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Jupiter's Aurorae
2 November 2017 > AstronomyAlso sent in by Robert - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5032129/The-mystery-of-Jupiter-s... ... Jupiter's intense southern and northern aurora pulses independently of each other according to UCL led research using
Water and Mars
1 November 2017 > AstronomyAt www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171027085747.htm ... scientists still explain land features on Mars by water flow. Experiments seem to show that because of Mars thin atmosphere during warm

Saturn's Radiation Belts
1 November 2017 > AstronomyThe radiation belts of Saturn and the Earth are both affected by the solar wind. Belts of energetic particles move around the planets at high

Black Holes in the News
1 November 2017 > AstronomyNASAs NuSTARR probes black hole jet mystery is the headline at JPL NASA News - see www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6986 ...Black holes famously eat lots of material. They
Egyptian solar eclipse
1 November 2017 > Dating' David wrote - 'I couldn't believe my ears! On BBC radio 4 this morning (October 30th), just before the 9am news, I heard mention

Diffusion of Species
30 October 2017 > BiologyJovan sent in a couple of pieces from the journal Science as they may have a bearing on Alan de Queroz's 'The Monkey's Voyage' (2014).

Velikovsky and Comets
30 October 2017 > AstronomyAt https://malagabay.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/the-atomic-comet-self-propell... ... seems like another one on the atomic comet - which begins with Velikovsky (and Venus ejected from Jupiter as a comet). It

Velikovsky and EU
26 October 2017 > ElectromagnetismTim Cullen on Velikovsky. One to read. Go to https://malagabay.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/the-atomic-comet-electric-epi... ... it looks like this is the last one on this subject (comets) and in

Pacific Basin Anomaly
26 October 2017 > GeologyThis one came from an article in American Scientist (volume 105) which was provided by Jovan. Soon after 19th century cartographers captured the relative locations
Red Sprites
26 October 2017 > ElectromagnetismRobert sent in this link - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5008797/Red-sprite-lightning-sto... ... Red sprites are electrical bursts of lightning active above thunderstorms. They are red at higher altitudes, fading
Tooth, Leprosy, troglodites
26 October 2017 > ArchaeologyAt www.dw.com/en/archaeology-fossil-teeth-discovery-in-germany-could-re-wri... ... a single tooth found in a former river bed of the River Rhine in Germany is causing a bit of a headache
Reefcrete
26 October 2017 > BiologySent in by Kevin - www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41665459 ... wildlife colonises man made rock pools. Researchers at Aberystwyth University in Wales have drilled holes the size of

Tree Mystery
26 October 2017 > BiologyGary sent in this one - www.independent.co.uk/news/science/tree-structure-mystery-china-scientis... ... scientists baffled by prehistoric tree over 300 million years old. They have a more complex structure than

Round Up
25 October 2017 > Climate changeIn this instance, not a round up of animals but the commercial brand of a weedkiller that you will find on the shelves of your
Saryarka
20 October 2017 > ArchaeologyLaurence sent in this link - go to www.inform.kz/en/karaganda-archaeologists-complete-reconstruction-of-an-... ... which might not be what you expected (looking more like a garden rockery feature).

Plates
20 October 2017 > GeologyRobert sent in this link - go to www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4998508/Scientists-create-incred... ... Scientists claim to have mapped most of the tectonic plates, ancient and recent, which they

Bursts in sea levels
20 October 2017 > GeologyAt https://phys.org/print427601705.html ... scientists have discovered sea levels did not rise slowly after the end of the Ice Age but rose in a series of
Turquoise
20 October 2017 > ArchaeologyTurquoise and Lapis Lazuli are bright blue minerals. For some reason they have been highly prized by historical communities - whether it was ancient Britons

Electrifying Phobus
20 October 2017 > AstronomyAt https://phys.org/print427551247.html ... electricity in space is now out into the mainstream open as indicated in this post. Solar eruptions could electrically charge areas of
Moon Atmosphere
20 October 2017 > AstronomyStill running with the Moon, subject wise, we www.astronomy.com/news/2017/10/moon-atmosphere ... (link sent in by Jovan) where we are told that for 70 million years the