In the News

At https://www.sciencenews.org/article/polygon-rock-patterns-mars-climate ... on Mars, the Chinese rover, Zhurong, has  found polygon structures  buried dozens of metres below the landing site. Similar polygonal patterns occur

At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/curse-tablet-with-oldest-hebrew-name-of-god-is-actually-a-fishing-weight-experts-argue ... this goes back to an archaeological find last year - in Israel. A very small piece of lead that had been folded

Willaim sent in the link https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/archaeologists-found-ancient-bird-footprints-205000523.html .... geologists find ancient bird footprints that are 60 million years too early. That is the headline. The footprints

William sent in the National Geographic link https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/have-scientists-found-800000-year-old-meteorite-impact-crater .. which is a story from a couple of years ago but in the news again. The

At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/possible-arctic-graveyard-may-be-northernmost-stone-age-cemetery-but-there-are-no-human-remains-to-prove-it ... another intriguing archaeological discovery. Archaeologists have discovered what looks like a prehistoric cemetery  in northern Europe. Just outside the Arctic Circle. In

At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/enormous-hydrothermal-vent-field-with-ancient-50-foot-tall-chimneys-discovered-near-underwater-volcano ... interesting discovery. The bottom of the sea is upsetting cosy mainstream ideas. A two thousand feet long hydrothermal field teeming with life

Over at https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/strange-object-trapped-between-saturn-and-uranus-is-transforming-before-our-eyes ... a distant comet trapped between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus seems to be accompanied by a transforming disc of icy

William sent in the link https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-find-huge-planet-that-shouldn-t-exist/ ... but see also https://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/enormous-planet-discovered-around-tiny-star-could-break-our-understanding-of-solar-system-formation ... basically, what has excited astronomers is the discovery of a giant planet orbiing

The Parker Solar Probe has led to a new explanation on how magnetic switchbacks form in the solar wind. See https://phys.org/news/2023-11-theory-magnetic-switchbacks-solar.html ... the theory is

The ozone  layer is back in the news it seems. That research paper last week seems to have upset the Blob. At https://phys.org/news/2023-11-science-ozone-layer.html ... here

This is, surprisingly, at https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03546-w ... and it caused archaeologists to raise their eyebrows. You have to wonder  why in a month when it was

At https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/strange-blob-circling-milky-ways-central-black-hole-is-shooting-powerful-radiation-at-earth-every-76-minutes ...  regular high energy pulses of gamma ray radiation emerge from around the Milky Way's central black hole - may be coming from

At https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-shark-species-discovered-hidden-in-worlds-largest-cave-system-1834492.html ... the cave system is in south central Kentucky - accessed in Mammoth Cave National Park. The caves extend for some 40 miles

William sent in the link - more than an asteroid may have caused the demise of the dinosaurs. See https://www.yahoo.com/news/extinction-dinosaurs-study-suggests-were-203306385.html ... which is at last

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231126224848.htm ... the Fens of eastern England were once heavily wooded - according to research at Cambridge University. Surprisingly, the woods were dominated by

At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/big-blob-of-hot-water-in-pacific-may-be-making-el-nino-act-weirdly ... it seems a big blob of warm water in the Pacific Ocean is affecting the much hyped upcoming El Nino. Have these

Robert sent in some interesting links for anyone interested in the views of Eric Lerrner. He isn't very keen on Big Bang, for example. Lerner

It seems what is true of the Old World is also true of the New World. Catastrophic events caused major human migrations. At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/indigenous-mexicans-migrated-to-california-5200-years-ago-likely-bringing-their-languages-with-them-ancient-dna-reveals ...

At https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/earth-slammed-by-ultra-powerful-goddess-particle-cosmic-ray-and-we-have-no-idea-where-it-came-from .... researchers detected an 'ultra high energy' cosmic ray recently - the most powerful one since the 'Oh My God' cosmic ray of

William sent in the link https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-saturns-rings-form-icy-181500953.html ... but see also https://phys.org/news/2023-05-saturn-magnificent.html ... a new study suggests the rings of Saturn were formed between 400 and