In the News

At https://www.space.com/39431-michigan-meteor-explosion-shook-earth.html ... we learn that although it was just a few feet across its speed was enough to shake the ground as it exploded

Terrific story reported by the Guardian (January 18th 2018) - go to www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/complex-engineering-and-metal-work... ... but don't be tempted to donate (they have a begging message

Apparently, in Norway schools still teach pupils that in the stone age people lived in caves. I suppose the same is true in the UK

A German blog reports that in Germany there is one weather station that is intact and unchanged for 138 years. It has never been moved

I like the headline on this story - Britain's first departure from Europe (in this case a geological brexit) - go to www.nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/ncomms15101 ... which

The seams of nodular and tabular flint at the base of the Upper Chalk on the South Downs were mined for axe production during the

At https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/01/saturns-moon-titan-sports-earth... .... using Cassini data Cornell astronomers have created a topographical image of Titan. It revealed several new features - such as mountains (no

At https://phys.org/print435394061.html ... international study identifies the process of rock formation by meteor strikes (or nuclear blasts). Nice headline but coesite is a polymath of

At https://phys.org/print435378398.html ... the odd behaviour of a star led to a second look - and a third. It was decided something was disturbing its

In the news section (written by Mike Pitts) of British Archaeology magazine (January 2018) we have the discovery of a big piece of flint at

I posted a story on the Chesil Beach a few years ago but now Gary has sent in a link to his web site that

At www.q-mag.org/the-salon-noir-the-cave-of-niaux.html ... the cave of Niaux was never used as a dwelling but it has a lot of cave paintings. Anne Marie provides the

At www.livescience.com/61441-search-for-king-tut-wife.html ... Zahi Hassan announced (January 16th 2018) that excavations in the Valley of the Kings where the tomb of Tutankhamun's wife may be

At http://spaceweather.com (17th January 2018) we learn that a meteor exploded over Michigan with a sonic boom and a bright flash of light over the

Robert sent in this link at https://crev.info/2018/01/hidden-volcano-comes-light/ ... a deep ocean silicic volcano erupted under the waves 5 years ago but hardly anyone noticed. In

Two stories on the Black Death - one at https://phys.org/print435308864.html ... and https://phys.org/print435312986.html ... at the first one we learn about analysis of thousands of

William sent in this excellent link - research refutes theory regarding the dispersal of humans in Europe - go to https://phys.org/print435307967.html ... and you can

Robert also sent in this link - go to www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5274051/Mount-Etna-NOT-proper-vo... ... Mount Etna, an Italian geologist claims, is not a real volcano - but a

Sent in by Jovan - interesting claim - go to www.livescience.com/61409-extraterrestrial-hypatia-stone.html ... a space rock known as the Hypatia Stone, is diamond encrusted. It was

Sent in  by Robert - https://crev.info/2018/01/astronomical-theories-totally-wrong-upside/ ... which concerns a couple of admissions that have already been aired on the News. Space exploration is throwing