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At http://phys.org/print398674581.html ... Rosetta, during the most active phase of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, caught evidence of carbon dioxide ice followed by the appearance of two large

At www.newscientist.com/article/2113247-kangaroo-bone-nose-piercing-     ... a piece of kangaroo bone dating back as early as 44,000 years ago is being presented as the oldest bone jewellery belonging

At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/new-zealand-quake-ruptured-6-... ... the recent earthquake in New Zealand affected up to six faults - and uplifted significant portions of coastal New Zealand    During

The CAGW movement is closely wrapped up with some other environmental issues such as farming methods. It is interesting to note prior to reading the

At http://phys.org/print398327283.html ... is about the threat of tsunamis from earthquakes while at http://phys.org/print398327221.html ... the focus is on the earthquake itself, magnitude 7.5 -

  At www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.752808 ... a citadel located in NE Jordan that flourished in the 3rd millennium BC, contemporary the OK in Egypt, has been found

At http://phys.org/print398079586.html ... the cosmic whistle. It packs an energy punch. These are fast radio bursts of gamma rays (and other cosmic radiation). The relevant

Anyone with a passing interest in ancient history will have heard of Lake Urmiah as it appears on several important occasions in association with  hordes

At http://phys.org/print397989728.html ... Saturn is a big planet - and it has a huge jet stream 70,000 km wide. There is currently no theory out

At http://siberiantimes.com/science/others/news/n0782-burial-site-of-siberi... ... it seems the Altai region is turning up a lot of archaeology - and is disseminating it through this excellent web site.

At http://phys.org/print398016399.html ... Australia shifts and tilts back and forth by several millimetres each year because of changes to the Earth's centre of mass (Journal

The Neanderthal/Denisovan surviving genes in modern humans has been taken up at http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2016/article/evolution-purged-... ... which again implies that the genetic inheritance from archaic humans such

I like this story - a nice conclusion after four years of research. It derives from an archaeological exploration in Maryland, at the site of

Presumably the theory of subduction (plates sliding beneath other plates and causing mountains to form) is still a theory - and has not been verified

At www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2016/11/colossal-body-of-magma-discovered-... ... Scientists have discovered the existence of a huge magmatic lake (composed of magma and water) 15km across below a dormant volcano in

At http://phys.org/print397900562.html ... when did the dinosaurs evolve? Silly question as the dinosaur evolution went into zoom mode when the Triassic epoch set in. Okay,

At http://phys.org/print397922025.html ... mainstream is trying to make sense of volatile behaviour around what they are convinced is a black hole at the centre of

At http://phys.org/print397902203.html ... we learn that Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko is younger than thought - but this is according to computer simulations made at the University of

At www.ibtimes.co.uk/prehistoric-greenlanders-ate-bowhead-whales-4000-years... ... which is a reference to the arrival of paleo-Eskimo culture in Greenland. How they got there is unknown but when they got

At http://phys.org/print397736203.html ... Mars has numerous pockets of magnetism locked up in its crust - but scientists assure us that Mars has no inner dynamo,