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There is a river flowing along in a gentle slope toward the sea. A boatman is upon it. His vessel is here, then it is there, and soon it will be at the river’s mouth. Only that part of the river upon which he is sailing is present to him. But up yonder, on a lofty mountain, stands a traveler. As he looks…

New evidence is sometimes brought into court that completely changes the aspect of the case. If you have been on a jury, you would not like to tell your fellow jurors how many times you have changed your mind while you have heard the evidence. If you have listened attentively, I expect you have had half…

One says of Father Adam that he knew a great deal, and it was a pity that he did not know one thing more: namely, that he knew enough. For had he known that he knew enough, he would not have eaten of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know enough when you believe. If you know…

The NASA owned Kepler space observatory has focused on one small patch of star-studded sky for the past six years. NASA claims it has identified 4,696 rocky planets of roughly similar size of the earth that orbit sun-like stars, and have surfaces suitable for sustaining water and life. NASA believes…

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device that can detect a person’s feelings by bouncing wireless signals off their body. Researchers claim the technology is nearly 87 percent accurate, using a measure of heartbeats to recognize sadness, anger, pleasure, joy and…

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer said, “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.” Ballmer saw cell phones as functional tools in the business world, which caused him to bet on the failure of the iPhone. Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, wagered that the iPhone would become…

The amazing discovery of a 1880s era Winchester rifle has authorities in Nevada stumped. During an archaeological survey in late 2014, the rifle was discovered leaning against a tree. It blended in to its surrounding so well that officials say it is possible the .40-40 rifle had been there since the…

The odd story of a loss at sea 17 years ago provides insight into how long the impact of an event can last, and how widely it can spread. In 1997, a shipping container carrying 4.8 Lego pieces fell into the sea about 20 miles from the British coast. Ironically, many of the pieces were nautically themed,…

Researchers working on tracking the movements of birds have discovered the animals seem to have the ability to sense and flee an area before bad weather arrived. Scientists were working to see if it was possible to track the birds, when they discovered unique patterns. When a storm system produced deadly…

A study from Northwestern University centers on a brain wave pattern linked to memory that could be a way to tell if a person is lying. The unique electrical signal is called the P300 and electrodes show that P300 waves become measurably larger when subjects were asked about and recognized specific people,…

The extremely cold weather across much of North America in early January 2014, created an odd comparison between two planets. On the first day of 2014, the temperature in Winnipeg, Manitoba was 31 below zero Celsius. In the meantime, on Mars, which is over 100 million miles further away from the sun,…

Jesse Emspak, writing for Life Science, said: “Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has been proven right again — and this time, physicists have pinned down just how precise it is: Any deviations from his theory of general relativity are so small that they would change calculations by just…

Social media site, Facebook has announced that they have removed the final portion of an old privacy feature that allowed users to be hidden from the site’s search feature. The feature, when enabled, allowed users to prevent their page from being located even if someone entered their name directly into…

Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravity waves as part of his general theory of relativity. Now scientists working with the laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO say they have actually detected such waves for the first time. Scientists say the waves…

As technology has grown, scientists have found that many objects in space create unique noises or songs. In August 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe heard a ticking sound coming from a comet labeled 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimneko. As the comet approached the sun, it emitted what sounded like…

An Ohio judge ordered 62-year-old Edmond Aviv, a man convicted of harassing his neighbor and her disabled children to stand on a street corner for five hours holding a sign proclaiming, ”I AM A BULLY!” The sign was also required to state that Aviv picked on children that were disabled and that he was…

Through the years there have been many ideas to explain why starts twinkle. Aristotle said twinkling was caused by wavering vision of people stretching the limits of their eyesight. Later, scientists thought stars rotated and displayed facets like diamonds as they turned. Today, the accepted explanation…

Swiss army helicopters crossed the border into France to scoop water from a lake to help thirsty cattle. The operation took people swimming and fishing in the lake completely by surprise. Even the authorities at the lake admitted they were shocked because no one had told them the Swiss were coming. The…

June 2015 was one second longer than usual because scientists added one leap second to keep the earth and atomic clocks in synch. Scientists say that leap seconds are not like a leap days, which come every four years. Leap seconds are not predictable because weather exerts a force on the Earth’s surface,…

When Marion Shurtleff bought a Bible from a used bookstore in California, she planned to use it to compare with her other versions. She noticed a folded, yellowed letter inside, but was startled to find her name on it when she opened it. Shurtleff says slipped between the pages of the Bible was an essay…

A study conducted by Rowse Honey found that “A fifth of young adults think fish fingers are actually made from the fingers of fish,” and 15% do not know that “a pork chop comes from a pig.” —Jim L. Wilson http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/one-fifth-young-adults-think-6880156 Accurate knowledge…

The Mars rover, Curiosity, has found another striking example of God’s creative power on the red planet. The rover took a picture of a shiny object that bears a resemblance to a door handle or hood ornament. Scientists say the unique find is not evidence of an ancient civilization on mars that took the…

The Japanese earthquake that took place in March 2011 was so big that it was “heard” by a research satellite. Scientists thought major quakes generated very low frequency acoustic waves, but had no proof because the sound would be too low for human ears to detect and no spacecraft in orbit had the capacity…

Meteorologists were stumped by a strange cloud that appeared on the Doppler radar screens. The cloud was directly over the city of St. Louis and was moving slowly to the south, changing shape as it traveled. After a couple of hours of research and consternation, they figured out that though the cloud…

Jerry Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True, made a startling admission in a 2006 review of several evolution-promoting books. He acknowledged that belief in evolution “hasn’t yielded many practical or commercial benefits.” Janie B. Cheaney cites that admission and then states, “Nobody ever explains…