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As the climate jamboree gets under way there have been some nice contradictory blogs posted in the nether regions of the Net which serve to

Some interesting stuff on genetics at www.q-mag.org/we-contain-multitudes-1.html and www.q-mag.org/we-contain-multitudes-2.html which seem to suggest genetics is a bit more complicated than Joe Public has been led

no sun spots at the moment. Coronal hole has gone on walkabouts. What we looking at here is a Sun without sun spots but with

At http://phys.org/print367654055.html ... the mysterious dimming of the star KIC 8462852 is taxing the brains and imaginations of astronomers. It has been suggested a catastrophic

The ancient Cappadocian city with a labyrinnth of underground tunnels and chambers serving as living quarters and storage facilities, a mess of hidey holes, is

As we approach the Paris climate conference with BBC going full swoon on end of the world doomsayings and delegates priming up to feed their

Upper Tibet is basically the northern and western end of the plateau. We all know that Buddhism took fairly deep roots in Tibet - but

A good article on ozone depletion sent in by Robert Farrar - did we really save the ozone layer? The link is at http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/10/26/did-we-really-save-the-ozone-layer/ ...

At http://notrickszone.com/2015/11/20/german-professor-examines-nasa-giss-t... ... the title explains the contents of the blog report which is now a widely known problem, first aired at Tony Heller's blog

At http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/20/c_134838032.htm ... the Chinese have unearthed a well preserved skull of Homo erectus which will be invaluable to anthropologists and people specialising in human

At www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2015/11/20/neolithic-man-and-the-electric-unive... ... starts with a dendritic pattern distinguished by vegetation near Ostia, the former port of Rome. The ridges can be clearly picked out.

Tom Dillehay is a controversial archaeologist as he was in charge of the excavations at Monte Verde in southern Chile. The controversy involved the dates

Well I never. The Glastonbury monks made it up. William Blake got it wrong. This has been suspected for a long time but archaeologists from

At http://joannenova.com.au/2015/11/new-science-20-its-not-co2-so-what-is-t... ... is instructive in that it explains why climate scientists do not foresee the Sun playing a role in global warming. This is

Gary sent in both these links. Thank you. At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3327264/Never-mind-Big-Bang-Life... and www.sciencetimes.com/articles/7748/20151122/life-earth-began-whiff-oxyge... ... apparently, life on earth began as a result of a big breath

This link was sent in by Gary. Apparently, some scientists have discovered a huge fossil forest buried in deep sediments and preserved intact that goes

Alfred de Grazia, in his book 'The Divine Succession' made a connection between catastrophic events, and peaks and troughs in religious experiences. We live in

Paul Devereux wrote a couple of books back in the 1980s on earthquake lights and electro-magnetic discharges associated with earthquakes which had a New Age

Lovely programme on BBC 4 last night, on the Amazon and the discovery of towns and plazas and a wonderful fertile soil which included charcoal,

At www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/was-pottery-invented-process-fish ... which is a peculiar question to ask - why would anyone know the answer? True, the Japanese were using pottery a long