The threat of great white sharks and contact lenses that zoom: God’s call to excellence
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 19 August 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR AUGUST 19, 2019
Amazing scientific advances make the news daily. Today's podcast explores the relation between science and faith and calls us to excellence that glorifies God and serves the world.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.0 | Any person could be attacked at any minute, said a surfer who spotted a great white shark |
| 0:24.4 | off Cape Cod. |
| 0:25.8 | Researchers have identified at least 300 of the huge predators in the popular area. |
| 0:31.3 | Nine people were injured last night in Pennsylvania when lightning struck a tree, causing |
| 0:36.2 | it to fall in their tent. |
| 0:38.3 | Fleas carrying the plague have infested prairie dogs near Denver, threatening humans and prompting |
| 0:43.3 | officials to close parts of the wildlife refuge. |
| 0:47.3 | Overseas, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a wedding that killed |
| 0:53.3 | 63 people and wounded 182 others in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
| 0:58.2 | With all the bad news in the news, let's focus today on some good news. |
| 1:02.6 | Scientists have taken the next step in developing contact lenses that zoom when we blink. |
| 1:08.1 | This year's Consumer Electronics Show gave an award to a Bluetooth-connected |
| 1:12.4 | water bottle that plays music, takes and receives phone calls, and offers caller ID. |
| 1:18.8 | CES also recognized a countertop dishwasher that requires no plumbing connections. |
| 1:24.7 | You load your dishes, add a gallon of water, and turn it on. And the event |
| 1:29.3 | celebrated a laptop computer with a keyboard that transforms into a writing pad. Scientific |
| 1:35.6 | advancements are changing our lives daily. For instance, thousands of people have RFID devices |
| 1:42.1 | implanted in their bodies so they can activate doors in |
| 1:45.3 | computerized locks. A Tesla owner recently implanted in her arm, the RFID chip that starts |
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