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The last post, on the 10th, was left hanging. The implication was that the celebrations at Bulford were because no big lump of a meteor

In Current Archaeology 438 -August/September 2026 - there is an interesting  article on recent excavations at Bulford Camp. When the army was pulled out of

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/08/elephant-bone-reveals-ancient-human-skills/ ... we have the strange story of an  elephant bone hammer found at Boxgrove near Chichester. This site, subject to intermittent research over

The press release and write up comes from https://phys.org/news/2026-08-roman-bones-potential-fourth-century.html ... but the pull paper is available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0068113x26100816 ... Brading Villa was first investigated by

At https://spaceweather.com ... 5th August 2026 - we have a close up view of what is occurring on the face of the Sun. In more

William sent in two more links to videos. i] The Rings of Saturn are dying. NASAs Cassini Mission uncovered a lot of destructive activity in

William has sent in another video link - see https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/general/saturn-is-losing-up-to-40-tons-of-ice-every-second-its-rings-may-be-living-on-borrowed-time/vi-AA28LGRl ... a new study claims Saturn is losing up to 40 tons of ice every

The asteroid that struck Yucatan and created the Chicxulub crater may have produced an intense heat pulse in the immediate aftermath, according to a new

The first  page I go to when Current Archaeology or Current World Archaeology drops through my letterbox is that of Chris Catling. It is always

William sent in a link to another video - the universe may be expanding faster than our models predicted. See https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/astrophysicists-warn-the-universe-may-be-expanding-faster-than-models-predeicted/ss-AA287urJ ... See also https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260411022025.htm ...

William sent in a link to a MSN video that claims Mars affects the weather on Earth. They arrived at this conclusion by analysing orbital

At https://phys.org/news/2026-07-paleontologists-million-discovery-soft-tissue.html ....  soft tissue discovery going way back prior to the dinosaurs. Back to 450 million years ago. Crinoids - which resemble stretched sea

William sent in several links to MSN videos  which come highly recommended. It is the mainstream perspective - but also cutting edge research. 1] The

William sent in a link to another MSN video. This one concerns the Scablands and how a wall of water erased the landscape in a

Robert sent in some links that focus on the idea of former advanced civilisations. One such is Chinese pyramids. Watch the video and make up

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/06/pterosaur-wing-incredibly-preserved-detail/ ... a wing bone of a pterosaur that died in the Cretaceous period has turned up fossilised in rocks in NE Brazil. What

At https://phys.org/news/2026-06-radiocarbon-dating-years-human-occupation.html ... Spanish researchers have constructed a new database of 124 C14 dated samples from a location in the Pyrenees mountains. It confirms human

At https://phys.org/news/2026-06-baby-fossils-reveal-link-human.html ... a study of the remains of infants that lived between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago, such as their ancient baby teeth and

Not just mites but mites walking in a line - see https://phys.org/news/2026-06-ancient-amber-fossil-captures-mites.html ... mites have a behavioural characteristic that has been captured in amber from

Speaking of the Devil, black holes popped up again shortly after I put up the previous post. See https://phys.org/news/2026-06-powerful-ufo-blasting-distant-black.html ... a powerful UFO spotted blasting