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The claim is that scientists made a further step towards understanding dark energy - see https://phys.org/news/2021-04-scientists-dark-energy.html ... via the 'Bryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey' - otherwise

Melting rocks require a lot of heat, one might think, or seismic reaction to outward forces - but see https://phys.org/news/2021-04-scientists-probe-mysterious-earth-crust.html ... which is a story

Robert sent in several links concerning Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil remains. The first one is an article in Science journal, 372 page 284-287 [2021] April 16th.

At https://notrickszone.com/2021/04/17/the-dawn-of-the-e-vehicle--battery-e... ... it is bad enough that wind turbine blades cannot be recycled, and have to be cut up and placed in landfill but

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-ultra-high-energy-gamma-rays-pulsar-nebula... ... ultra high energy gamma rays originate from pulsar nebulae - as published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters - see https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abf4dc ... it

At https://sciencex.com/news/2021-04-prehistoric-cave-painters-high-oxygen.... ... this is not the first research to suggest European cave paintings are the product of people high on something or other -

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-multi-wavelength-reveal-impact-black-hole.... ... the black hole at the core of the galaxy M87 has been intensively studied via multi wavelength observations across the electro-magnetic spectrum.

Although factually correct, it is odd the BBC describe it as a stately home rather than a villa. I suppose they consider it fit for

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-genetic-admixture-south-pacific-denisovans... ... research published in the journal Nature in April of 2021 tells us about diversity amongst the people of the South Pacific islands,

Sent in by Gary - see www.centauri-dreams.org/2021/04/12/dustfall-earths-encounter-with-microm... ... encounters between the earth and space dust. Or in this instance what they call micrometeorites. The research

At https://phys.org/news/2021-04-genome-analysis-reveals-unknown-ancient.html ... human remains dated 45,000 years ago are said to reveal an unknown migration into Europe. As an add on they suggest these

William sent in the following link - www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-egyptian-pompeii-16331... ... archaeologists unearth ancient Egyptian Pompeii near Luxor. It will shine light on the Amarna era. See

Jewellers consider intrusions in diamonds a blemish - and they fetch a much lower price than diamonds that gleam more brightly. Geologists, on the other

Go to https://realclimatescience.com/2021/04/humans-causing-climate-change-sup... ...   Meanwhile, at https://phys.org/news/2021-04-france-declare-agricultural-disaster-frost... ... in a so called record year of warming, according to climate scientists that is, we learn

In Current Archaeology 374 April/ May 2021, we have a piece on St Kilda [see also https://archaeologyreportsonline.com/reports/2021/ARO42.html ] ... and click on the PDF link

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-evidence-neolithic-people-salt-seawater.html ... discovery by Stephen Sherlock. At Loftus, on the Yorkshire Moors, there is a neolithic site going back 5800 years ago [early 4th

Sediments from a cave in NE Greenland tell a story. It was warm and wetter in the past. However, this is dated half a million

Sent in by Robert [withg a hat tip to Louis]. At https://humansarefree.com/2021/03/scientists-biosphere-miles-below-earth... ... scientists discover a massive biosphere miles below eath's surface. It has long

At https://phys.org/news/2021-03-strange-planets-neptune-uranus-mysterious.... ... two strange planets, Neptune and Uranus. Both have skewed magnetic fields and both are tilted. The reason for this has been a

At www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-black-death-rampage-across-world-more... ... which is a thesis by Monica Green published as 'The Four Black Deaths' in the American Historical Review in December of 2020.