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   At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/when-swarm-met-steve/ ... Swarm is a group of satellites designed to study the Sun, the solar wind, and so on. This includes looking at

At http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2017/article/megafaunal-exti... ... research from the University of Adelaide has found that the bones of Ice Age megafaunal animals across Eurasia and the Americas died

Go to www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/issue/A82311735C77097CA82566... ... which takes you to Radiocarbon journal volume 55 Number 4, and scroll down to page 1869-1887 and the article, "Intcal 13

At www.everythingselectric.com/nice/ ... we have a nice piece on nice smooth planetary migrations. We learn that Neptune moved from 20AU to its current location at

Another piece from The Times (full of almost useless bits of information) in April and concerns the inhabitants of the Cayman Islands. They were devoid

In The Times we have a small piece on an ancient coin that depicts Jesus as a warrior king - or that is what we

William sent in the link www.omicsonline.org/ArchiveHYCR/currentissue-hydrology-current-research-... ... which allows you to read a number of articles in this first of 2017 issue. The article of

The BBC was highly excitable on Thursday evening - hours of debate on the prospect of life on Enceladus, a moon of the planet Saturn.

Teleocrater rhadinus is the name of a critical animal that lived during an important transition - from reptile to dinosaur (and eventually birds). It is

Shepherds, or goatherds come to that, go back a very long way, even in the heart of Europe. At www.swissinfo.ch/eng/prehistoric-farming-7000-years-ago--on-a-swiss-alp/... ... we learn that Swiss

At www.spaceweather.com (April 12th 2017) Comet PanSTARRS has become highly active. Last week the comet brightened six fold- now amateur astronomers are photographing an incredible

At https://phys.org/print411059802.html ... it seems that NASAs MAVEN spacecraft has detected metal ions in the atmosphere of Mars - which shows that the ionosphere of

Clark Whelton posted the link www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.782460 ... which concerns tsunamis - and an exceptional one that has been dated at 2800 years ago. Apparently, there

William sent in the link - https://eos.org/research-spotlights/explaining-unexpected-twists-in-the-... ...     ... space weather forecasting is hindered by what happens to the earth's magnetic field when the

At https://malagabay.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/deranged-dating-intcal13-and-... ... without taking on board the Heinsohn AD revision, or indeed, his BC revision, it is interesting to note that it isn't just

At http://notrickszone.com/2017/04/06/scientists-reveal-how-man-made-global... created-via-data-manipulation-dismissing-the-sun/ ... the headline to this blog post is - scientists reveal how man made global warming is created via data manipulation and

At https://phys.org/print410606948.html ... researchers from Kyoto University and Japan's National Institute of Solar Research have used historical records to garner a better insight into the

At www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39494740 ... we have a regurgitation of an old story that has been updated by some new thinking by geologists from Imperial College. This

At https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/fos--smt040217.php ... the period, 2300-2000BC was not just one of turmoil and upheaval, with evidence of site destruction far and wide, including earthquakes and

At http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/king-solomon-mines-bible-timn... ... it seems archaeologists came across some donkey manure dating back 3000 years ago, preserved in the arid environment of the Timna Valley.