Contents
About the SIS; How to Join
Editorial .. 1
World Wide Web focus .. 2
International Conference on Lightning .. 2
Sky Disc of Nebra .. 2
World Archive of Rock Art .. 2
The Extended Habitation Zone .. 3
Habitability of Planets Around Red Dwarf Stars .. 3
Before the Flood, There Was No Moon .. 4
Leys/”Ley Lines” .. 4
Physics Has Its Principles .. 4
Theory not such a stretch .. 4
Our Universe: Unlocking its Mysteries .. 5
Egypt – Land of Eternity! .. 6
Genesis Research & Education Foundation .. 6
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative .. 6
The Amarna Tablets .. 7
Celestial fireworks .. 7
Perilous Planet Earth .. 11
The Celestial Clock .. 11
The Origin Map .. 11
Bye Bye Big Bang: Hello Reality .. 11
Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995) .. 12
Update on Nabta Stone Circle .. 14
The Art of Insight .. 14
Association for Skeptical Investigations .. 14
Science texts not always by the book .. 15
Sun offers Halloween ‘trick or treat’ .. 15
Mysterious Earth .. 15
Big planets form in cosmic flash .. 15
“Antigravity” Beamship? .. 16
Underwater man-made wall .. 16
Is Rock Art a Sign of Universal Language? .. 16
Rockart at the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici .. 16
Speed of light has changed .. 16
Second Law of Thermodynamics broken .. 16 ..
SIS Message Forum .. 17
SIS Conference 2002: Ages still in Chaos .. 17
Conferences .. 18 ..
Third International Conference on Large Meteorite .. 18
Biological Processes in Impact Craters .. 18
Cambridge-Conference Email Network .. 11
Names for New Moons of Jupiter .. 19
Why Mars Rock Hits Earth Every Month .. 19
Biblical Plagues ‘Caused by Volcano’ .. 19
Sun’s Rays to Roast Earth .. 19
First UK Impact Layer Discovered .. 19
Impact ‘Showered Debris Over Britain’ .. 19
NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstracts .. 20
Index .. 21
Why Alternative Science? .. Back cover
ISSN 1362-7686
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© December 2002 The Society for Interdisciplinary Studies