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by AP Staff
Many of you are anticipating checks from the government that are being sent to you in order to stimulate our economy. It may be the case that you have already made mental plans as to how to distribute that money. Maybe you are thinking about purchasing new furniture, making a down-payment on a new car, or buying a flat-screen television. Let us encourage you to consider donating a portion of those funds to the work at Apologetics Press. We have been busy producing scientifically sound, biblically accurate materials, and have several resources that are in the final stages of production but lack funding.
For instance, Digger Doug’s Underground episodes seven and eight are complete and waiting for... |
by Kyle Butt, M.A.
Those in the medical field of prosthetics (artificial limbs) are faced with a daunting task—to mimic human body parts. Experts in this field of study are quick to admit that the natural, biological human body is far superior to anything that humans can design. Yet, even though prostheses are clumsy, awkward, and inefficient when compared to human limbs, progress is slowly being made toward more human-like limbs.
One step toward better prosthetics is the ability to feel, also known as tactile sensation. “[S]cientists from Northwestern University, in... | |
by Eric Lyons, M.Min.
In April 2008, National Geographic published an article by Mary Roach titled “Almost Human” (213[4]:124-145). In the article, Roach highlighted the savanna-woodland chimps that she observed while visiting anthropologist Jill Pruetz in eastern Senegal, West Africa. Roach was mesmerized by chimpanzees “dropping from the trees and moving out into the open expanses of the savanna” (p. 132). She wrote: “It is as though we are watching time-lapse footage of human evolution, the dawn of man unfolding in our binoculars” (p. 132).... |
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