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Rich Mullins wrote one of the most recognizable worship songs in modern church history. "Awesome God" became an anthem sung by millions, and his catalog...
In February 1874, English poet and hymn writer Frances Ridley Havergal penned the words to *Take My Life and Let It Be*. Most of us...
In 2004, immunologist Arturo Zychlinsky and his team at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin discovered something astonishing about neutrophils — the white blood cells...
In the 1990s, Rich Mullins was one of the most successful musicians in Christian music. His song *Awesome God* became an anthem sung in churches...
In 2004, a team led by microbiologist Arturo Zychlinsky at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin discovered something remarkable happening inside the human body. When...
In 2007, researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute discovered a deep-sea octopus — Graneledone boreopacifica — clinging to a rocky ledge nearly a...
In the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest, marine biologists have documented one of nature's most staggering acts of devotion. The female giant Pacific octopus,...
In 1873, Horatio Spafford put his wife and four daughters on the SS Ville du Havre, bound for England. A successful Chicago lawyer, he planned...
In February 1874, the English hymn writer Frances Ridley Havergal penned the words that generations would sing: "Take my life and let it be, consecrated,...
In 1954, Richard Herrick was dying. His kidneys had failed, and no treatment could save him. His identical twin brother Ronald made a decision that...
In 1997, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered something remarkable beneath the floor of British Columbia's old-growth forests. Underground, vast networks of fungi connect the roots...
In 1499, a twenty-four-year-old Michelangelo unveiled a sculpture that has silenced viewers for over five centuries. The Pietà, carved from a single block of Carrara...
In 1499, a twenty-four-year-old Michelangelo unveiled his Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica — a sculpture so breathtaking that onlookers refused to believe someone so young...
In 1882, Russian biologist Élie Metchnikoff made a discovery that would earn him the Nobel Prize. Studying starfish larvae under his microscope, he watched as...
Frances Ridley Havergal was already a celebrated Victorian hymn writer when, in February 1874, she spent five days visiting a house full of friends. On...
In 1874, English hymn writer Frances Ridley Havergal penned the words that would become one of Christianity's most beloved consecration hymns: *Take My Life and...
In 2004, a team of researchers led by Arturo Zychlinsky at the Max Planck Institute discovered something astonishing about how the human body fights infection....
In a small Alsatian monastery in the early sixteenth century, the painter Matthias Grünewald created what many consider the most unflinching depiction of the crucifixion...
In 2004, immunologist Arturo Zychlinsky and his team at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin discovered something astonishing about neutrophils — the most abundant white...
In 1874, Frances Ridley Havergal wrote the words that would become one of Christianity's most beloved hymns: *Take My Life and Let It Be*. But...
In 1997, ecologist Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia made a remarkable discovery. Beneath the forest floor, ancient trees are connected to younger...
In 1633, Rembrandt van Rijn completed *The Raising of the Cross*, one of a series of Passion paintings commissioned by the Dutch Stadtholder. The canvas...
In 1914, German artist Käthe Kollwitz received the news every parent dreads: her eighteen-year-old son Peter had been killed in the first weeks of World...
In 2002, three scientists — Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz, and John Sulston — received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for uncovering one of the...