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Tilting Earth
14 November 2012 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print271928022.html ... what would happen if the Earth's axis suddenly tilted? Geological records, apparently, record large shifts in tilt on several occasions throughout the
Van Allen Probes
14 November 2012 > ElectromagnetismAt http://phys.org/print271927309.html ... NASA launched twin satellites in August 2012, the Van Allen probes. The idea is to study the magnetosphere and how the solar
Letter in 'The Times'
10 November 2012 > ArchaeologyProfessor Garel Rhys of Cardiff University, writing of the Dark Ages, says that 5th and 6th century Britain was not dominated by Anglo Saxon culture
Swallowing the Stars
8 November 2012 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print271445295.html ... according to Big Bang theory and a computer simulation of the evolving universe the rate of formation of new stars has declined
Lightning and the cult of the heavenly twins
7 November 2012 > AstronomyThis is posted in astronomy because it is assumed that at some point in the past the heavenly twins are derived from a real phenomenon
The volcano that blew 74,000 years ago
7 November 2012 > GeologyAt http://phys.org/print271337921.html ... acidity spikes in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores, calculated to date back to around 74,000 years ago, are thought to mark the
Modelling the Younger Dryas
7 November 2012 > GeologyAt http://phys.org/print271335383.html ... we learn that computer modelling has been used to show the Younger Dryas event was caused by fresh water melt of the
Venus and Sun Spots
6 November 2012 > ElectromagnetismAn interesting post for one and all at Tall Bloke's Talk Shop - see http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/warren-de-la-rue-balfour-stewa... ... sun spots appear to grow on the face of
That man Eddy again ... and was Ptolemy a fraud?
5 November 2012 > AstronomyI've been flicking through the archive of the late Janek Pietron and have come across some interesting papers that he stored for future reference. In
Bas van Geel
4 November 2012 > ArchaeologyBas van Geel (University of Amsterdam) was a speaker at the 1997 SIS Conference at Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, 'Natural Catastrophes during Bronze Age Civilisations',
The Displaced History of First Millennium Western Europe
4 November 2012 > ArchaeologyThe headline is the title of a talk and article by Dick Gagel that he gave at the last Study Group Meeting in Willesden (London).
Another dating anomaly of around 150 years
4 November 2012 > ArchaeologyThe newchronology [at] yahoogroups [dot] com forum on the 'New Chronology' as developed by David Rohl, former SIS member, in his several books, such as
Polish Meteorites ... meteorite field in Poland
3 November 2012 > CatastrophismThis story is at http://phys.org/print270934592.html ... a 660lb iron meteorite was found near Poznan in Poland. It is cone shaped, around 2m in diameter, and
The Sword of Orion
3 November 2012 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print270970024.html ... astrophysicists have investigated a cluster of oddly behaving stars in the Sword of Orion - by using, in their words, 'sophisticated computer
Genetics and Evolution
3 November 2012 > EvolutionA good article on evolution can be found at www.geneticarchaeology.com/research/Far_from_random_evolution_follows_a_... ... which raises the possibility evolution may not be random but may be driven by
Biosphere issues ... a never ending sink of bad news
2 November 2012 > Climate changeNASA satellite data has been used in a study to assess vegetation growth and crop potential across the world - big brother is watching you
Asteroid Investigations
2 November 2012 > AstronomyJapanese scientists propose in the journal Nature Geoscience that a large asteroid struck the Moon in the remote past and created the geological feature known
Leroy's Mischief
1 November 2012 > GeologyLeroy Ellenberger's latest piece of rhetoric in his fued with Thunderbolts personnel, sent to multiple email addressees (he collects them like discarded tram or train
NASA Rover Curiosity update
1 November 2012 > GeologyAt http://phys.org/print270838398.html ... an analysis fo soil on Mars by NASAs Curiosity Rover has revealed the presence of feldspar, pyroxenes and olivine, mixed with amorphous
The Great Migrations
1 November 2012 > Ancient historyA genetic study claims it has uncovered a period of human population expansion that it dates between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago - see http://phys.org/print270810711.html