In 2005, a young Ethiopian girl was abducted and severely beaten by a band of men trying forcing her into a marriage. In what some called a miraculous intervention, they were chased by three lions who came to her rescue and who continued to stand guard over her until she was discovered by authorities and returned to her family. According to the Associated Press, wildlife officer Stuart Williams attributed the girl’s rescue to her crying: “A young girl whimpering could be mistaken for the…

If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s no one there to hear it fall, does it make a sound?  This question, historically posed to puzzle fledgling philosophy students, doesn’t take into account that sound is the primordial energy of the universe, existing before the evolution of physical life. Scientists now explain that after the big bang creation of the universe, sound not only preceded life but enabled it.    According to space.com, “The early universe rang with the sound of countless…