Their Young (Ⅱ)
Cheep, cheep! When you were children, you might see yellow chicks chirping at a pet store and end up buying one of those cute and lovely creatures after staring at them for a while. Excited, you would do your best…
Egg Incubation: Birds’ Love Towards Their Young (І)
Thomas Edison, the king of invention, was curious since he was young. One day, Edison disappeared and his family got in commotion. It turned out that he fell asleep while curling up to brood goose eggs. Contrary to his expectation,…