http://www.marvelsofcreation.com marvels of creation, nature, wonders, facts on the natural world Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:39:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ISAAC NEWTON, about 300 years ago, theorized how gravity works. He imagined a man throwing an object from the top of an unusually high mountain. If simply dropped, the object would fall, as would an apple, downward to the ground. If, however, it was thrown forward, it would follow a curved ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/the-fascinating-force-of-gravity/ AT THE sight of the ice cream, Luke’s eyes shine. As he reaches out to grasp the cone verbally offered to him, his mouth waters. He raises the delicacy to his mouth, smelling its sweetness as he does. Then, he tastes the delicious flavor with the first lick of the ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/our-senses-remarkable-gifts/ Diatoms, microscopic algae that encase themselves in ornate, exquisitely patterned glass shells, are found in prolific numbers in every ocean on earth. They have fascinated scientists for centuries—in fact, ever since the microscope was first invented and men could sketch their beauty. Justifiably, the diatom is called the jewel of ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/the-jewel-of-the-sea/ A LITTLE piece of muscle is all it is. But what an amazing design! For the tongue can form all the sounds spoken in the hundreds of languages known to man. It is also a taster supreme, being able to differentiate between sweet and sour, hot and cold, salty and ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/the-tongue-amazing-in-design/ ONE of the most beautiful, ever-changing sights on earth is the sky. Its scope and grandeur simply stagger the imagination. The whole earth is enveloped with the sky’s endless majestic and colorful panorama. In the east a golden glow announces the dawn, while a crimson western sky bids the day ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/our-marvelous-roof-the-sky/ IF YOU possess good hearing, you have something truly precious. Just think! You can listen to the melodious song of a bird, the ripple of a brook, the voice of a loved one. Through your ears you can receive lifesaving messages, too perhaps from an automobile horn, a siren or ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/the-amazing-ability-of-hearing/ Ah-choo! That sound, combined with watery, itchy eyes and a drippy, irritated nose, heralds the arrival of spring for millions of people. Their allergy usually results from an atmosphere laden with pollen. The BMJ (formerly British Medical Journal) estimates that 1 in 6 people in the industrialized world suffers from ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/pollen-menace-or-miracle/ NO ONE expects you to be very happy if droves of ants show up for your picnic under the trees. They have a way of making pests of themselves. And these persistent little insects would be likely to get you and your party on the move rather quickly. Yet, ants receive ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/go-to-the-ant/ WHEN anthropologists dig in the earth and find a triangular piece of sharp flint, they conclude that it must have been designed by someone to be the tip of an arrow. Such things designed for a purpose, scientists agree, could not be products of chance. When it comes to living things, ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/the-amazing-design-of-living-things/ NOT all plants in Arizona’s Saguaro National Monument are stingy with their water. In the coniferous forests of the majestic Rincon Mountains, the great bulk of the water is merely passing through, in at the roots and out through the leaves. But that is the remote area of the park. ... http://www.marvelsofcreation.com/2008/06/21/how-stingy-plants-hoard-their-water/