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William sent in a link to https://www.msn.com/em-us/news/technology/scientists-left-confused-after-uncovering-ancient-rocks-that-hold-proof-of-the-earth-s-magnetic-field/ss-BB1oJOXk .... but see also https://www.space.com/earth-ancient-magnetic-field-puzzle-isua .... Rocks that have been dated to 3.7 billion years ago, on the

At https://phys.org/news/2024-06-extinct-walnut-species-high-arctic.html ... three new extinct walnut species have been discovered in a high arctic mummified foreest. It is situated on the Princess Margaret Mountians

At https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-to-blame-for-megafauna-extinctions-new-study-suggests .... another study  is keen to blame humans for the disappearance of megafauna such as woolly mammoths, sabre toothed cats, and the like.

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240626152057.htm ... James Kennett et al report on the presence of proxies associated with a cosmic airburst event that was distributed over several separate

The expansion and contraction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone [ITCZ for short] is a well known feature of past climate. It is known to have

Trilobites are the darlings of some geologists. Those with a fondness of collecting fossils. They come in different sizes and mostly can be held in

At https://phys.org/news/2024-06-reveals-comet-airburst-evidence-years.html ... researchers  continue to expand the evidence for a Younger Dryas impact event, we are told. A fragmenting comet, to be precise, resulting

This concerns Sennacherib, otherwise Sin ahe eriba, in his war of conquest in the southern Levant. William Thompson, in his MS Word document, Cosmic Catastrophism

At https://spaceweather.com ... see archive for 19th June, 2024 ... we are told the super solar storm of May 10th 2024 did more than spark

What's it all about. At https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ancient-maya-genomes-reveal-male.html ... another interesting discovery by genetic research. The rise of Chichen Itsa after the collapse of the Classic Maya

In Current Archeology 412 [June/July 2024] - see https://www.archaeology.co.uk ... we learn that Woodhenge was built at the same time as Stonehenge - on the

At https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-tonga-volcanic-eruption-could-disrupt-weather-for-years-to-come ... The Hunga Tonga Ha'apai submarine volcano, which erupted in 2022, is the subject of a new study in the journal Climate. It

At https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-seahenge-structure-in-uk-may-finally-be-explained ... tidal erosion exposed the Bronze Age structure known as Seahenge. It had a companion that has since been lost to the sea.

At https://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-challenges-origin-theory-on-the-universes-heaviest-elements ... the mainstream consensus is that after Big Bang the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a bit of helium. These are the

William sent in an MSN link to this story - and an accompanying note from an old friend with connections to the museum. His friend

At https://phys.org/news/2024-05-mystery-solar-unveiled-orbiter-mission.html ... ESAs Solar Orbiter Mission has been looking at the surface of the Sun. How, for example, the solar wind forms. They describe

At https://phys.org/news/2024-05-earth-mysterious-d-layer-relic.html ... a relic of ancient oceans and planetary collisions, we are told - earth's mysterious D layer.  It is located roughly 3000 km

Gary sent in the link https://www.sciencealert.com/venus-appears-to-be-a-churning-hotbed-of-volcanic-activity ... Venus appears to be a churning hotbed of volcanic activity. A re-analysis of data seems to indicate heavy

At https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-neanderthal-y-chromosome ... the human genome is thought to preserve Neanderthal DNA, so much so it effects health amongst the modern human population. There is,

William sent in the link https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/fhree-scientific-discoveries-that-suggest-god-created-the-universe/ss-BB1mZrub# ...   and remembering that MSN is a major US media company, it is something of a surprise. Three