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Robert also sent in this link to https://phys.org/news/2020-06-distance-bolster-basic-universe.html ... new distance measurements bolster challenge to basic model of universe. A new set of precision measurements

A behemoth ammonite - not the fabled Jewish or Canaanite monster. At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8414175/ ... as sent in by Robert. An enormous fossil ammonite weighing over

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/06/reindeer-were-domest... ... reindeer were domesticated much earlier than thought. Incredibly, it was believed it occurred only a few hundred years ago. They now have

An article by Daniel H King at https://files.constantcontact.com/a5712c26101/87e2934d-ef28-4255-9d8e-84... ... explains why he, as a PhD in Biblical Studies, has become convinced that Tall el-Hammam is

William also sent in a link to this sotry. See for example https://phys.org/news/2020-06-ancient-crocodiles-legs-dinosaurs.html ... a species of ancient crocodiles walked on their two hind legs

At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/06/scientists-detect-un... ... scientists detect unusually hot and dense structure near the planet's core - via seismic echoing ...  .... they are referring to the

William sent in a link to www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologists-discovered-ancient-city-buried-1956001... ... archaeologists have mapped an entire Roman city using ground penetrating radar. The highly detailed images have revealed

William sent in the link www.yahoo.com/news/oldest-largest-ancient-maya-structure-151016465.html ... but the story is also available elsewhere - such as https://phys.org/news/2020-06-largest-oldest-maya-monument-importance.html ... LiDAR technology, from an aeroplane, has

At www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/06/Neanderthals-Denisovans-humans-genetica... ... Here we have it - from the horses mouth (or so it would seem looking at the headline). Neanderthals and Denisovans and

Cosmic Tusk have been pushing the idea Covid 19 arrived from space - in an exploding meteor. See for example https://cosmictusk.com/cosmos-magazine-disease-from-space-article-suspic... ... funnily enough the

At www.heritagedaily.com/2020/05/chinese-pterodactyl-wings-its-way-to-the-u... ... Britain's first pterodactyl fossil, a jawbone in fact, was found by a fossil hunter on the Isle of Wight (near Sandown). It

At https://phys.org/news/2020-06-patterns-spiral-galaxies-universe.html ... an analysis of spiral galaxies has revealed unexpected links between spin structures and galaxies and the structure formed by them. It may

At https://spaceweather.com (June 1st 2020) we have a short video captured over New Mexico and Texas - a magnificent jelly fish sprite followed by a

At https://sciencex.com/news/2020-05-fossil-discovery-reveals-earliest-rela... .... a fossil discovery reveals the earliest relative of modern mammals - going back 300 million years ago. That is a very long

At https://anthropology.net/2020/05/30/ancient-dna-from-france-outline-comp... ... the early farmers that moved through the Balkans into eastern and central Europe did not mix with the local hunter gatherers it

At https://phys.org/news/2020-05-genomic-analysis-long-term-genetic-west.html ... genomic analysis shows a long  term genetic mixing across western Asia - going back deep into the Holocene. The region includes Anatolia

William sent in this link www.yahoo.com/news/mammoth-skeletons-dug-mexico-city-155124553.html ... mammoth skeletons dug up during construction of an airport at Mexico City. To date, 70 mammoths have been

At https://spaceweather.com (May 29th 2020) we have news of a big solar flare on one of the flanks of the Sun. Flare activity appears to

At https://phys.org/news/2020-05-earliest-evidence-italians-extraordinary-g... ... during the Laste Glacial Maximum, when an ice sheet covered a goodly portion of Britain and Swiss mountain glaciers were at maximum

Sent in by Robert. Astgeroids that sprout  comet like tails.  See for example https://phys.org/news/2020-05-atlas-telescope-first-of-its-kind-asteroid... .... an asteroid sporting a tail. ATLAS is designed to scan