In the News

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.

At https://phys.org/print410541003.html ... it seems Clovis Points, which are fluted, are still a problem for archaeology. What was the reasoning behind the fluting of flint

At last, a study that recognises that low sun spot numbers are not entirely the whole story when it comes to the Little Ice Age

The idea that modern humans in SE Asia, in the Holocene, were more advanced than Pleistocene predecessors, has taken a bit of a knocking -

At https://phys.org/print410453784.html ... blood preserved in amber, the fossilised red blood cells of monkeys. At https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/new-research-dispr... ... Palaeontologists have used skulls to delineate how much

At https://phys.org/print410429403.html ... sent in by William, an unusual story concerning the orbit of Mars and some mini planets (known as Trojans). These are really

At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/waves-on-sun-give-nasa-new-in... ... discusses what might cause coronal mass ejections from the Sun - as they contribute to space weather. See also www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170330142242.htm ... where