Bible and Science
Let us look into the Creator’s record that goes ahead of science.
Amazing Perception of Plants
In Korea, you can sometimes see the expression, “The National Assembly in a vegetative state,” on the newspaper. It is a sarcastic expression indicating the National Assembly which causes a high social cost without doing its duty. A patient who is in coma and whose brain does not function is…
The Umbilical Cord and Placenta Which Connect Mom and Baby
The umbilical cord and placenta which were once considered unsanitary and were treated as infectious waste are now receiving much attention in the medical world. The reason behind this is that they have discovered abundant stem cells in them that can transform into various types of tissue. Particularly, cord blood,…
Photosynthesis, Natural Solar Energy Generation System
The Sun produces a tremendous amount of energy, and emits most of the energy into space in the form of light. Only 2.2 billionth of the sunlight that the Sun emits to all directions reaches Earth. 30% of it reflects back to space, and only 70% of it is absorbed…
Life Starts from Life
There was a lonely girl who liked painting and whose only joy was observing insects. The girl found a solid object on a tree branch, which looked like a stone or a seed. She observed the changes of that object for the whole season and drew them. When the spring…
Collective Intelligence, Wisdom Learned from Insects
An ant colony marches in an orderly manner, carrying crumbs. A line of ants quickly connects the starting and ending points as if they know the precise route. The sweets which are dozens of times bigger than the ants disappear in a flash in the movement of the swarm of…
DNA, the Blueprint of Life
“Today we are learning the language in which God created life. We are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, the wonder of God’s most divine and sacred gift.” On June 26, 2000, an initial draft of the human genome was released. The then U.S. President Clinton left…
Apoptosis, Wisdom of Emptying
Autumn is a season of tinged leaves. The trees that boasted about their green leaves in midsummer and made dense forests change the color of their leaves one by one. Tinged leaves present the final magnificent view with all their strength and become fallen leaves. The falling leaves may look…
Atomic Combination
The world is filled with matters. Just one quick look around us is enough to see how natural things such as water, air, and rocks, as well as artificial things such as plastic and vinyl are all made of matters. What will happen if we keep breaking matters into smaller…
Ecological Balance Maintained by the Invisible Hand
A baby king penguin was under attack by a southern giant petrel. This is a scene from a documentary that brought suspense and broke the hearts of many viewers. When the giant petrel, which had been looking for an opportunity, attacked the baby king penguins, one of the baby king…
Metamorphosis, the Beginning of a New Life
“Now you are merely underwater nymphs. When you become adults, you will have beautiful transparent wings so you can fly freely in the sky. With the wings you can freely fly, traveling from flower to flower.” The frog in the story tells the nymphs about the beautiful world that he…
What a Strand of Hair Tells Us
Recently, the Center for Quantum Nanoscience of the Institute for Basic Science [IBS] swept the podium in related fields by inventing an atomic-scale storage medium. We are entering the 21st century nano age passing through the 20th century micro age. The tiny and fine storage area, a discovery after a…
Eyes, the Window that Holds the World Within
The novel Blindness written by José Saramago, a Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, begins as a man suddenly goes blind while driving one ordinary afternoon. Soon after, his wife who nursed him, the patients of the clinic where the man came to receive treatment, and the eye doctor who treated…
Scent Contains Memories: The Mystery of Sense of Smell
Sometimes, the wonderful smell of fermented soybean paste stew summons up the memory of my hometown where the sunset glow spread out over the evening sky, and of my mother who used to cook me dinner in the blink of an eye with her coarse hands. Like this, everyone probably…
Searching for Eternal, Unchanging Standards
One Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Kim went grocery shopping with her family. As the temperature was below 2℃, they brought winter jackets with them and got inside the car. The GPS indicated that it would take about 20 minutes to drive to the supermarket that was about 5 km [3.1 mi]…
Mirror Neuron That Reflects “Myself”
Why is it that we often draw when we do rock-paper-scissors? Why do we instantaneously and unconsciously decide to play the same shape? About this matter, the neuroscience research team at University College London in U.K. announced a result of a fun experiment. They asked the participants to do rock-paper-scissors…
The Kingdom of Ants Built through Teamwork and Sacrifice
There are insects that we easily see when we look down while walking down the street. They are ants; they are found not only in streets, but also near tree barks, in playgrounds, and unfortunately in houses, too. Some people take them lightly, because they are small insects that are…
Wind, the Invisible Force
Wind is invisible. However, we can definitely feel the presence of the wind. It is because the movement of the wind can be seen indirectly through swaying leaves, fluttering hair, and a spinning pinwheel. The power of the formless wind has even changed the history of mankind. In the sixteenth…
Secrets Contained in Mom’s Voice
A video about a baby, who was born profoundly deaf, hearing her mom’s voice for the first time and being almost moved to tears, went viral. Hearing her mom’s soft voice for the first time with the help of special hearing aids, the baby smiled and also pouted almost in…
The Vast Universe, Another World
When we see a view or scenery that we don’t see that often, we cannot help but exclaim. When we see something new and beautiful, we feel like our minds and bodies are recharged. We can blow away stress and boredom from our repeated daily life, seeing a different world.…
The Honey Bee, the Hidden Keeper of Ecosystem
“If the bees become extinct, humans too will go extinct within four years.” This is a famous quote usually attributed to Albert Einstein. The honey bee is known as a beneficial insect that collects honey. This yellow-and-brown striped insect has a stinger and so it may not be easy for…