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Fireflies: a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs

Posted on August 18, 2018 by sandstarsblog

  “….a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs….”* As a child, I used to chase and marvel at the fireflies twinkling in the night. As an adult, I now look at the fireflies as a glowing refutation of Charles … Continue reading →

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Posted in essay, music, nature, religion, science & technology | Tagged Adam Young, bioluminescence, Charles Darwin, creative evolution, disorder, entropy, evolution, fireflies, incandescent bulb, intelligent design, lightning bugs, Marc Branham, natural selection, order, Owl City, Radim Schreiber, Tsuneaki Hiramatsu | 2 Comments
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