Welcome to the Biology page!

Check here for class assignments, for links to fascinating Biology websites, and other neat stuff!

What is biology?

Biology is the study of living things.
 

What is biology good for?

What are some biology related careers?

To name just a few: nursing, dentist, physician, surgeon, physical therapist, occupational therapist, physician's assistant, surgical technician, dietitian, optometrist, pharmacologist, zookeeper, farmer, agricultural engineer, lab technician, environmental specialist, forestry, veterinarian. These are careers important for the well-being of humanity and of our planet.

Check out the following links for more information:
http://www.aibs.org/careers/index.html
http://facweb.furman.edu/~jsnyder/careers/careerlist.html

A notable quote:

"I will hazard the prediction that when we look back on the 20th century from, let's say, the 23rd century, our knowledge of biochemistry and of the complexity of life will have advanced to the point that the theory that life could originate without informed intervention will be seen as an area of naivete in 20th-century thinking. The basic concept of abiogenesis originated before we had a sophisticated understanding of the cell. Each new discovery in molecular biology makes the challenge to the theory of abiogenesis more serious. This is not a repeat of the god-of-the-gaps phenomenon; it is the opposite. Two hundred years ago, the action of God was invoked to explain things not otherwise understood. As more information accumulated, it became clear that the problem could be solved by the action of natural law. Today's advances in biochemistry are not reducing the problems for abiogenesis. The more information accumulates on the nature of life, the more it indicates that natural law does not have the answer to the origin of life."

Leonard Brand, Faith, Reason, & Earth History, pp. 108-109

"In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse students about evolution and may lead them to reject one of the major themes in science."

Eugenie Scott
quoted in: Larry Witham, Where Darwin Meets the Bible, p. 23, Oxford University Press, 2002.

It is interesting to note, that apart from Christian schools and those public schools who do teach both sides, most people who eventually go into science are thus shielded from the debate between evolutionary theory and intelligent design until they are thouroughly indoctrinated to believe that any intelligent person must believe evolution is true. Who's doing the brainwashing?

Further study pertaining to origins. On this page I discuss (when I have the time) issues in the origins debate - mostly things I find on the web.

Links

Animals living without oxygen!

Washington Times: Science, 'frauds' trigger a decline in atheism

 A few plant species represented on H.I.S. campus(Note: The plant identities are not in all cases certain. Any help or corrections will be appreciated! Plant pics below 
© 2007 by Trent Logan.)
 

Sacred Datura
Datura wrightii
Solanaceae (potato) family

Sacred Datura (seed pods)
Datura wrightii
Solanaceae (potato) family

Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot) family

Little Golden Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
Asteraceae (sunflower) family

Threadleaf Groundsel
Senecio douglasii
Asteraceae (sunflower) family

Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Asteraceae (sunflower) family

Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
Ipomopsis longiflora
Polemoniaceae (phlox) family


Buckhorn Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Plantaginaceae (plantain) family


Cliffrose
Cowania mexicana
Rosaceae (rose) family



Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
Labiatae (mint) family



Russian Thistle
Salsola kali
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot) family



Silverleaf Nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanaceae (potato) family



Double Claw
Proboscidea parviflora
Pedaliaceae (sesame) family

Navajo, Hopi Tea (enlarged)
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Asteraceae (sunflower) family