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An article in Meteoritics and Planetary Science 50 (3) page 368-381 (2015) 'Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first century fireball of historical importance' by

Going back some weeks ago on chalk oddities, a chalk outlier near Killarney has caused geologists a few headaches. It is described as enigmatic and

At http://phys.org/print350714260.html ... physicist finds mysterious anti-electron clouds inside a thunderstorm - a totally unexpected outcome of research that involved flying a plane into a

There has been a steady rash of papers over the years that claim ice is receding in the Antarctic - and global warming is afoot,

At www.blacklightpower.com/theory-2/book/ ... there is an abstract of a book written by Dr Randell Mills who favours what he calls the Grand Unified Theory of

Tony, our secretary, has forwarded this link to the continuing research and development of alternative power. It is a video of a 30 minute lecture

At http://phys.org/print350561270.html ... ocean acidification has been ruled out in the wake of the K/T boundary event (the end of Cretaceous extinction event). A paper

A fascinating bit of research at http://phys.org/print350566147.html ... Kelvin-Helmholz waves in the atmosphere form when high speed wind blows over more stagnant air masses. The

At www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2015/5/13/science-is-often-flawed.html ... is an interesting short piece on how science is too often venerated when it should be taken with a pinch of salt

At www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/05/05/scientis... .... at what is called the Space Weather Workshop which took place in Boulder, Colorado, sponsored by NOAA and NASA, there was a

On a high point of Dartmoor an undiscovered, until now, stone circle has been found and is being excavated - see www.guardian.co.uk/science/2015/may/11/highest-stone-circle-in-southern-... Archaeologists are over

Roughly where the city of St Louis is now situated, or not too far short, there was a major native American settlement with monumental architecture

At http://phys.org/print349947893.html ... past tectonic movement in Western Australia is being blamed for coral platforms left high and dry. Apparently, the thinking is that uplift

At http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/the-moorehead-circle-a-cerem... .... the Moorehead Circle is situated at the head of a major ravine on the Little Miami River. It is a triple ring

A fascinating piece of archaeology at http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0100-stone-bracelet... ...   a stone bracelet from 40,000 years ago - made of a polished green stone. It was

At www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-04/wsu-ctc042815.php ... this is a story on Tibet and it seems there was a major change at the end of the third millennium BC

At http://phys.org/print348483517.html ... dinosaur footprints have turned up on an Australian beach - but they are only exposed during spring tides. This indicates the continental

At http://news.sciencemag.org/paleontology/2011/01/fall-rome-recorded-trees ... an analysis of European tree ring data suggests that a series of mild summers may have been the key to the rise

At www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-04/uom-ato042715.php ... a classic case of circling the wagons and shutting down an upstart theory. This time, it is the idea that Solutrean Points

At http://notrickszone.com/2015/05/02/151-degrees-of-fudging-energy-physici... .. which is all about cooling the heels of climate data - the oldest parts of the climate records. Mike Brakey is described