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At http://joannenova.com.au/2015/07/lost-knowledge-10th-century-cure-for-mr... ... we learn that a medieval cure by a so called 'leech doctor' was found to treat superbugs that modern doctors struggle to

Referring to non-uniformitarians as Flood catastrophists has developed recently into a new twist as mainstream science has, it seems, developed its very own 'holy' Flood

At http://phys.org/print356339924.html ... tells a story of the discovery of fossils in Ilminster in Somerset back in the 19th century. They have been in a

Gary Gilligan sent in the following link - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3161511/A-home-home-Curiosity-fi... ... which is a comparison of Mars with the Earth. Gary asks - does it also

At www.q-mag.org/blood-red-flint-tools-souvenirs-of-doggerland.html ... the North Sea island of Heligoland, a remnant of Doggerland, has something that is claimed to exist nowhere else, red silex (flint).

   At http://phys.org/print356081070.html ... the ESA Cluster satellites (a group of four satellites closely orbiting on a near trajectory, have observed noise waves inside the

There is also another interesting article in the June issue of the New Concepts in Global Tectonics journal (page 233) (www.ncgt.org) ... 'Migrations of foreshocks

At New Concepts in Global Tectonics journal, 3:2 June issue of 2015 (www.ncgt.org), there is an interesting paper, some 26 pages in length (lots of

one of the images being released by NASA. More to follow.

At http://phys.org/print355974545.html ... an extinct volcanic plateau has been discovered in 4900m deep water off the eastern coast of Australia   A survey ship mapping

To get an idea we only need to look at what elephants consume - and they are much smaller than mammoths. At www.macroevolution.net/what-do-elephants-eat.html ... we

An interesting video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi-V1EzI_TU ... Bruce Leybourne at a conference. He claims global temperatures over the last century reflect 30 year weakening trends and

An interesting deduction is made about iron production in central Norway at www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150708072520.htm ... iron was exported from central Norway south into Europe and further

At www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/ ... or http://phys.org/print355939615.html ... the crater of Mount St Helens, in spite of still recovering from its recent volcanic activity, now holds a

Most of us have had the opportunity to look at, even touch, Roman mortar. At http://news.discovery.com/history/roman-concrete-mimicked-resistant-volc... ... Roman concrete closely resembles rock found in the

At http://phys.org/print355645261.html ... we learn of a new 'model' of the Sun which claims to mirror the solar cycle (which is little understood) and not

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/human-presence-in-s... .. and at www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/632316/archaeologists-di...   is a reference to the glens rather than the high mountains of the Cairngorms but the discovery was

This is an image of the far side of Pluto courtesy of http://spaceweather.com   which came from the New Horizons spacecraft - taken from 2.5

At www.macroevolution.net/mesozoic.html ... there is quite a nice discussion of the cataloguing of animal remains to specific periods of time with an emphasis on dinosaurs.

at www.smithsonian.com/science-nature/what-killed-dinosaurs-utahs-giant-jur... ... dinosaur boneyards are an interesting aspect of the geological record. One such can be found in a Utah quarry that is roughly