If we take a step back, it’s easy to see we have become incredibly knowledgeable over the years. If we displayed just how smart we have become on a graph, perhaps it would look something like this. Up to 1845 = 1 inch. 1845 to 1945 = 3 inches. 1945 to 1976 = the height…
Over the summer, I served as a counselor at our local church camp. At the end of the week, I did the usual final clean-up and pack-up. I took out the trash, vacuumed the floors, and checked all the nooks and crannies for left-behind items. As I checked under the bed I found something odd…
(William Beebe (pictured left) and Frederick Otis Barton, Jr. standing next to the bathysphere) For ages, people have wondered what was on the ocean floor. On August 15, 1934, Otis Barton and William Beebe came closer than ever before. On that day, they descended to a depth of 3,028 feet into the dark ocean, a…
BP's Fuel For Thought 