By Stephen Flurry

One of the biggest lessons we can learn with regard to our brief existence on this Earth is portrayed by one of nature’s smallest creatures—the ant. Solomon wrote, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest” (Proverbs 6:6-8). Solomon was referring to the harvester ant, common in the Middle East region. These ants gather all sorts of seeds and grains and then store them for future use in organized chambers underground. Like most other species of ants, they are known for their methodical organization and diligent work ethic.

Harvester ants are also experts at time management. They work hardest during the harvest season in preparation for the winter months. They adapt to unexpected events like excessive rain. After wet weather, they lug their seeds outside to dry in the sun. And if some of their stored seeds germinate and begin growing while in storage, the ants snip off the chutes to stifle the growth. No matter what the circumstances, harvester ants work together and use their time wisely. It’s easy to see how a colony of these small insects can accomplish so much.

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The amazing giraffe’s neck: proof of a great designer!

By Andrew Miiller

Stop for a moment and think about your heart beating in your chest. Every time it beats, two to three ounces of blood are pumped into your arteries.

Now, imagine what would happen if your heart started pumping 6 to 9 ounces at each beat. Your blood pressure would triple. The increased pressure on your arterial walls would first cause you to feel dizzy and nauseated. Soon your vision would blur, and you would develop a splitting headache. A spike in blood pressure this high would likely rupture the capillaries surrounding your brain, causing immediate death. Whoa!

Thankfully, our hearts are not strong enough to maintain a blood pressure that high.

Giraffes, on the other hand, have a blood pressure two to three times yours. Their blood pressure has to be this high in order to move enough blood from their hearts up their 8-foot necks and into their heads. That’s why a giraffe’s heart measures 2 feet long, weighs 24 pounds, and pumps 16 gallons of blood every minute.

A problem arises, however, when the giraffe lowers its 96-inch neck to take a drink. As the giraffe’s heart works with gravity instead of against it, a tsunami of blood rushes down the giraffe’s neck straight into its head, causing the capillaries surrounding its brain to literally explode under pressure—or at least, that’s what would happen, were it not for five blood pressure regulation systems installed in the head and neck of giraffes, all working in perfect harmony to keep the giraffe alive.

Trying to describe how these systems came to exist via natural selection poses a major headache for evolutionists.

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By Michael Dattolo

Imagine pressing a button and having to wait more than 24 hours to see if it worked. That’s what NASA team members deal with when they send a signal to the most distant man-made object in the universe.

This device has plunged so deep into the far reaches of space, that its command signals from California—traveling at the speed of light—take over 14 hours to reach it! By comparison, that same signal would take only four hours to reach Neptune, the furthest non-dwarf planet in our galaxy. Voyager has traveled at tens of thousands of miles per hour for more than 30 years to reach its current position—over 9 billion miles from the sun.

Voyager 1—launched in 1977—has now rocketed into the region NASA scientists call the “final frontier” of our solar system.

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By Michael Dattolo

Penguins may be about as good at flying as a baked potato-but they can swim four times faster than the fastest human swimmer in the world. For birds, penguins are odd. They don’t fly, but they are warm-blooded animals that lay eggs and have feathers, making them a type of bird. Have you ever wondered why penguins are made like they are? Why do they have that funny black and white tuxedo-like coloring? How do they survive in temperatures so cold that tennis balls can’t even bounce?

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