In the News

arch At https://phys.org/print407671813.html ... the subject is beetles in amber discovered in Spain, and the fact they shed light on the rise of flowering plants

At www.q-mag.org/huge-spike-in-geomagnetic-field-recorded-in-8th-century-b-... ... a huge spike in the geomagnetic field of the Earth is inferred pottery found in the 8th c entury BC kingdom of

At https://phys.org/print407589279.html ... black holes feed on large discs of gas we are told but sometimes black holes eat too much of the stuff. They

A study in the journal Science (see https://phys.org/print407677784.html ) concerns two archaic skulls uncovered in Xuchang in central China which appear to contradict some embedded

Interesting discussion going on at https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/is-something-strange-happenin... ... which was prompted by recent volcanoes on Hawaii and at Etna in Sicily, among other things. See also

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/archaeologists-and... ... we have a hands on collision between archaeologists and historians with geneticists. One reason this has occurred is that both sides work

At www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.772111 .... brush huts, grass bedding, charred grains and lots of stone tool have been unearthed by the Sea of Galilee, going back 23,000

At www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-new/when-and-how-did-the-moon-form/ (sent in by Jovan Kesic) ... references various studies such as a Nature Geoscience article'When and How Did the Moon Form?'. It seems

The EU response to the glowing blob. See www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2017/02/24/blob-of-conformity/ Then we their response to a crash between two clusters - see www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2017/02/22/cluster-crash/

At http://creation.com/woolly-mammoths-choked-by-dust ... sent in by Robert Farrar. Once again a Creationist web site goes where others fear to tread and the issues raised are

At https://phys.org/print407057607.html ... the study of ancient skulls in the Americas seems to suggest there were multiple migrations, which contrasts with what the study of

At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/02/24/rock-strata-dating-suggests-plane... ... this story is all over the internet but I have chosen this link as the comments are worth scanning. It was published

At https://phys.org/print407145626.html ... cosmic dust particles on  their entry into the atmosphere save themselves from disintegration by creating a bubble of protection. Cosmic dust originates

At www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2017/02/nasa-scientists-pluto-flybys-point... ... which begs the question - does Pluto have the ingredients of life? This is a far cry from the situation prior to

At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/02/16/vast-lake-of-molten-carbonate-dis... ... it seems there are 1.8 million square kilometres of semi molten carbonate, or co2 in new speak, lodged beneath the western mountain

Robert Farrar sent in another link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFI4SYKfpTg ... He asks if David Salkeld's article in SIS Review 2009 (and the idea of Intelligent Design)

At https://phys.org/print406885152.html ... we have a primordial giant worm with snapping jaws. Worms are usually measured in inches but this worm was two or three

Climate scientist Judith Curry has produced a new study that has been published at www.thegwpf.com and basically she says that computer predictions of climate claims

There has been a long tradition of antiquarians fascinated by prehistoric mazes, troy towns, and labyrinths, and this one follows in the same tradition. Archaeologists

Planet Nine is in the news again - see https://phys.org/print406903223.html ... where the orbits of two asteroids have been analysed to see if they might