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George Howard has uploaded an interesting video at http://cosmictusk.com/common-culture-embraces-the-younger-dryas-boundary... ... which is worth watching. When did civilisation really begin?

This is the underground safe house created in Cappadocia. Was it designed in fear of cosmic catastrophism - or was it designed as a safe

At http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/03/23/worlds-largest-asteroid-impacts-fo... ... a cosmic object created a 400km wide impact zone in Australia's Warburton Basin. Apparently, the crater had disappeared - but geophysicists have

At http://phys.org/print346054232.html ... Fongliang He and a research team have been looking at what causes trees to flourish and prosper - or struggle to reach

At http://phys.org/print346044381.html ... molecular nitrogen has been detected on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko by instruments onboard the Rosetta spacecraft Molecular nitrogen is thought to have been the

The image below shows x-rays streaming off the Sun as seen by NASAs NuSTAR telescope array system. Se http://phys.org/print346063299.html ...    scientists are trying to

This story was also in the latest issue of the journal Geology and is interesting as it raises questions about the Milankovitch theory of climate

At www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150320112332.htm ... we have 'did a volcanic cataclysm 40,000 years ago, trigger the final demise of the Neanderthals?' - which is a paper just

The latest Thunderbolts video is something of a beauty - dust in the atmosphere of Mars, and aurorae. Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KVV-hob3e4&feature_youtu.be

If you thought C14 was useless for dating purposes, as some revisionists declare, you may take onboard that it is now being incorporated into climate

If you saw the video of the expanding earth scenario some months ago at this space and then you might be interested in the rival,

An interesting insight into how scientists sometimes think at http://phys.org/print345994897.html It concerns dust in galaxies such as the Milky Way as a result of an

At www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/13/the-truth-wears-off .... I stumbled across this article as it was quoted on the Internet in a comments section. It is very illuminating. How science

Emilio Spedicato is a well known figure in catastrophist circles and over the years has come up with some very good ideas. Over at www.q-mag.org/the-pyramids-of-giza-the-belt-of-orion-and-three-volcanoes...

The Chinese Yutu moon rover found evidence of at least nine distinct rock layers beneath its wheels - on one small stretch of the lunar

The presence of ice on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko is no surprise. Its very cold on the rock racing through space - colder than your worst dreams

Dating,periods of time, even cycles of the ebb and flow of global temperatures, have been aided and abetted by the lowly foraminifera, or rather, the

Enceladus is currently being targeted as another location for life beyond Earth - see http://phys.org/print345364303.html This moon of Saturn has geysers that eject plumes of

Wakey! Wakey!, the catch phrase to an old TV show, resonates with the call out for the comet probe Philae to awake from its four

I like this one as I can remember struggling, years ago, with trying to comprehend stone tool technology, and why the Middle Palaeolithic was so